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WBCS (EXE) MAIN EXAMINATION, 2018
PAPER - III
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 HISTORY
 ANCIENT

1. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 Which among the Harappan site was probably a trading outpost meant Shortugai [Krisha Reddy page no
for procuring lapis-lazuli? A 79 Q No. 6]

2. SANGAM AGE
1 The Centre for Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were All of the above

2 Alvar was _____ hymnodist of the Tamil devotional cult. Vaishnavite

3. THE MAURYA EMPIRE

1 The Kandahar Edict of Asoka was written in Both Aramic and Greek

4. POST MAURYA & PRE GUPTA

1 The theory of the emergence of feudalism in the post-Gupta period is All of the above
disputed on the ground that

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 MEDIEVAL
1. EARLY MEDIEVAL
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 The famous Uttaramerur Inscription belongs to the reign of Prantaka I [Krisha Reddy,
page no B-108 Q No. 16]

2. THE DELHI SULTANATE

1 Which Delhi Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’? Alauddin Khilji [Krisha
Reddy, page no B-181 Q No.
166]

3. PROVINCIAL KINGDOM OF MEDIEVAL INDIA

1 The foreign traveler named one of the famous Vijayanagara coins as Varaha [Krisha Reddy, page
pagoda. Originally it was no B-216 Q No. 69]

4. THE MUGHALS
1 Nasaq was Revenue payable by the
cultivator was based on
past experience. [Krisha
Reddy, page no B-239]

5. LATER MUGHALS
1 The effects of 1717 farman of Emperor Farukshiyar, granting exemption All of the above
to the Company’s merchandise from customs duty in lieu of an annual
sum of Rs.3000 was

6. REGIONAL STATES
1 Which one of the following conspirators against Siraj ud daulah was Umi Chand
duped by a forged agreement paper by Robert Clive?

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 MODERN
1. EXPANSION & CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 Arrange the following events related to Anglo-Mysore War…….. iii, i, ii, and iv
2 What was the plausible reason for the English to take up additional
fortifications of Calcutta?

3 Which of the following conditions didn’t prompt the making of Influence of the Ricardian theory of
Mahalwari Settlement? Rent [From ‘Plassey To Partition’, P
no 69]
“The refractory and oppressive
nature of the taluqdars and the need
to maximize revenue as well as
protect the rights of the peasant
proprietors to ensure the
improvement of agriculture, rather
than the influence of the Ricardian
theory of Rent, promoted the
making of the Mahalwari
Settlement”.

2. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOMENT
1 Which of the following statements is/are true about Regulating Act, All of the above
1773?
2 Which of the following do not belong to the ‘Transferred subjects’ as per Land Revenue Administration
the Act of 1919? [Rajiv Ahir Old Edition Page
no.273]

3. RELIGIOUS & SOCIAL REFORMERS AND MOVEMENTS

1 Dayanand’s pamphlet on the subject of cow protection Gaukarunanidhi 1881 [Modern India-Sumit
was published in the year______ Sarkar, Page no. 80]
2 ‘Child Marriage Restraint Act’ popularly known as Sarda Act was passed 1929
in the year________.

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
3 Mahakali Pathshala was founded by_____ Mataji Tapaswini

4 Sarojini Naidu founded the Women’s organization named as ____ Rashtriya Stru Sangha

5 Pandita Ramabai Saraswati arrived in Western India in 1882 and with Arya Mahila Samaj [Women in
the help from Ramabai Ranade set up____ for general uplift and modern India P No. -66]
enlightenment of women.

6 All India Women’s Conference was founded in the year 1927 by____ Margaret Cousins

7 Nair Service Society under the leadership of Mannath Padmanava Pillai 1914
was founded in

8 Madad Satyagraha constituted an important milestone in Dr. 1927

B.R.Ambedkar’s political career. When did it take place?

9 All India Conference of the Depressed Classes was formed in 1928

10 Jyotirao Phule started his Satyasodhak Samaj in _____ 1873

12 Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogum (SNDP) founded by Sri Narayana Guru

13 Who among the following was one of the prominent leader of the E V Ramaswami Naicker
Justice Movement?

14 Bartaman Bharat was written by Swami Vivekananda

15 Who was the founder of Tatwabodhini Sabha? Devendranath Tagore

16 When did the first schism within the Brahma Samaj first take place? 1866 [V K Agnihotri, Page No C
130]
17 When was Ramkrishna Mission established? 1897[NCERT]

18 Atmiya Sabha was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy

19 Who was the founder of Gramvarta Prakashika? Harinath Majumder

4. INTRODUCTION OF WESTERN EDUCATION & MODERN IDEAS

1 Arrange the following Commission constituted for development of ii, iii, iv and i
education in colonial India……..

2 Who established Calcutta Madrasa? Warren Hastings

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
3 Sanskrit College at Calcutta was established on 1824

4 Who among the following was not a proponent of Anglicism? William Jones

5 Who among the following played an instrumental role in the formation Radhakanta Dev
of Calcutta School Book Society?

5. DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS & ITS IMPACT

1 Kesari was the mouthpiece of Sarbajanik Sabha
2 Rast Goftan was a newspaper established by Fardinji Naoroji
3 Kudi Arasu was founded by E V Ramaswami Naicker
4 The news magazine Bharat Shramajivi was published by Sashipada Ganguly

5 Sanjivani, a newspaper published by Krishna Kumar Mitra

6 Andher Nagari was written by Bharatendu Harish Chandra
7 The song – Bismil Azimabadi
“Sarfaroshi ki tamanna………” immortalized by Bhagat Singh, Ram
Prasad Bismil, Asfaqullah was composed by

8 Sandhya, a periodical was published by Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay

9 Indian Sociologist was published by Shyamji Krishnavarma
10 The first newspaper published by M K Gandhi was Indian Opinion
11 Who was the first editor of Tatwabodhini Patrika? Akshay Kumar Dutta

6. REVOLT OF 1857
1 Arrange the following sepoy mutinies in the chronological order and i, ii, iii and iv
choose the correct answer form the codes given below:

2 Mangal Pandey, a sepoy of 34th Native Infantry stationed at 29th March, 1857
Barrackpore mutinied on

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
3 Match important centres of Revolt of 1857 with their leaders and a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

4 The Revolt of 1857 in Bareilly was led by Khan Bahadur Khan

5 Who among the following British officers died during the siege of Henry Lawrence
Residency at Lucknow?

6 Arrange the following places witnessing the sepoy revolt according to iv, i, ii, and iii
chronological order

7 When British army started pushing back the revolting Indian soldiers Delhi – James Neill
several commanders played leading role in claiming back……

7. DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS
1 Who among the following groups was not associated with the Muhajirs
formation of the Communist Party of India?

2 When did the Guruvayur temple entry movement take place? 1931
3 Tebhaga Movement was launched by Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha to Floud Commission
force implementation of the recommendations of _____ commission
through mass struggle.

4 During the first century of British rule there were a series of ‘restorative ii, i, iv, iii
rebellions’ started by……………….

5 Some of the peasant rebellion were participated exclusively by the ii, iii, i and iv
tribal population. Arrange the following tribal movements
chronologically…..
6 Ho and Munda tribesmen were from Chotanagpur

7 The tribal leader who was regarded as the Father of the World (Dharti Birsa Munda
Aba) was

8 Arrange the following armed resistance in the 19th century against the iv, i, ii, and iii
colonial rule in chronological order….

9 In many of the peasant revolt religion played an important rule. Who Majnu Shah
among the following was the leader of the Fakirs leading the Sannyasi-
Fakir uprising in Bengal?

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
10 Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer the codes given a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
below:

11 Who among the following was the founder of Wahabi Movement in Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
India?

12 Titu Mir defeated _____, the Indigo Planter. Davis

13 Who among the following was the leader of the Faraijis? Duddu Miyan

14 The first sign of revolt led by Titu Mir was a raid on zamindar ____. Krishnadeva Roy

8. PRE CONGRESS
1 Landholders’ Association was founded in the year____ 1838

9. FORMATION OF INC
1 When and where did Mahatma Gandhi become the President of INC? 1924, Belgaum

10. NATIONAL MOVEMENT 1905-1918

1 ‘Anti-Circular Society’ was established by Sachindra Prasad Basu
2 The sudden emergence of the samities or ‘national volunteer’ Ashwini Kumar Dutta
movement was one of the major achievement of the Swadeshi Age. Who
founded Swadesh Bandhan Samity?

3 Who played a prominent role in smuggling arms needed for the deadly Ujjwala Majumdar
attack on Bengal Governor Sir John Anderson at Lebong Race Course,
Darjeeling?

11. NATIONAL MOVEMENT 1919-1939

1 The first all India movement launched by M K Gandhi was ____ Rowlatt Satyagraha
2 Non Cooperation movement was launched on the issues of i, ii and iv

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
3 The famous 11 point ultimatum given by Mahatma Gandhi to Irwin All of the above
include of

12. MUSLIM LEAGUE & DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTY

1 Muslim league was initially floated by ____ in December, 1906. Nawab Salimullah
2 The book Indian Musalmans which contributed to the British policy of Sir William Wilson Hunter
‘Divide and Rule’ and led to the

3 The genesis of the demand for Pakistan as a seperates state can be traces Sir Muhammad Iqbal
to

13. NATIONAL MOVEMENT: TOWARDS FREEDOM & PARTITION

1939-1947
1 Quit India Movement was launched in immediate response to the failure Cripps Mission
of
2 Subhash Chandra Bose became the supreme leader of INA in 1943
3 Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent M K Gandhi
Assembly?

14. GOVERNOR-GENERAL
1 Dramatic Performances Act (DPA) was brought into force under the Lord Northbrook
administration of

2 Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement? Lord Linlithgow
3 Calcutta (Shibpur) Engineering College was established in the year 1856
4 Who was the last Governor General of Fort William of Bengal? Lord Bentinck

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
5 The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary alliance? Nizam of Hyderabad
6 Arrange according to the chronological order the following annexed by iii, ii, i and iv
Dalhousie as per the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’.

7 Some of the army regiments have revolted several times before 1857. 1806
Vellore mutiny took place in the year____.

15. OTHERS
1 In the 1880s and 1890s ‘communalism’ acquired an All India dimension. 1900
Two principal issues were Urdu-Devanagari controversy and cow
protection. The demand for the use of Devanagiri script was granted in
the year ______
2 Who was the first women legislator? Muthulaxmi Reddy

3 Franchise for women were slowly introduced ____ were the first Madras
provinces to extend franchise to women.

4 The first women state prisoner under Regulation III of 1818 was Nanibala Devi

5 Basu Vijnan Mandir (Bose institute) was establish on 1917

6 Calcutta Science College was established in the year 1914

7 Who was the author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherin? Gulam Hussein

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 GEOGRAPHY
1. PHYSIOGRAPHY
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 Which Himalayan peak is also called ‘Sagar Matha’? Mt. Everest

2 Central Highlands of Indian peninsular block are formed of Igneous and metamorphic rocks
3 Palghat joins which of the following states? Kerala and Tamil Nadu

4 The palk strait lies between Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar
5 The coast that belongs to Kerala is known as Malabar Coast
6 Guru Sikhar on the Abu Hills is the highest peak of which mountain Aravallis
ranges?

7 Majuli, the largest river island in the world, lies in the state of Assam
8 The Deccan trap was formed by the Cretaceous Vulcanicity
9 Which Indian state has the largest coastline? Andhra Pradesh
10 The Andaman and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each Ten Degree Channel
other by

11 Which of the following cities/towns lies to the northern most latitude? Patna

12 Baltora glacier is located in Karakoram ranges

13 The approximate length of the coastline of India is 7000 km
14 Nathu La, a place where India-China border trade has been resumed Sikkim
after 44 years is located on the Indian border in

15 Naga, Khasi, and Garo hills are located in Purvachal Ranges

16 The standard time of a country differs from the GMT in multiples of Half Hour
17 Which part of Himalayas has the maximum stretch from east to west? Nepal Himalaya
18 Which of the following processes is responsible for producing the sand Wind Deposition
dunes in Western Rajasthan?
19 Where are the Saltora Ranges located? Part of the Karakoram ranges

20 82.50E longitude is geographically significant to India because It determines the Indian Standard
time.

21 Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands? Myanmar

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22 Which of the following cities lies to the Western-most longitude? Jaipur

23 Where is Panzseer Valley situated? Afghanistan

24 The famous Lagoon Lake of India is Chilka

2. DRAINAGE & IRRIGATION

1 The river which is used for inland waterways in India is Ganga

2 Srinagar is located on the bank of the river Jhelum

3 Which of the following rivers has its source outside India Brahmaputra

4 An important river of the Indian desert is Luni

5 The ‘Pong Dam’ is constructed on the river Beas

6 Which river is under dispute involving Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Narmada

and Gujarat?

7 The first multipurpose project of independent India is Damodar

8 The river which joins Ganga from Southern side is Son

9 Where is the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam built? On river Chambal

10 ‘Meghna’ is the combined stream of which two rivers? Ganga and Brahmaputra

11 The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is Kosi

12 River Indus originates from Kailash Range

13 On the tributary of which river has Rihand Dam been constructed? Son

14 The river also known as Tsangpor in Tibet is Brahmaputra

15 The confluence of the rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi is known as Devprayag

16 Where is Nathpa Jhakri power project located? Himachal Pradesh

17 Which one of the following hydroelectric projects does not belong to Periyar
Tamil Nadu?
18 What is the longest Irrigation Canal in India called? Indira Gandhi Canal

19 Which state is irrigated by Ganga Canal? Uttar Pradesh

20 Tehri Dam receives water from which of the following rivers? Bhagirathi

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21 In which part of India, canal irrigation system is the most important? Uttar Pradesh

22 Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched? Sabarigiri Project-Gujarat (Kerala)

23 Where is Tala Hydroelectric project which is expected to generator Bhutan

1020 power, located?

24 Which of the following Canals is located in W.B? Eden Canal

25 On which river has the Hirakud dam been built? Mahanadi

26 Farakka Barrage was commissioned to Save Kolkata port

27 Which of the following is a rover flowing from Central India and joining Betwa
Yamuna/Ganga?

28 Which of the following rivers makes an estuary? Narmada

29 The longest sea beach in India is Marina Beach (13 KM)

30 Which rivers originates from the Amarkantak plateau? Narmada River

31 Which one of the following river flows through a rift valley? Narmada

3. CLIMATE
1 If 20% or more area of the country suffers from rain deficits during Drought Year
monsoon, it is termed as

2 One of the regions that receives rainfall from the NE monsoon is Tamil Nadu

3 Which of the following is the area of lowest pressure over Indian sub- N-W India
continent during hot dry weather season?
4 Delhi gets winter rainfall due to Western disturbances

5 Nagpur gets scanty rainfall as it is located towards Leeward side

6 Western disturbances cause rainfall in the following Indian states Punjab and Haryana
during winter

7 Which one of the following is the driest region in India? Marwar

8 Which coasts of India is most affected by tropical cyclones? Andhra

9 Which one of the following is the wettest place in India? Mawsynram

10 The area with annual rainfall less than 50cm in a year is Leh in Kashmir

11 Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune because Mumbai is on the windward side

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4. NATURAL VEGETATION
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 Which one of the following areas is noted for mangrove vegetation? Sajnekhali forest of South 24-
parganas

2 What should be the proportion of forest cover for India to maintain 33.3%
ecological balance?

3 A tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan platian is Sandalwood

4 World’s maximum newsprint paper comes from Rain Forest

5 When was the first National Forest Policy issued by the Government of 1952
India?

6 The common tree species in Nilgiri Hills is Eucalyptus

5. SOIL
1 Watermelons grow the best in Sandy Soil

2 Laterite soil is found in which of the following states of India? Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

3 Saline and alkaline soils in India are also called as Kallar

6. MAJOR CROPS
1 Pruning is an essential part of cultivation of Tea

2 The variety of coffee largely grown in India is Arabica

3 The production of Onion is the highest in Maharashtra
4 The largest irrigated are in India is occupied by Rice
5 Which of the following are not grown in the Kharif season? Barley and Mustard

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7. CITY
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 Nasik is situated on the bank of the river Godavari
2 Surat is situated on the bank of the river Tapti
3 Which of the following cities in India is considered as greenest? Thiruvananthapuram

8. TRANSPORT
1 A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called Isthmus

9. WEST BENGAL PHYSIOGRAPHY

1 The Sundarban is found in Deltaic W.B

10. BIODIVERSITY

1 Where is the Bandipur National Park? Karnataka

2 The Gir Forest is noted for its Lion Sanctuary

3 Namdhapa National Park is in Arunachal Pradesh
4 Which Wildlife Sanctuary has the project to conserve the rhinos in Kaziranga
India?
5 Where was the first Biosphere established in India? Nilgiris

6 Which one of the following is a wildlife sanctuary? Chapramari

7 Where is the best known bird sanctuary in Haryana? Sultanpur

8 Biosphere Reserve of India, Nanda Devi (UNESCO) is located in the state Uttarakhand
of

9 Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which State? Madhya Pradesh

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11. OTHERS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 Where is the Forest Research Institute located? Dehradun
2 National Botanical Garden is located in Lucknow

3 Under which plan did the Government introduce an agricultural strategy Third FYP
which gave rise to Green Revolution?

4 Blue Revolution is related to Fish Production

5 ‘Operation Flood’ is associated with Milk Production

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