1. Who hailed Gandhi’s call for ‘Quit India’ as an ‘Epic Movement’ ?
(A) Ram Manohar Lohia (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Answer: (B)
2. In which year English was made the medium of instruction in India ?
(A) 1844 A.D. (B) 1835 A.D.
(C) 1833 A.D. (D) 1813 A.D.
Answer: (B)
3. Roshan Akhtar was of another name of—
(A) Ahmed Shah (B) Muhammad Shah
(C) Jahandar Shah (D) Shah Alam
Answer: (B)
4. What was the original name of Afzal Khan ?
(A) Abdullah Bhatari (B) Samsuddin
(C) Sabar (D) Muhammad Khan
Answer: (A)
5. Who among the following were Saints of Varkari sect ?
1. Chakradhar 2. Jnanesvar
3. Namadev 4. Ramdas
Indicate the correct answer form the codes given below—
(A) 1, 2 (B) 2, 3
(C) 3, 4 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: (D)
6. Who is known as the “Father of Muslim Renaissance in Bengal” ?
(A) Abdul Latif (B) Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
(C) Muhammad Qasim (D) Rashid Ahmed Gangohi
Answer: (A)
7. Which one of the following leaders was not a part of Noncooperation movement ?
(A) M. A. Ansari (B) M. A. Zinnah
(C) Abul Kalam Azad (D) Hakim Ajmal Khan
Answer: (B)
8. Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India ?
(A) Calcutta to Raniganj (B) Bombay to Pune
(C) Calcutta to Jamshedpur (D) Bombay to Thane
Answer: (D)
9. Who was the President of the ‘Flag Committee’ ?
(A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) J. B. Kriplani
(C) K. M. Munshi (D) D. P. Khetan
Answer: (B)
10. Who said over the radio on 30th January 1948 “The Father of Nation is no more” ?
(A) Sardar Patel (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Rajendra Prasad (D) Rajgopalachari
Answer: (B)
11. In which year was the National Development Council set up ?
(A) 1949 A.D. (B) 1950 A.D.
(C) 1951 A.D. (D) 1952 A.D.
Answer: (D)
12. Which one of the following books is associated with rise of National Movement in India ?
(A) Gitanjali (B) Anand Math
(C) Satyagrah Prakash (D) Gita Rahasya
Answer: (B)
13. Bijauliya Movement was related to—
(A) Kerala (B) Assam
(C) Rajasthan (D) Orissa
Answer: (C)
14. Which was the first State to be created on linguistic basis ?
(A) Madras (B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Bombay (D) Gujarat
Answer: (B)
15. Indo-Pak border is known as—
(A) Durand Line (B) Mc Mohan Line
(C) Redcliffe Line (D) Line of Control
Answer: (C)
UPPSC Lower Subordinate Exam Solved Paper:
16. The excavation at Chanhu Daro was directed by—
(A) John Marshall (B) J. H. Mackay
(C) R. E. M. Wheeler (D) Aurel Stein
Answer: (B)
17. Which of the following Harappan towns is divided into three parts ?
(A) Kalibanga (B) Lothal
(C) Chanhudaro (D) Dholavira
Answer: (D)
18. Which of the following is the most common motif of the Indus Seals ?
(A) Unicorn (B) Bull
(C) Rhinoceros (D) Elephant
Answer: (A)
19. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered first Palaeolithic tool in India, was originally a—
(A) Palaeobotanist (B) Geologist
(C) Archaeologist (D) Historian
Answer: (B)
20. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Subcontinent has been obtained from—
(A) Brahmagiri (B) Chirand
(C) Mehrgarh (D) Burzahom
Answer: (C)
21. Which of the following wasnotworshipped by the Harappans?
(A) Shiva (B) Mother Goddess
(C) Peepal (D) Vishnu
Answer: (D)
22. Satapatha Brahmana is related to—
(A) Rigveda (B) Yajurveda
(C) Samaveda (D) Atharvaveda
Answer: (B)
23. King Ashvapati of the Upanishadic Age was the ruler of—
(A) Kekaya (B) Matsya
(C) Panchala (D) Sursena
Answer: (A)
24. Who of the following propounded the theory of the Arctic region as the home land of the Aryan speaking people ?
(A) Max Muller (B) Edward Meyer
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Herzefeld
Answer: (C)
25. Who was the priest of the Bharatas in the battle of Ten Kings ?
(A) Visvamitra (B) Vasishtha
(C) Atri (D) Bhrigu
Answer: (B)
26. To which Sakha does the published Rigveda Samhita belong ?
(A) Saunaka (B) Ashvalayan
(C) Shakala (D) Sankhayana
Answer: (C)
Who wrote the Book entitled ‘Ghulamgiri’ ?
(A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) Narayan Guru
(C) Jyotiba Phule (D) M. P. Pillai
Answer: (C)
28. Which one of the following had supported Mahatma Gandhi on the Non-cooperation resolution at the Special Calcutta Session, 1920 ?
(A) C. R. Das (B) B. C. Pal
(C) Annie Besant (D) Motilal Nehru
Answer: (D)
29. Which one of the following books is the official History of Revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Eighteen Fifty Seven (B) Theories of Indian Mutiny
(C) The Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857 (D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
30. Which one of the following had for the first time accepted that British victory at Plassey was the victory of breach of faith ?
(A) Lord Clive (B) Vansittort
(C) Hector Munro (D) None of the above
Answer: (D)
Solved Question Paper of UPPSC Uper Subordinate Exam 2012:
31. Which one of the following had drafted the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act ?
(A) Lord Canning (B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Hardinge (D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
32. When was the Treaty of Alinagar signed ?
(A) February 1756 (B) September 1756
(C) February 1757 (D) April 1757
Answer: (C)
33. In which of the following Sessions of Muslim League Two—
Nation Theory was propounded ?
(A) Lahore Session, 1940 (B) Bombay Session, 1915
(C) Delhi Session, 1918 (D) Calcutta Session, 1917
Answer: (A)
34. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Author —Drama
(A) Girish Chandra Ghose —Mir Kasim
(B) D. L. Roy —Chhatrapati Shivaji
(C) Kshirod Prasad Vidyavinod —Nand Kumar
(D) Nikhil Nath Roy —Pratapaditya
Answer: (B)
35. Who was the biographer of A.O. Hume ?
(A) W. Wederbirn (B) Lord Dufferin
(C) J. Charles (D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
36. Which young woman leader was symbol of defiance and resistance during Quit India Movement ?
(A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Kalpana Dutt Joshi
(C) Sucheta Kriplani (D) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: (D)
37. Who among the following teachers were visited by Siddhartha Gautama in the quest of knowledge before his enlightenment ?
1. Alara Kalama 2. Udraka Ramaputra
3. Makkhali Gosala 4. Nigantha Nataputta
Indicate your answer from the codes given below—
(A) 1 and 4 (B) 4 and 2
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 2
Answer: (D)
38. Which of the following Upnishads is written in prose ?
(A) Isa (B) Katha
(C) Brihadaranyaka (D) Svetasvatara
Answer: (C)
39. The twenty thrid Jain Tirthankar was associated with—
(A) Vaishali (B) Kausambi
(C) Varanasi (D) Sravasti
Answer: (C)
40. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists—
List-I (Jain Tirthankaras)(a) Santinatha (b) Mallinatha
(c) Parsvanatha (d) Mahavira
List-II (Cognizance)1. Antelope 2. Lion
3. Serpent 4. Water jar
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 1 4 3 2
Answer: (D)
41. Who among the following laid down punishment for a person becoming mendicant without making adequate provision for dependent wife and children ?
(A) Manu (B) Yajnavalkya
(C) Kautilya (D) Narada
Answer: (C)
42. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below—
Assertion (A) :In the maximum number of Varsavasas Gautama Buddha stayed at Sravasti.
Reason (R) :Prasenjit, the ruler of Sravasti was of the same age as Gautama Buddha.
Codes :(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: (B)
43. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Sakyas —Kapilvastu
(B) Koliyas —Ramagrama
(C) Kalamas —Allakappa
(D) Mallas —Kusinagara
Answer: (C)
44. Where did the Mahasamghika School arise ?
(A) Bodha Gaya (B) Rajagriha
(C) Sravasti (D) Vaisali
Answer: (D)
Which one of the following Bengali drama was directed against Polygamy ?
(A) Bhanumati Chittavikas (B) Kulin Kulasarvasva
(C) Vidhva Vivaha (D) Nava Natak
Answer: (B)
Lower Subordinate Previous Year Solved Question Paper:
46. The statement, “on bended knees I asked for bread and received stone instead” is associated with—
(A) Khilafat Movement (B) Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Dandi March (D) Quit India Movement
Answer: (C)
47. Which operation was started by the British Government to arrest the leaders of Quit India Movement ?
(A) Operation Reander Paste (B) Operation Zero Hour
(C) Operation Thunderbolt (D) Operation Blue Star
Answer: (C)
48. Which one of the following had drafted the fundamental rights resolution at the Karachi Session, 1931 ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Acharya Narendra Deo
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (A)
49. The party which observed the ‘Black Day’ on July 3, 1947 against Partition of India was—
(A) Indian National Congress (B) Forward Bloc
(C) Hindu Mahasabha (D) Communist Party of India
Answer: (C)
50. The First President of Muslim League was—
(A) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk Mustaq Hussain (B) Mian Abdul Aziz
(C) Hidayat Hussain Khan (D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: (A)
51. Who said, “Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and short-lived” ?
(A) S. N. Sen (B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) S. B. Chaudhuri (D) V. D. Savarkar
Answer: (A)
52. Which one of the following pairs isnotcorrectly matched ?
(A) Charsada —Pushkalavati
(B) Sirkap —Takshasila
(C) Nagarjundakonda —Dhanyakataka
(D) Tamluk —Tamralipti
Answer: (C)
53. Rulers of which of the following dynasties bore the title Devaputra ?
(A) Maurya (B) Sunga
(C) Kushana (D) Saka-Kshatrapa
Answer: (C)
54. Rulers of which of the following dynasties maintained diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria in the West ?
(A) Maurya (B) Gupta
(C) Pallava (D) Chola
Answer: (A)
55. Who identified ‘Sandra Kottus’ of the Greco-Roman literature with Chandragupta Maurya ?
(A) D. R. Bhandarkar (B) Alexander Cunningham
(C) R. P. Chanda (D) William Jones
Answer: (D)
56. Who were the beneficiaries of Asoka’s donations in the region of Barabar Hill ?
(A) Buddhists (B) Ajivikas
(C) Svetambar Jains (D) Digambar Jains
Answer: (B)
57. In which of the following inscriptions Ashoka made his famous declaration, ‘All men are my children’ ?
(A) Minor Rock Edict (Ahraura) (B) Pillar Edict VII
(C) Lumbini Pillar Edict (D) Separate Kaling Rock Edict I
Answer: (D)
58. Who among the following is credited to have performed four Asvamedha sacrifices ?
(A) Pushyamitra Sunga (B) Pravarasena I
(C) Samudragupta (D) Nandivarman Pallavamalla
Answer: (B)
59. Who among the following had joined Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi ?
(A) Birbal (B) Bhagwan Das
(C) Man Singh (D) Surjan Rai
Answer: (A)
60. Jonaraja in his Rajatarangini, continued the narration of Kalhana upto—
(A) Jaya Singh (B) Sultan Sikandar
(C) Sultan Zainul Abidin (D) Muhammad Shah
Answer: (C)
UP Samiksha Adhikari Solved Question Paper:
61. Which new department was started by Muhammad-bin- Tughlaq for the development of agriculture ?
(A) Diwan-i-Risalat (B) Diwan-i-Ashraf
(C) Diwan-i-Kohi (D) Diwan-i-Mustkharaz
Answer: (C)
62. The largest of the Pallava Rathas is—
(A) Arjuna (B) Bhima