Modern History - MOST IMPORTANT UPSSSC Lower PCS Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of UPSSSC Lower PCS.
📘 The Advent of Europeans In India and the Rise of Hyderabad📚 The Portuguese in India
Q1
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, discovered the sea route to India in the year ___.
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II (Re-exam) 28-07-2019
📘 The Advent of Europeans In India and the Rise of Hyderabad📚 The Dutch in India
Q2
Which king of South India defeated the Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Colachel in the year 1741?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 01-10-2019 (Shift-II)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Miscellaneous
Q3
In which year did the Vellore Mutiny, the first large-scale mutiny by Indian soldiers against the British, take place?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 30-09-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Anglo-Sikh Wars
Q4
In which year did the East India Company sign the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 30-09-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 The Advent of Europeans In India and the Rise of Hyderabad📚 The Portuguese in India
Q5
In what year did Vasco da Gama land in Calicut?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS I 28-02-2016
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Anglo Maratha Wars
Q6
During whose reign did the conflict between the Mughals and the Marathas begin?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS I 28-02-2016
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Anglo Mysore Wars
Q7
The historical city of Srirangapatna, which is considered the home of the tombs of Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, is located about 15 km from which of the following cities?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 30-09-2019 (Shift-II)
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Anglo Mysore Wars
Q8
Where was Tipu Sultan the ruler of?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II 06-03-2016
📘 British Expansion in India📚 Annexation of Oudh
Q9
Who among the following was the first Nawab of Awadh?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II 06-03-2016
📘 Economic Policies of The British📚 Impact of British Policy on Indian Economy
Q10
In which year did the first passenger train in India run from Bori Bunder, Bombay (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) to Thane?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 30-09-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 British India Acts & Policies📚 Social reform Acts
Q11
By which other name is the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 also known?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 30-09-2019 (Shift-II)
📘 Administration before 1857📚 Administration before 1857
Q12
Where was the first post office in India, established by the British East India Company in 1764, located?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam 30-09-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 The Revolt Of 1857📚 Leaders of the Revolt
Q13
Which of the following did not provide assistance to the British to suppress the Revolt of 1857?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam – 01-10-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 Socio-Religious Reforms / Organizations / Associations📚 Hindu Socio-Religious Reform Movements
Q14
In which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati establish the Arya Samaj for the first time in 1875?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam – 30-09-2019 (Shift-II)
📘 Socio-Religious Reforms / Organizations / Associations📚 Hindu Socio-Religious Reform Movements
Q15
By whom was the Brahma Samaj founded in 1828 among the following?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam – 30-09-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Partition of Bengal (1905)
Q16
Who was the Viceroy of India during the Partition of Bengal in the year 1905?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II (Re-exam) (28-07-2019)
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Partition of Bengal (1905)
Q17
When did the British Government of India announce the decision to implement the partition of Bengal?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Exam – 01-10-2019 (Shift-I)
📘 Indian National Movement - I (1905-1918)📚 Swadeshi Movement
Q18
Who among the following led the movement against the Partition of Bengal (1905)?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS III - 26-06-2016
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary activities inside India
Q19
Who attempted to assassinate Judge Kingsford in Muzaffarpur in 1908 AD?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS Mains 21/10/2021 Paper-I
📘 Revolutionary Nationalism📚 Revolutionary activities inside India
Q20
Who among the following revolutionaries wrote the famous article named 'The Philosophy of the Bomb'?
🎯 UPSSSC Lower PCS II (Re-exam) (28-07-2019)