HPAS 2021 History Topic-Wise Solutions
Question 33
The Airvateshwara Temple at Darasuram was built by:
- (A) Chola King Rajaraja – II
- (B) Chola King Kulothunga – III
- (C) Chola King Parantaka – I
- (D) Chera King Nedum Cheralathan
Correct Answer: (A) Chola King Rajaraja – II
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Question 34
Which among the following Drama/Book was not written by famous poet Bhasa?
- (A) Karnabhara
- (B) Urubhanga
- (C) Dutvakya
- (D) Shishupalvadh
Correct Answer: (D) Shishupalvadh
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Question 35
Which pair is not correctly matched?
- (A) Pietro Della Valle : French (France)
- (B) John Fryer : England
- (C) Niccolao Manucci : Italy
- (D) Joannes-De-Laet : Dutch
Correct Answer: (A) Pietro Della Valle : French (France)
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Question 36
Who was the author of the book “Tarikh–i-Rashidi”
- (A) Ahmed Yadgaar
- (B) Mirza Haidar Dughlat
- (C) Gulam Hussain
- (D) Shaikh Rizqullah Mushtaqui
Correct Answer: (B) Mirza Haidar Dughlat
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Question 37
Who was the founder of “Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” (1876)?
- (A) C.V. Raman
- (B) Mahendra Lal Sarkar
- (C) Father Lafont
- (D) Ashutosh Mukherjee
Correct Answer: (B) Mahendra Lal Sarkar
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Question 38
Who said, “Lord Ripon, the saviour of Indian and his rule the beginning of a Golden Age of India”?
- (A) Florence Nightingale
- (B) P.E. Roberts
- (C) Lovat Frazer
- (D) Eric Stokes
Correct Answer: (A) Florence Nightingale
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Question 39
Who said, “Raja Rammohan was the only person in his time to realise completely the significance of the modern age”?
- (A) Aurobindo Ghosh
- (B) Rabindranath Tagore
- (C) Sumit Sarkar
- (D) Barun De
Correct Answer: (B) Rabindranath Tagore
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Question 40
Which among the following books was not written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?
- (A) The Annihilation of Caste
- (B) States and Minorities
- (C) What congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchable
- (D) India in Transition
Correct Answer: (D) India in Transition
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Question 41
Which pair is not correctly matched?
- (A) Sadler University Commission : 1917
- (B) Hunter Education Committee : 1887
- (C) The Hartog Committee : 1929
- (D) Indian Universities Act : 1904
Correct Answer: (B) Hunter Education Committee : 1887
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Question 42
Where was the “Indian independence Committee” Set up by Lala Hardayal and his friends?
- (A) Rome (Italy)
- (B) Berlin (Germany)
- (C) London (England)
- (D) Paris (France)
Correct Answer: (B) Berlin (Germany)
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