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106 Marks from Adhikary Education Mains Test Series

Definitely, one of the best strategy to score good marks in APSC Mains Exam History Paper is to join our APSC Mains 2018 Test Series – History Paper.

106 marks worth questions were asked in APSC Mains 2016 – History Paper 2 which were asked in our APSC Mains Test Series 2017 (History Optional).

Many aspirants had enrolled in our APSC Mains History Test Series and were able to achieve enough marks to succeed the APSC 2016 Exam with flying colours. We are dedicated to continue the same quality and make the APSC Mains Test Series 2018 more useful for the preparation of APSC Mains History optional paper.

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PART – A

Answer any eight from the following questions (each within 250 words) : 20 x 8 = 160

Q1. Discuss the Reformation in England. How far was it different from the Reformation in Germany? 12 + 8=20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 8: Q2. (12 Marks) 

Q2. What were the relations of the first two Stuart Kings with the Parliament? What were its results? 12+ 8 = 20

Q3. Why did England enter the War of Spanish Succession? What did she gain by the Treaty of Ultrecht? 10 +10 =20

Q4. Analyse the causes responsible for the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. What was the contribution of the French philosophers in the revolution? 12 + 8 = 20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 5: Q2. (8 Marks)

Q5. Examine the factors that led to the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte with special reference to the Continental System. 10 + 10 = 20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 8: Q13. (10 Marks)

Q6. Discuss the causes for the rise and growth of the Fascism in Italy. What was the contribution under Benito Mussolini? 12 + 8 = 20

Q7. Who was Lenin? What role did he play in the rise of USSR? 80+12=20

Q8. Critically analyse the causes of the Revolution of 1848. What were its consequences? 14+6=20

Q9. What were the causes of the Second World War (1939-1945)? What were it’s effects on world politics? 12+8 = 20
Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 8: Q9. (20 Marks)

Q10. Trace the growth of the Nationalist Movement in China. How far did it influence the Japanese Policy towards China? 8+12=20

Q11. Assess the role of the UNO as an instrument for the establishment of world peace. 20

Q12. How did the growth of Japanese Militarism rupture international peace and stability? 20

PART – B

Answer any five from the following questions (each within 150 words): 8 x 5=40

Q13. How did the Industrial Revolution affect the socio-economic fabric of the people of England? 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test SeriesTest 4: Q10 (8 Marks) (Similar Qs)

Q14. What do you mean by the ‘Metternich Era’? What led to its fiasco? 3+5=8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 5: Q12  (8 Marks)

Q15. Assess the services rendered by Mustafa Kamal Pasha to the cause of the Modernisation of Turkey. 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 6: Q9  (8 Marks)

Q16. Why is Sun Yat-sen known as the founding father of the Republic of China? 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 8: Q10  (8 Marks)

Q17. Discuss critically the Reign of Terror under the Jacobins Club in France. 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 8: Q6 & Test 5: Q2 (8 Marks)

 Q18. Evaluate the aims and objectives of the League of Nations. 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 8: Q3 (8 Marks) (Similar Qs)

Q19. Describe briefly the reasons which led to a Civil War in Spain in 1936. 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 6: Q6 (8 Marks)

Q20. Critically assess the causes of the failure of Disbarment between 1920 and 1939. 8

A total questions worth 106 Marks in APSC CC(Mains) Exam 2016 – History Paper 2, were matched with the questions of our APSC Mains History Test Series.

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APSC Mains 2016 History (Paper I) 70 Marks from Adhikary Education Mains Test Series

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APSC Mains 2016 History (Paper I)

70 Marks from Adhikary Education Mains Test Series

Definitely, one of the best strategy to score good marks in APSC Mains Exam History Paper is to join our APSC Mains 2018 Test Series – History Paper.

70 marks worth questions were asked in APSC Mains 2016 – History Paper 1 which were asked in our APSC Mains Test Series 2017 (History Optional).

Many aspirants had enrolled in our APSC Mains History Test Series and were able to achieve enough marks to succeed the APSC 2016 Exam with flying colours. We are dedicated to continue the same quality and make the APSC Mains Test Series 2018 more useful for the preparation of APSC Mains History optional paper.

APSC Mains 2016 History - Paper I

PART – A

Answer any eight questions from the following within 250 words each: 20 x 8 = 160

Q1. Discuss the important features of the Indus Valley Civilization. Explain the economic and religious life of the Indus people. 10 + 5 +5=20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 7: Q1. (10 Marks) (Partially)

Q2. Trace the emergence and growth of the Caste system in the Rigvedic Period. Account for the expansion of this system in the Later Vedic Period. 12+ 8 = 20

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Q3. Estimate the place of Asoka in history. What changed did he bring about in the administrative system of the Mauryas? 10 +10 =20

Q4. Discuss the emergence of Magadha as a powerful State and contribution of Chandragupta Maurua in this regard. Throw some light on his military administration. 5+ 10 + 5 = 20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 1: Q3. (5 Marks)

Q5. Make an assessment of Samudragupta’s military expeditions which established him as a great conqueror. Do you find any difference between his Northern and Southern Policy in exerting his dominance over the States he conquered? 10 + 10 = 20

Q6. Who were the Pallavas? Analyze their contributions towards the art and cultural history of Southern India. 5 + 15 = 20

Q7. What were the causes for the decline of the Mughal Empire? To what extent was Aurangazeb responsible for the downfall of the Mughal Empire? 15 + 5 = 20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 2: Q8. (15 Marks)

Q8. Discuss the causes and results of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. 12 + 8 = 20

Q9. Explain on what ground Warren Hastings may be regarded as the real founder of British Empire in India. What were the factors leading to his impeachment? 15 + 5 = 20

Q10. Discuss the role of Maharaja Ranjit Singha in uniting the Sikhs as a Nation and in establishment of Sikh State. What were the factors leading to the downfall of the Sikhs? 10+10 =20

Q11. What is ‘Doctrine of Lapse’? How it worked as a main tool in curbing the independence of the Indian native States? How far this policy may be held responsible for the outbreak of Sepoy Mutiny in 1857? 5 + 10 + 5 =20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 3: Q8. (5 Marks)

Q12. Explain the causes for starting the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921. How were the people of India involved in this movement as a whole? Under what circumstances this movement has to be withdrawn? 10+5+5 =20

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 7: Q10. (15 Marks)(Partially)

PART – B

Answer any five questions from the following within 150 words each: 8 x5=40

Q13. Explain the market control policy and military administration of Ala-ud-din Khilji.   8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 2: Q3 (8 Marks)

Q14. Briefly discuss Muhammad Ghori’s invasions of India.    8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 2: Q9  (8 Marks)

Q15. Discuss the different social reform measures undertaken by Lord William Bentinck.

Q16. What do you know about the Bhakti Movement in India and how the name of Mahapurush Sri Srimanta Sankardeva was associated with it? 8

Question from our APSC Mains History Test Series Test 2: Q5  (4 Marks)

Q17. Discuss the contribution of Lord Ripon to the field of Indian education. 8

Q18. Discuss the importance of the Treaty of Yandaboo in the North-East Polity of the British.    8

Q19. Examine the role of Subhash Chandra Bose and the NIA in India’s struggle of freedom. 8

Q20. What role did play by the newly educated Indian intelligentsia and press in awakening of a new India during the British Rule? 4 + 4 =8

A total questions worth 70 Marks in APSC CC(Mains) Exam 2016 – History Paper 1, were matched with the questions of our APSC Mains History Test Series.

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TEST SCHEDULE & SYLLABUS SPLIT-UP
Test No. Syllabus Coverage Test Date Answer Booster Date
Test 1

Unit I : Indian History:

ANCIENT INDIA:

(i) Indus Valley Civilisation — relation with Rigvedic and West Asian civilisations.

(ii) Polical and Social changes of trhe Rigvedic Aryans in the later vedic period, vedic culture.

(iii) Effects of Alexanders invastion of India.

(iv) Ashoka as a ruler and missionary his place in history.

(v) Decline of the Mauryas and Ashokas responsibility for it. Administrative system of the Mauryas.

(vi) Sungas, Kanvs, Pallavas and Satavahans

(vii) Greatness of the Gupta— Guptas Golden Age, India Cultural contact with south-east Asia and neighbouring countries.

(viii)Harshavardhanahis relation with King Bhaskarvarman of Kamrupa and Sasanka of Gauda -Huentsang.

 19-02-2019 24-02-2019
Test 2

MEDIEVAL INDIA:
(ix) Origin of the Rajput – their different dynasties such as pratiharas, paramaras, chouhans etc.
(x) The Chalukyas and the Rastrakutas of the Deccan.
(xi) The Arab invasion of Sind.
(xii) The foundation of Muslim rule in India.
(xiii) The Khiliji imperilism under Alauddin. 03 Dec. 2017
(xiv) The Tughluqs and disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate.
(xv) The influence of Islam on India’s culture, the Bhakti movement Ramananda, Kabir, Chaitanya, Sankardav and Nanak.
(xvi) Mughal Afghan contest (1526-1556) Shershah.
(xvii) Akbar as a national monarch– religious policy, civil and military administration.
(xviii) Aurangajeb- character and policy, his responsibility for the downfall of the Mughal Empire.
(xix) Sivaji — character and achievements.
(xx) Mughal administration- central and provincial state of art, architecture and literature in Mughal India Decline of the Mughal Empire

 10-03-2019 13-03-2019
Test 3

MODERN INDIA:
(xxi) Effect of the Battle of Palassey— the advent of the British Clive in Bengal.
(xxii) Warren Hastings — the real founder of the British Empire in India – achievements -impeachment.
(xxiii) Lord Cornwallis Permanent settlement.
(xxiv) Wellesley to Lord Hastings Anglo-Mysore, Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Gurkha conflict.
(xxv) Rise and fall of the Sikhs.
(xxvi) Bentinck to Dalhosie expansion and consolidation of Comapny’s rule in India.
(xxvii) Revolt of 1857 – character and consequences.
(xxviii) India under the British Crown – Canning to Mountbatten.
(xxix) British relation with the North–East and North–West Frontier.
(xxx) Impact of Western Education and Ideas — new awakening.
(xxxi) Birth of Indian National Congress – Indian National Struggle for self–government, partition of Bengal – Swadeshi movement.
(xxxii) Non–Cooperation Movement.
(xxxiii) Constitutional Movements from 1909 to -1935.
(xxxiv) India and World War II.
(xxxv) Last phase of India’s freedom movement (1937-1947), Quit India Movement, I.N.A., Cabinet Mission, Mountbatten plan leading to transfer of power.

 22-03-2019 28-03-2019
Test 4 Unit II : History of Great Britain 1485-1945 :
(i) Importance of the Tudor periods, Henry VII’s regin a period of remedy and seed time Henry VIII – character and religious policy reformation of the English church. Elizabeth – Character, Home and foreign policy, glories of the reign of Elizabeth, Elizabeth and the church settlement, Tudor despotism relations of the Tudor monarchs with parliament achievement of the Tudor’s in different fields.
(ii) The Stuart, Divine Right theory of kingship Character of James I, his struggle with parliament. Charles I – Character, Religious and foreign policy, Relations with parliament, arbitrary rule, Long parliament, Execution. 17 Dec. 2017
(iii) The Common Wealth and the protectorate, Oliver Cromwell, character, Home and foreign policy, Estimate.
(iv) The restoration under Charles III.
(v) James II – Character and policy, Glorious Revolution, Causes and consequences.
(vi) Willium III and Mary, Growth of Cabinet System Foreign policy of Willium III.
(vii) Queen Anne, War of the Spanish succession.
(viii) George I and II, Importance of their succession War of Austrian Succession, Seven Years War.
(ix) Walpole and Pitt the Elder.
(x) George III Character and personal rule Wars of American independence, Effects.
(xi) Pitt the younger – his home and foreign policy, England in the struggle against Napoleon.
(xii) Industrial Revolution in England.
(xiii) Parliamentary Reforms and Working Class Movement.
(xiv) Queen Victoria’s reigin, the Charist Movement, eminent Prime Ministers of Victoria, Robert ped, Palmerstone, Gladstone and Disraeli.
(xv) England and Ireland.
(xvi) Edward VII to George VI, Anglo-German rivalry, World War I and England, World War II and England Participation, Winston Charchill – coming of the Labour Party to power 1945.		 17-04-2019 23-04-2019
Test 5

Unit III : Modern Europe (1789-1945) :
(i) France on the eve of the Revolution of 1789, Causes of the revolution.
(ii) Characters of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
(iii) The summoning of the States General.
(iv) The constituent Assembly and its works.
(v) The Revolution at war with Europe, Fall of monarchy.
(vi) The Reign of Terror.
(vii) The rise of Nepoleon, Nepoleon as conqueror and ruler, manifold reforms – Nepoleons downfall.
(viii) Vienna Settlement (1815) – the concert of Europe and Congressional system of Government.
(ix) Metternich and Austria after 1815.
(x) The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 – their effect on France and Europe.
(xi) The Second French Empire under Nepoleon III, Fall of the Empire and the third Republic.
(xii) Russia under Alexendar I and Alexendar II, the Czar liberator, Emancipation of the serfs.
(xiii) Czar Nicholas, eastern question and the Crimean war. (xiv) The Story of the Unification of Italy and Germany.
(xv) Bismarck – home and foreign policy after 1871.
(xvi) Kaiser William II – well politic and ambitious foreign policy.
(xvii)Age of Armed Peace, Two rival systems of Alliances.
(xviii) World War I – causes and character of the war participation of U.S.A. in the war.

 08-05-2019 13-05-2019
Test 6 Unit – IV : World History 1914-1945 :

(i) Results of World War I, Fourteen points of Wilson peace settlement of Paris, Treaty of Versailles its loopholes.

(ii) The League of Nations – its success and failure.

(iii) Russia at the close of World War I, Bolshevik Revilution – effect of the revolution – Russia and World War II.

(iv) Rise of General Franco in Spain – Spain and World War I. Republic established in Spain, Civil War – Rise of General Franco in Spain.

(v) Rise of Fascism in Italy under Mussolini – his home and foreign policy, Italy joins Germany in World War II.

(vi) Rise of Nazism in Germany, Hitler – his home and foreign policy, Germany and World War II.

(vii) Middle East – Treaty of Lausonne with Turkey, Mustapha Kamal and modernisation of Turkey.

(viii) China – Sun Yet Sen and Chines Revolution. Rise of National Government in China, Chiang Kaisheck and the Communists, Sino Japaneses conflict, Communist success in China, Japan. Japan after World War-I – Relations with China, Sino Japanese conflict on the eve of World War-II, Japan joined the side of Germany and Italy, Attack on Pearl Harbour, war with USA, Defeat of Japan in the World War-II.

(ix) USA, USA in peace – making after World War-I, USA and the League of Nations, USA and the reparation, USA and World War-II.

(x) The UNO – its formation – principles and aims – different organists working.

 22-05-2019 27-05-2019
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Ancient India History

  • Indus Valley Civilization – Dates, location & sites, metals, excavation, famous motifs, Aryan invasion
  • Maurya & Gupta dynasty

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Art, Culture & Architecture – India

  • Famous Architecture –of Ancient India  – Asoka Pillars, Lion Capital, Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Konark, Pattadakal, Hoysala Temple, Rani Ki Vav, Sun Temple
  • South Indian/Dravidian Architecture – structure-layout, Brihadeswara Temple @ Tanjore, Gangaikondamcholapuram, Mahabalipuram
  • Indo-Aryan Architecture – Structure & Layout,  Kandaria Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho
  • Caves – Elephanta Caves, Ajanta Caves, Ellora, other Cave paintings in India, Bhimbetka rock shelters, Gudahandi Rock Art and Yogimath Rock Art of Odisha, Aurangabad Caves, Shivleni Caves, Badami Cave, Dharashiv Caves, Barabar Caves
  • Buddhist Architecture – Stupas – structure-layout and @Sanchi, Amaravati, Chaitya halls & Viharas
  • UNESCO’s world heritage sites
  • Schools – Gandhara School (Greco-Buddhist art), Mathura School   Amaravati School
  • Dance forms, Musics, Painting schools, regional arts, Literatures

Indian Philosophy

  • Buddhism, Jainism, Vedas, Bhakti movement
  • Vaishnavism – 4 sampradayas – Brahma Sampradaya (Madhvacharya), Sri Sampradaya (Ramanuja), RudraSampradaya (Vishnuswami, Vallabhacharya), Kumarassampradaya (Nimbarka)

Ancient Philosophers

  • Zero, Modern number system, Brahmagupta, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Shridhara, Yativṛṣabha
  • Bhāskara II – Bijaganita, Jayadeva  – Chakravala method
  • Baudhayana, Katyayana, Pingala, Panini
  • Middle Way or Middle Path – Gautama Buddha – character of the Noble Eightfold Path
  • Nalanda, Takshila, Culture learning institutions

Medieval India History

  • Mughals, Delhi sultanate dynasties
  • Regional powers – Maratha, Rajputana, Tipu Sultan
  • Wars & Battles – between whom and year
  • Various mughal architecture – Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, BulandDarwaza, FatehpurSikri, Agra Fort, Tomb of I’timād-ud-Daulah, Agra. Where and Who constructed

 

Invasion of India – When and Who

  • Alexander invasion of india
  • Ghaznavid raids under Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Ghurid invasion led by Mu’izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori
  • Invasions of Arab in the Eleventh Century
  • Mongol Invasion
  • Invasion of Timur
  • Mughal invasion led by Babur

Europeans Imperialism

  • British arrival – East India Company of Britain, Dutch, Portuguese, French
  • golden farmaan to East india company
  • First French factory in India @ Surat
  • History of Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, Pondicherry, Goa, Masulipatnam, Cuddalore

Indian History – Freedom struggle (Most IMPORTANT)

  • Battle of Plessey, Buxar
  • Vellore mutiny 1806
  • Revolt of 1857 – Causes – Political, Socio-Religious, Economics – Popular Leaders, Revolt centers, Results – Participation from all classes & parts of India – Changes in British Administration

Violence incidents of Indian freedom struggle

  • JallianwalaBagh incident,
  • Massacre/ violent excess by British
  • ChauriChauraincident on February 5, 1922,
  • Other violence incidents
  • Moplah Rebellion, Noakhali riots, Calcutta Riots, Kuka (Namdhari) massacre at Malerkotla, Meerut Conspiracy Case, – kakorikand, chitagang incident, bombing central legislative assembly,
  • Revolutionary activities in various parts of India
  • Lady revolutionaries – PritilataWaddedar, KanaklataBarua. Usha Mehta, MatanginiHazra, ParbatiGiri.
  • Publications – magazine, books – Bandi Jeevan

Movements of Indian Freedom Struggle

  • Dandi March, Satyagraha in various regions
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Non-cooperation movement, other movements by Gandhi
  • Party/Organization and their founder
  • Political Parties & Pol. Organisations in India before Independence – Indian National Congress, Hindu Mahasabha Party, United Patriotic Association, All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh 1925, Shiromani Akali Dal 1920, Dravidar Kazhagam 1938 , Ahrar Party 1929
  • left-wing nationalist political party – Revolutionary Communist Party of India 1934, Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party  

Indian History – Press during British rule

  • Lord Lytton – regulate vernacular press – Vernacular Press Act of 1878
  • S. Buckingham – Calcutta Journal 1818
  • The Bengalee and The Amrita Bazar Patrika in ‘Bengalee language’, SamvadKaumudi, Mirat-ul-Akbar (Parsian), RastGoftar (Guj), Indian Mirror, Bombay Samachar, and Hindu Patriot, Hindu, Kesari (Marathi), Hitavadi, Bande Mataram
  • Hicky’s Bengal Gazette/Original Calcutta General Advertiser

Indian History – rise of British Administration

  • Starting from the Regulating Act of 1773, Piit’s India Act, Other important Acts and associated Gov Gen
  • British Administration /Policy– Social Welfare, Education promotion, Local Governance
  • Economics development, Census,
  • universities of Presidency @ Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, Cotton College

Personality – Vasco da Gama, Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, Dupleix

  • Governors (1758–1774), Governor Generals of Bengal (1773–1833), Governor Generals of India (1833–1858) – Viceroy
  • Warren Hastings – first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) – first de facto Governor-General of India from 1773 to 1785.
  • Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950

Women Freedom Fighters of India – Rani lakshmibai, Begum HazratMahal, Annie Besant , Madam BhikaijiCama,  Sarojini Naidu, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, SuchetaKripalani, SavitribaiPhule, Usha Mehta

British Monuments &Artitecture – RashtrapatiBhavan, Victoria Memorial,The Gateway of India,

Lutyens’ Delhi, Victoria Terminus,

Philosophy of India’s freedom struggle – Moderates  and Extremist– Moderates leaders and Extremist leaders

  • Communist, Muslim League, Hindu Nationalists

Popular Sayings/Quotes/Slogan

  • “Jai Hind“ ,“give me blood and i shall give you freedom slogan” – Netaji
  • VandeMataram”: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it” – Tilak
  • “Do or Die” – Gandhi
  • Jai Jawaan, Jai Kisaan” : Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • .’SatyamevJayathe’: Popularized by PanditMalaviya
  • “SareJahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara” – Muhammad Iqbal
  • “The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India”/“Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”. BalGangadharTilak
  • “Give me blood and I will give you freedom”. Subhash Chandra Bose

Rise of Trade unions

  • First association of Indian workers – Bombay Mill-Hands Association – N.M. Lokhande in 1890.
  • Madras Labour Union by B.P. Wadia in 1918
  • Trade Union Act (1926) – 1920, the First National Trade union – All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)

Assam History

  • Ancient History
  • Ahom dynasty- capitals, other dynasty like Koch, Chutya, Barman, Kachari
  • Ahom Administration
  • Invasion by Mughal – Wars, Treaty, when and between whom
  • Battles & Treatries

Freedom Movement in Assam

  • The Phulaguri uprising/ PhulaguriDhawa- 1861,
  • PatharughatorRann– 1894
  • Assam Provincial Congress Committee (APCC), Assam Branch of Indian National Congress in 1921
  • Congress session in 1926, at Pandu, Guwahati – presided over by S. SrinivasaIyengar
  • Tarun Ram Phukan, Kuladhar Chaliha, GopinathBordoloi, Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Bishnuram Medhi, Maulana Tayebullah, Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, Piali Barua, Kandarpeswar Singha, Raja Purandar Singha
  • In 1828, GomdharKonwar, a Ahom prince, his colleague Dhanjay Borgohain rose in revolt against the British occupation of Assam.
  • Maniram Dutta Baruah – Kanaklata Barua

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Art, Culture & Architecture – Assam

  • Ahom architecture – KarengGhar, TalatalGhar, Charaideo, Sivasagar, SivasagarSivadol, Sivsagar tank
  • Kamakhya Temple, Umananda Temple, Basistha Temple
  • O Mur ApunarDesh – written by LakshminathBezbarua and attuned by Kamala Prasad Agarwala. – adopted as the Assam’s state song in 1927
  • Assam Literature – Famous Poets of Assam – Hemasaraswati etc.
  • Assam dances, art & crafts
  • Assam SahityaSabha & Bodo Sahitya Sabha

 

World History

  • Grouping after World War II – NAM, Cold War, Axis powers & Allied powers, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty, Warsaw Pact

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Q1. When was the Treaty of Yandaboo signed in?

  1. 1824
  2. 1857
  3. 1826 
  4. 1902

c. 1826 

Q2. Which of the following person from Assam was a member of Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?

  1. Gopinath bordoloi
  2. Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla
  3. Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
  4. Tarun Ram Phukan

b. Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla 

Q3. Which of the following major incident occurred in Assam in 1894?

  1. Formation of Assam Pradesh congress
  2. Treaty of yandaboo
  3. annexation of Assam by British
  4. Pathorughat peasants’ uprising

d. Pathorughat peasants’ uprising 

Q4. Which Viceroy had combined the eastern district of Bengal with Assam in 1905?

  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Dufferin
  3. Lord Minto
  4. Lord Chelmsford

a. Lord Curzon 

 

Q5. Who has founded the Sarbajanik Sabha in Assam in the year 1884?

  1. Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
  2. T.R. Phookan
  3. Jagannath Barua
  4. Manik Chandra Baruah

c. Jagannath Barua 

Q6. Who among the following is the leader of 1857 Revolt in Assam?

  1. Maniram Dewan
  2. Kanaklata Barua
  3. Kushal Konwar
  4. Kamala Miri

a. Maniram Dewan 

Q7. Who is the author of the book, Planter Raj to Swaraj: Freedom Struggle and Electoral Politics in Assam?

  1. Dr. Irfan Habib
  2. Surya Kr. Bhuyan
  3. Dr. Amalendu Guha
  4. Edward Gait

c. Dr. Amalendu Guha 

Q8. Who was the President of Swaraj party in Assam during the freedom movement?

  1. Gopinath Bordoloi
  2. Tarun Ram Phookan
  3. Bishnu Ram Medhi
  4. Bimala Prasad Chaliha

b. Tarun Ram Phookan 

Q9. Kanaklata Barua was associated with which of the following freedom movement?

  1. Civil disobedience movement
  2. Quit India Movement
  3. Non cooperation movement
  4. Individual Satyagraha

b. Quit India Movement 

Q10. The first Peasant Uprising in Assam against the British was?

  1. Patharughat Raijmel
  2. Battle of Itakhuli
  3. Phulaguri Dhawa
  4. Rangiya Raijmel

c. Phulaguri Dhawa 

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Q1. Assam was separated from Bengal and was put under a chief commission in the year

  1. 1874
  2. 1971
  3. 1930
  4. 1890

a. 1874 

Q2. Who founded the Assam Association in 1903?

  1. Manik Chandra Barua
  2. Navin Chandra Bordoloi
  3. Jagannath Baruah
  4. None of the above

a. Manik Chandra Barua 

Q3. Which district was separated from Assam and given to Pakistan in 1947?

  1. Chittagong
  2. Sylhet
  3. Khulna
  4. Sholashahar

b. Sylhet 

Q4. By which treaty the Burmese control over Assam ended?

  1. Treaty of Yandaboo
  2. The Imphal Treaty
  3. The Rangoon Treaty
  4. Rangoon Pact

a. Treaty of Yandaboo 

Q5. Provincial Self-Autonomy was introduced to Assam from

  1. 1935
  2. 1937
  3. 1939
  4. 1941

a. 1935 

Q6. Phulaguri uprising, first ever peasant movement in India that occurred in middle Assam in which year?

  1. 1861
  2. 1957
  3. 1905
  4. 1836

a. 1861

Q7. Which of the following incident is also known as Assam’s Jallianwala Bagh incident?

  1. Phulaguri Dhawa
  2. Patharughat firing
  3. Burmese invasion of Assam
  4. Moamoria rebellion

b. Patharughat firing 

Q8. Most part of Kachari Kingdom was occupied by Ahom during the rule of which Ahom king?

  1. Sukaphaa
  2. Rudra Singha
  3. Suklengpha
  4. Suhungmung

d. Suhungmung 

Q9. Who was the first martyr of Quit India Movement of 1942?

  1. Kanak Lata Barua
  2. Rani Gaidinliu
  3. Pushpalata Das
  4. Kushal Konwar

a. Kanak Lata Barua

Q10. Asam Sahitya Sabha was established in which year?

  1. 1915
  2. 1921
  3. 1905
  4. 1917

d. 1917

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Q1. The Ahom dynasty ruled the Ahom kingdom for approximately how many years?

  1. 460 years
  2. 500 years
  3. 600 years
  4. 680 years

c. 600 years

Q2. Which of the following ruler is popularly known as ‘Chilarai’?

  1. Nara Narayan
  2. Mahamanikya
  3. Sukladhvaj
  4. Durlabh Narayan

c. Sukladhvaj

Q3. Who among the following is the earliest known king of ancient Assam?

  1. Narakasur
  2. Mahiranga Danava
  3. Hidimba
  4. Sri Harsha

b. Mahiranga Danava

Q4. Who was the founder of the Varmana Dynasty?

  1. Pushyavarman
  2. Bhaskar Varman
  3. Banabhatta
  4. Mahendravarman

a. Pushyavarman

Q5. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang visited Kamarupa in which year?

  1. 602 A.D.
  2. 643 A.D.
  3. 650 A.D.
  4. 543 A.D.

b. 643 A.D.

Q6. Who created the first separate political entity in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, called the Gauda Kingdom?

  1. Shashanka
  2. Harsha
  3. Bhaskaravarman
  4. Brahmapala

a. Shashanka

Q7. Karnasuvarna or Karnasubarna, a historical site of ancient period, is presently located in which state?

  1. Assam
  2. Tripura
  3. West Bengal
  4. Bihar

c. West Bengal

Q8. Which Ahom king was popularly known as “Bamuni Konwar” or “the Brahman prince”?

  1. Sukhaangphaa
  2. Susenghphaa
  3. Gadadhar Singha
  4. Sudangphaa

d. Sudangphaa

Q9. Medieval period poet Rama Saraswati was a court poet of which of the following king?

  1. Bhaskaravarman
  2. Durlabhnarayan
  3. Brahmapala
  4. Rudra Singha

b. Durlabhnarayan

Q10. Which among the following has written the Prahlada Charita?

  1. Hema Saraswati
  2. Rudra Kandali
  3. Harivara Vipra
  4. Madhav Kandali

a. Hema Saraswati

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