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UPPSC PCS History Questions with Answers & Explanations

20 History questions from the History & Culture section of UPPSC PCS, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Try each question first, then tap Show answer to check. When you're ready, take the timed chapter-wise test to see your all-India rank.

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Question 1

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in

  1. A1915
  2. B1920
  3. C1922
  4. D1919
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Answer: (D) 1919
Question 2

Which Mauryan emperor embraced Buddhism after the Kalinga war?

  1. AAshoka
  2. BBrihadratha
  3. CChandragupta Maurya
  4. DBindusara
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Answer: (A) Ashoka
Question 3

The Taj Mahal was built by

  1. AShah Jahan
  2. BHumayun
  3. CJahangir
  4. DAkbar
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Answer: (A) Shah Jahan
Question 4

Which Mughal emperor introduced the Din-i-Ilahi?

  1. AShah Jahan
  2. BJahangir
  3. CAurangzeb
  4. DAkbar
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Answer: (D) Akbar
Question 5

Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?

  1. ADayananda Saraswati
  2. BIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  3. CKeshab Chandra Sen
  4. DRaja Ram Mohan Roy
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Answer: (D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Question 6

Who gave the slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"?

  1. ABal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. BMahatma Gandhi
  3. CGopal Krishna Gokhale
  4. DLala Lajpat Rai
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Answer: (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 7

Who is known as the "Iron Man of India"?

  1. ABal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. BLal Bahadur Shastri
  3. CSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  4. DJawaharlal Nehru
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Answer: (C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Question 8

The Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by

  1. ALord Wellesley
  2. BLord Ripon
  3. CLord Dalhousie
  4. DLord Cornwallis
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Answer: (A) Lord Wellesley
Question 9

Who founded the Arya Samaj?

  1. ARamakrishna Paramahamsa
  2. BSwami Dayananda Saraswati
  3. CSwami Vivekananda
  4. DRaja Ram Mohan Roy
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Answer: (B) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Question 10

Who was the first Governor-General of India under the Charter Act of 1833?

  1. ALord Dalhousie
  2. BWarren Hastings
  3. CLord William Bentinck
  4. DLord Cornwallis
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Answer: (C) Lord William Bentinck

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Question 11

Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was at

  1. ABardoli
  2. BChamparan
  3. CKheda
  4. DAhmedabad
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Answer: (B) Champaran
Question 12

Who founded the Indian National Army's "Azad Hind Government"?

  1. ARash Behari Bose
  2. BMohan Singh
  3. CSubhas Chandra Bose
  4. DBhagat Singh
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Answer: (C) Subhas Chandra Bose
Question 13

Who was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism?

  1. ANeminatha
  2. BMahavira
  3. CParshvanatha
  4. DRishabhanatha
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Answer: (B) Mahavira
Question 14

The Revolt of 1857 began at

  1. ALucknow
  2. BDelhi
  3. CKanpur
  4. DMeerut
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Answer: (D) Meerut
Question 15

Who gave the slogan "Do or Die"?

  1. ASubhas Chandra Bose
  2. BBhagat Singh
  3. CMahatma Gandhi
  4. DBal Gangadhar Tilak
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Answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi
Question 16

Who wrote "Arthashastra"?

  1. APanini
  2. BKautilya
  3. CBanabhatta
  4. DKalidasa
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Answer: (B) Kautilya
Question 17

Who composed the "Abhijnanasakuntalam"?

  1. ABhasa
  2. BHarsha
  3. CKalidasa
  4. DBanabhatta
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Answer: (C) Kalidasa
Question 18

The Battle of Buxar was fought in

  1. A1764
  2. B1757
  3. C1782
  4. D1761
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Answer: (A) 1764
Question 19

The Simon Commission came to India in

  1. A1942
  2. B1935
  3. C1928
  4. D1919
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Answer: (C) 1928
Question 20

The Ghadar Party was founded in

  1. ALondon
  2. BSan Francisco
  3. CBerlin
  4. DTokyo
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Answer: (B) San Francisco

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