History – WBPSC Clerkship Previous Year Question Paper

History WBPSC Clerkship Previous Year Question Paper

Clerkship Question Paper – 2019 (S1)

1. Mahatma Gandhi had first started his non-violent non-cooperation movement in

(A) UK

(B) South Africa

(C) India

(D) Zimbabwe

 

4. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30th January

(A) 1947

(B) 1948

(C) 1949

(D) 1950

 

6. Gautam Buddha was born in

(A) Kapila Vastu

(B) Sarnath

(C) Bodh Gaya

(D) Lumbini

 

7. Vidyasagar’s birth place ‘Birsingha’ village is in

(A) Hooghly district

(B) Nadia district

(C) West Medinipur district

(D) Howrah district

 

27. The battle of Plassey was fought in

(A) 1757

(B) 1758

(C) 1857

(D) 1858

 

32. Khudiram Bose was hanged in

(A) Medinipur

(B) Dum Dum Central Jail

(C) Muzaffarpur

(D) Presidency Jail, Kolkata

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2019 (S2)

17. Where did the INA unfurl the Indian flag after defeating the Bristish on 14th April 1944?

(A) Imphal

(B) Moirang

(C) Kohima

(D) Moreh

 

19. Who among the following was the first President of Indian National Congress?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji

(B) Allan Octavian Hume

(C) W. C. Bonnerjee

(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee

 

26. The first Indian Governor General of Independent India was

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B) C. Rajagopalachari

(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(D) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

 

27. Which was not a Portuguese colony in India?

(A) Pondicherry

(B) Chandannagar

(C) Goa

(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

 

36. When did Alexander invade India?

(A) 323 B.C.

(B) 325 B.C.

(C) 326 B.C.

(D) 327 B.C.

 

39. Swami Vivekananda delivered his Chicago Addresses in

(A) 1890

(B) 1892

(C) 1893

(D) 1894

 

40. Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his Knighthood in

(A) 1905

(B) 1911

(C) 1914

(D) 1919

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S1)

31. Which one of the following is India’s oldest civilization ?

(A) Harappan civilization

(B) Vedic civilization

(C) Sindh civilization

(D) Mehargarh civilization

 

32. Who is the author of Anandamath?

(A) Rabindranath

(B) Sarat Chandra

(C) Bankim Chandra

(D) Vivekananda

 

44. Adina Mosque is situated at?

(A) Ajanta

(B) Pandua

(C) Sanchi

(D) Purashpur

 

56. “Widow Remarriage Act” was passed in the year?

(A) 1854

(B) 1856

(C) 1858

(D) 1860

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S2)

38. Rajatarangini was written by

(A) Kautilya

(B) Kalhan

(C) Megasthenes

(D) Banabhatta

 

39. Who was the last Governor General of Independent India?

(A) Lord Mountbatten

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(C) Rajendra Prasad

(D) C. Rajagopalachari

 

44. Which Gupta ruler assumed his title ‘Shakari‘ ?

(A) Chandragupta I

(B) Chandragupta II

(C) Samudragupta

(D) Skanda Gupta

 

54. Who is the first independent Nawab of Bengal?

(A) Siraj ud Daula

(B) Mir Qasim

(C) Alibardi Khan

(D) Murshid Quli Khan

 

63. Which was the first state under ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?

(A) Satara

(B) Jhansi

(C) Nagpur

(D) Sambalpur

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2007

1. Who established Asiatic Society?

(A) William Jones

(B) Max Muller

(C) James Princep

(D) Rajendralal Mitra

 

5. Apala, Lopamudra, Gargi — these learned women belonged to which period?

(A) Vedic period

(B) Maurya period

(C) Kushan period

(D) Gupta period

 

9. Which Gupta ruler ended the Saka rule in Western India?

(A) Samudragupta

(B) Chandragupta II

(C) Kumargupta I

(D) Skandagupta

 

13. The Ratha type temples of Mahabalipuram were built by :

(A) The Pallavas

(B) The Cholas

(C) The Pandyas

(D) The Chalukyas of Badami

 

17. Jaydev, author of Gitagovinda, was the court poet of which Bengal ruler?

(A) Dharmapala

(B) Devapala

(C) Ballalsena

(D) Lakshmansena

 

21. During whose reign Fatehpur Sikri was built ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) Aurangzeb

 

25. Who was the founder of the Sikh religion ?

(A) Guru Nanak

(B) Guru Arjun

(C) Guru Tegh Bahadur

(D) Guru Govind Singh

 

29. The first president of the Indian National Congress was :

(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(B) Womesh Chandra Banerjee

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) Badruddin Tyabji

 

33. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in :

(A) 1905

(B) 1919

(C) 1911

(D) 1914

 

37. The ‘drain of wealth‘ was criticised by ;

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Badruddin Tyabji

(D) Ramesh Chandra Dutt

 

59. Musical instrument used by Amir Khusrau was :

(A) Sarod

(B) Tabla

(C) Sitar

(D) Flute

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2006

1. Who is called ‘Frontier Gandhi’?

(A) Abdul Gaffar Khan

(B) Maulana Azad

(C) Satish Chandra Dasgupta

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

 

24. From which year did the counting of the Saka Era start?

(A) 78 AD

(B) 58 BC

(C) 320 AD

(D) 327 BC

 

25. Who founded the ‘Atmiya Sabha’?

(A) Vidyasagar

(B) Rammohan Roy

(C) Shibnath Shastri

(D) Keshab Chandra Sen

 

26. Who founded the Indian National Army?

(A) Netaji Subhas

(B) Rash Behari Bose

(C) Mohan Singh

(D) Lala Hardayal

 

49. Which emperor’s achievements were described in the Allahabad Prasasti?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Harshavardhan

(C) Kanishka

(D) Samudragupta

 

50. Who composed ‘Vande Mataram‘?

(A) Bankim Chandra

(B) Aurobindo Ghosh

(C) Rabindranath

(D) Mukunda Das

 

63. Portrait painting is the most significant contribution of

(A) Ajanta Paintings

(B) Mughal Paintings

(C) Rajput Paintings

(D) Paintings of Calcutta School

 

74. Who was the General of the army of Sher Shah?

(A) Jai Singh

(B) Diler Khan

(C) Brahmjit Gaur

(D) Shaista Khan

 

75. Who was the prime leader of Chittagong Armoury raid?

(A) Khudiram Bose

(B) Satish Basu

(C) Surya Sen

(D) Ashwani Dutta

 

99. In which year was the Third Battle of Panipat held?

(A) 1761

(B) 1757

(C) 1526

(D) 1556

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2005

10. Gopala was the founder of

(A) Pala dynasty

(B) Pratihara dynasty

(C) Pallava dynasty

(D) Bana dynasty

 

32. Meghaduta was written by

(A) Valmiki

(B) Vyasa

(C) Bhavabhuti

(D) Kalidasa

 

34. The only Northern Indian State, which Akbar could not annex was

(A) Kashmir

(B) Bengal

(C) Bihar

(D) Assam

 

43. Kamarupa was the ancient name of

(A) Bihar

(B) Orissa

(C) Bengal

(D) Assam

 

44. The Muslim League was founded in

(A) Delhi

(B) Dhaka

(C) Aligarh

(D) Allahabad

 

57. Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by

(A) Dalhousie

(B) Canning

(C) Elgin

(D) Lawrence

 

 

Clerkship Question Paper – 2004

36. Who was the founder of Atmiya Sabha?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

 

64. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha‘?

(A) Ghalib

(B) Iqbal

(C) Kaifi Azmi

(D) Sahir Ludhianvi

 

67. Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Debendranath Tagore

(C) Atmaram Panduranga

(D) Dayanand Saraswati

 

74. Who abolished the ‘Iqta’ system?

(A) Balban

(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Alauddin Khilji

 

84. Who has conferred the title of ‘Gunaraj Khan‘?

(A) Bipradas Pipilai

(B) Maladhar Basu

(C) Kavi Jaydeva

(D) Sri Chaitanya

 

94. Who founded ‘Anushilan Samiti’?

(A) Pulin Behari Das

(B) Pramatha Nath Mitra

(C) Swami Saradanand

(D) Barindra Kumar Ghosh

 

98. Who was called by ‘Vindhya Adhipati‘?

(A) Simuka

(B) Gautamiputra Satkarni

(C) Ashoka

(D) Chandragupta Maurya