UPSC Static Quiz – History : 27 July 2024

UPSC Static Quiz – History : 27 July 2024 We will post 5 questions daily on static topics mentioned in the UPSC civil services preliminary examination syllabus. Each week will focus on a specific topic from the syllabus, such as History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian and World Geography, and more.We are excited to bring you our daily UPSC Static Quiz, designed to help you prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination. Each day, we will post 5 questions on static topics mentioned in the UPSC syllabus. This week, we are focusing on Indian and World Geography.

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• Question 1 of 5 1. Question Consider the following statements regarding the history of civil service exams in India. Prior to the establishment of Civil Service Commission, civil servants for India were nominated by the East India Company. Thomas Macaulay Committee recommended that civil servants should be selected through a competitive exam. Dadabhai Naoroji became the first Indian to clear the Civil Service examination. How many of the above statements is/are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) All three (d) None Correct Solution: b) Statement 3 is incorrect. The UPSC has its genesis in the Civil Service Commission set up by the British government in 1854. Prior to this, civil servants for India were nominated by the East India Company, and then trained at Haileybury College in London. However, following a report by Lord Thomas Macaulay, it was decided that instead of nominations, civil servants should be selected through a competitive exam. Thus, the Civil Service Commission was set up, and for some years, exams were held only in London. It was a decade later, in 1864, that Satyendranath Tagore (brother of Rabindranath Tagore) became the first Indian to clear the exam. The exam started being held in India only from 1922, after the First World War. Incorrect Solution: b) Statement 3 is incorrect. The UPSC has its genesis in the Civil Service Commission set up by the British government in 1854. Prior to this, civil servants for India were nominated by the East India Company, and then trained at Haileybury College in London. However, following a report by Lord Thomas Macaulay, it was decided that instead of nominations, civil servants should be selected through a competitive exam. Thus, the Civil Service Commission was set up, and for some years, exams were held only in London. It was a decade later, in 1864, that Satyendranath Tagore (brother of Rabindranath Tagore) became the first Indian to clear the exam. The exam started being held in India only from 1922, after the First World War.

#### 1. Question

Consider the following statements regarding the history of civil service exams in India.

• Prior to the establishment of Civil Service Commission, civil servants for India were nominated by the East India Company.

• Thomas Macaulay Committee recommended that civil servants should be selected through a competitive exam.

• Dadabhai Naoroji became the first Indian to clear the Civil Service examination.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• (a) Only one

• (b) Only two

• (c) All three

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

The UPSC has its genesis in the Civil Service Commission set up by the British government in 1854. Prior to this, civil servants for India were nominated by the East India Company, and then trained at Haileybury College in London.

However, following a report by Lord Thomas Macaulay, it was decided that instead of nominations, civil servants should be selected through a competitive exam. Thus, the Civil Service Commission was set up, and for some years, exams were held only in London. It was a decade later, in 1864, that Satyendranath Tagore (brother of Rabindranath Tagore) became the first Indian to clear the exam. The exam started being held in India only from 1922, after the First World War.

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

• Question 2 of 5 2. Question Consider the following Barpukhan was a post equivalent to Governor General created in Ahom Kingdom. The Battle of Saraighat was a naval battle fought between the Mughal Empire and the Ahom Kingdom on the Brahmaputra river. Which of the above statements is/are incorrect? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Correct Solution: d) A British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers has been converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra River. Barpukhan was a post equivalent to Governor General created by Ahom king Pratap Simha or Susengpha (1603- 1641). The hillock by the Brahmaputra, mentioned in ancient scriptures as Mandrachal, was from where Ahom General Lachit Barpukhan launched the Battle of Saraighat in March 1671 to inflict the most crushing defeat on the Mughals. Saraighat is regarded as the “greatest naval battle ever fought in a river”. Incorrect Solution: d) A British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers has been converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra River. Barpukhan was a post equivalent to Governor General created by Ahom king Pratap Simha or Susengpha (1603- 1641). The hillock by the Brahmaputra, mentioned in ancient scriptures as Mandrachal, was from where Ahom General Lachit Barpukhan launched the Battle of Saraighat in March 1671 to inflict the most crushing defeat on the Mughals. Saraighat is regarded as the “greatest naval battle ever fought in a river”.

#### 2. Question

Consider the following

• Barpukhan was a post equivalent to Governor General created in Ahom Kingdom.

• The Battle of Saraighat was a naval battle fought between the Mughal Empire and the Ahom Kingdom on the Brahmaputra river.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

• (a) 1 only

• (b) 2 only

• (c) Both 1 and 2

• (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution: d)

A British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers has been converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra River.

Barpukhan was a post equivalent to Governor General created by Ahom king Pratap Simha or Susengpha (1603- 1641). The hillock by the Brahmaputra, mentioned in ancient scriptures as Mandrachal, was from where Ahom General Lachit Barpukhan launched the Battle of Saraighat in March 1671 to inflict the most crushing defeat on the Mughals.

Saraighat is regarded as the “greatest naval battle ever fought in a river”.

Solution: d)

A British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers has been converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra River.

Saraighat is regarded as the “greatest naval battle ever fought in a river”.

• Question 3 of 5 3. Question Consider the following statements. Babur was the first to refer to Delhi as the ‘capital of all Hindustan’ in the 16th century. Mughals, under Akbar shifted their capital to Agra for some time. Under Shah Jahan, Delhi became the Mughal capital with the establishment of Shahjahanabad. How many of the above statements are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) All three (d) None Correct Solution: c) Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal dynasty, was the first to refer to Delhi as the ‘capital of all Hindustan’ in the 16th century. Though the Mughals, under Akbar (1542-1605) shifted their capital to Agra for some time, they continued to be seen as the rulers of Delhi. Finally, under Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Delhi became the Mughal capital once again with the establishment of Shahjahanabad in 1648 (what we know today as Old Delhi). Incorrect Solution: c) Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal dynasty, was the first to refer to Delhi as the ‘capital of all Hindustan’ in the 16th century. Though the Mughals, under Akbar (1542-1605) shifted their capital to Agra for some time, they continued to be seen as the rulers of Delhi. Finally, under Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Delhi became the Mughal capital once again with the establishment of Shahjahanabad in 1648 (what we know today as Old Delhi).

#### 3. Question

Consider the following statements.

• Babur was the first to refer to Delhi as the ‘capital of all Hindustan’ in the 16th century.

• Mughals, under Akbar shifted their capital to Agra for some time.

• Under Shah Jahan, Delhi became the Mughal capital with the establishment of Shahjahanabad.

How many of the above statements are correct?

• (a) Only one

• (b) Only two

• (c) All three

Solution: c)

Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal dynasty, was the first to refer to Delhi as the ‘capital of all Hindustan’ in the 16th century. Though the Mughals, under Akbar (1542-1605) shifted their capital to Agra for some time, they continued to be seen as the rulers of Delhi.

Finally, under Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Delhi became the Mughal capital once again with the establishment of Shahjahanabad in 1648 (what we know today as Old Delhi).

Solution: c)

Finally, under Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Delhi became the Mughal capital once again with the establishment of Shahjahanabad in 1648 (what we know today as Old Delhi).

• Question 4 of 5 4. Question Consider the following statements. Goa became a Portuguese colony in 1510 when Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the forces of Bijapur’s sultan, Yusuf Adil Shah. Ram Manohar Lohia led a rally in Goa that gave a call for civil liberties and freedom, and eventual integration with India. Operation Blue Star led to Goa’s annexation by India. How many of the above statements are correct? a) Only one b) Only two c) All three d) None Correct Solution: b) Statement 3 is incorrect. Goa became a Portuguese colony in 1510 when Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the forces of Bijapur’s sultan, Yusuf Adil Shah. Similar to the anti-British nationalist movement in the rest of India around the twentieth century, Goa started to witness an upsurge of nationalist sentiment against colonial rule in the early 20th Century. In 1946, the socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia led a historic rally in Goa that gave a call for civil liberties and freedom, and eventual integration with India, which became a watershed moment in Goa’s freedom struggle. December 18 and 19, 1961, saw a full-fledged military operation termed ‘Operation Vijay’, which was carried out with little resistance and an instrument of surrender was signed, leading to Goa’s annexation by India. Goa would be liberated on December 19, 1961 Incorrect Solution: b) Statement 3 is incorrect. Goa became a Portuguese colony in 1510 when Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the forces of Bijapur’s sultan, Yusuf Adil Shah. Similar to the anti-British nationalist movement in the rest of India around the twentieth century, Goa started to witness an upsurge of nationalist sentiment against colonial rule in the early 20th Century. In 1946, the socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia led a historic rally in Goa that gave a call for civil liberties and freedom, and eventual integration with India, which became a watershed moment in Goa’s freedom struggle. December 18 and 19, 1961, saw a full-fledged military operation termed ‘Operation Vijay’, which was carried out with little resistance and an instrument of surrender was signed, leading to Goa’s annexation by India. Goa would be liberated on December 19, 1961

#### 4. Question

Consider the following statements.

• Goa became a Portuguese colony in 1510 when Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the forces of Bijapur’s sultan, Yusuf Adil Shah.

• Ram Manohar Lohia led a rally in Goa that gave a call for civil liberties and freedom, and eventual integration with India.

• Operation Blue Star led to Goa’s annexation by India.

How many of the above statements are correct?

• a) Only one

• b) Only two

• c) All three

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

Goa became a Portuguese colony in 1510 when Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the forces of Bijapur’s sultan, Yusuf Adil Shah.

Similar to the anti-British nationalist movement in the rest of India around the twentieth century, Goa started to witness an upsurge of nationalist sentiment against colonial rule in the early 20th Century.

In 1946, the socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia led a historic rally in Goa that gave a call for civil liberties and freedom, and eventual integration with India, which became a watershed moment in Goa’s freedom struggle.

December 18 and 19, 1961, saw a full-fledged military operation termed ‘Operation Vijay’, which was carried out with little resistance and an instrument of surrender was signed, leading to Goa’s annexation by India. Goa would be liberated on December 19, 1961

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

Goa became a Portuguese colony in 1510 when Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the forces of Bijapur’s sultan, Yusuf Adil Shah.

• Question 5 of 5 5. Question During Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was known as Red Fort trials? a) Chauri Chaura incident trial b) Rowlatt Act trial c) Komagata Maru incident trial d) Indian National Army trial Correct Solution: d) The Indian National Army trials (also known as the INA trials and the Red Fort trials) was the British Indian trial by court-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army (INA) between November 1945 and May 1946, on various charges of treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder, during the Second World War. Incorrect Solution: d) The Indian National Army trials (also known as the INA trials and the Red Fort trials) was the British Indian trial by court-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army (INA) between November 1945 and May 1946, on various charges of treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder, during the Second World War.

#### 5. Question

During Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was known as Red Fort trials?

• a) Chauri Chaura incident trial

• b) Rowlatt Act trial

• c) Komagata Maru incident trial

• d) Indian National Army trial

Solution: d)

The Indian National Army trials (also known as the INA trials and the Red Fort trials) was the British Indian trial by court-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army (INA) between November 1945 and May 1946, on various charges of treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder, during the Second World War.

Solution: d)

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