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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)
- Which one of the following is India’s oldest civilization ?
(A) Harappan civilization
(B) Vedic civilization
(C) Sindh civilization
(D) Mehargarh civilization
- Who is the author of Anandamath?
(A) Rabindranath
(B) Sarat Chandra
(C) Bankim Chandra
(D) Vivekananda
- Adina Mosque is situated at?
(A) Ajanta
(B) Pandua
(C) Sanchi
(D) Purashpur
- “Widow Remarriage Act” was passed in the year?
(A) 1854
(B) 1856
(C) 1858
(D) 1860
Clerkship Question Paper – 2009 (S2)
- Rajatarangini was written by
(A) Kautilya
(B) Kalhan
(C) Megasthenes
(D) Banabhatta
- Who was the last Governor General of Independent India?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
- Which Gupta ruler assumed his title ‘Shakari‘ ?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Skanda Gupta
- Who is the first independent Nawab of Bengal?
(A) Siraj ud Daula
(B) Mir Qasim
(C) Alibardi Khan
(D) Murshid Quli Khan
- Which was the first state under ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
(A) Satara
(B) Jhansi
(C) Nagpur
(D) Sambalpur
Clerkship Question Paper – 2007
- Who established Asiatic Society?
(A) William Jones
(B) Max Muller
(C) James Princep
(D) Rajendralal Mitra
- Apala, Lopamudra, Gargi — these learned women belonged to which period?
(A) Vedic period
(B) Maurya period
(C) Kushan period
(D) Gupta period
- Which Gupta ruler ended the Saka rule in Western India?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Kumargupta I
(D) Skandagupta
- The Ratha type temples of Mahabalipuram were built by :
(A) The Pallavas
(B) The Cholas
(C) The Pandyas
(D) The Chalukyas of Badami
- Jaydev, author of Gitagovinda, was the court poet of which Bengal ruler?
(A) Dharmapala
(B) Devapala
(C) Ballalsena
(D) Lakshmansena
- During whose reign Fatehpur Sikri was built ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
- Who was the founder of the Sikh religion ?
(A) Guru Nanak
(B) Guru Arjun
(C) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(D) Guru Govind Singh
(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(B) Womesh Chandra Banerjee
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Badruddin Tyabji
- The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in :
(A) 1905
(B) 1919
(C) 1911
(D) 1914
- The ‘drain of wealth‘ was criticised by ;
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) G.K. Gokhale
(C) Badruddin Tyabji
(D) Ramesh Chandra Dutt
(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
(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