HPAS 2011 History Topic-Wise Solutions
Question 21
Arrange the following ruling dynasties of ancient India in correct chronological order: i. Mauryas, ii. Guptas, iii. Nandas, iv. Kushnans.
- (a) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
- (b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
- (c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
- (d) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
Correct Answer: (c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
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Question 22
At which place was Varadhman Mahavir born?
- (a) Gaya
- (b) Kundgram
- (c) Kapil vastu
- (d) Patliputra
Correct Answer: (b) Kundgram
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Question 23
From which place did Gandhiji start his Dandi March to the sea?
- (a) Wardha
- (b) Sabarmati
- (c) Kheda
- (d) Ahmedabad
Correct Answer: (b) Sabarmati
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Question 24
After Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress in 1939 who became the party president?
- (a) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- (b) Maulana Azad
- (c) Rajendra Prasad
- (d) Jaya Prakash Narayan
Correct Answer: (c) Rajendra Prasad
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Question 25
Who were the two prominent leaders of Home Rule League?
- (a) Tilak and Annie Besant
- (b) Tilak and Feroz Shah Mehta
- (c) Annie Besant and B.C. Pal
- (d) B.C. Pal and Tilak
Correct Answer: (a) Tilak and Annie Besant
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Question 26
In 1943, Muslim League ministries were installed in four provinces. Two of them were Sind and NWFP. Which were the other two?
- (a) Punjab and Bengal
- (b) Assam and Punjab
- (c) Bengal and Assam
- (d) Bengal and U.P.
Correct Answer: (c) Bengal and Assam
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Question 27
Which Mughal ruler imprisoned his stepmother after the death of his father?
- (a) Aurangzeb
- (b) Shah Jahan
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) Humayun
Correct Answer: (b) Shah Jahan
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Question 28
In which year was the partition of Bengal annulled?
- (a) 1909 A.D.
- (b) 1910 A.D.
- (c) 1911 A.D.
- (d) 1912 A.D.
Correct Answer: (c) 1911 A.D.
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Question 29
At which venue did the 1907 A.D. split in Congress Party take place?
- (a) Benaras
- (b) Calcutta
- (c) Nagpur
- (d) Surat
Correct Answer: (d) Surat
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Question 30
Who was the first Indian to declare that βFreedom is my birth rightβ?
- (a) Mahatma Gandhi
- (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
- (d) Chandra Shkhar Azad
Correct Answer: (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Question 31
Who founded the All India Depressed Classes Federation?
- (a) B. R. Ambedkar
- (b) Narayan Guru
- (c) Jyotiba Phule
- (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer: (a) B. R. Ambedkar
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Question 32
Who is the founder of the Arya Samaj?
- (a) Swami Vivekananda
- (b) Swami Agnivesh
- (c) Swami Dayanand
- (d) Pandit Vishnu Shastri
Correct Answer: (c) Swami Dayanand
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