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History – WBPSC Food SI Previous Year Question Paper
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-1)
2. “Anandmath” was written by
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Rashbehari Bose
8. The First Woman Ruler to sit on the throne of Delhi had been
(A) Abeda
(B) Zubeida
(C) Rokeya
(D) Razia
18. The author of “The Story of My Experiments with Truth” had been
(A) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
19. Who was known as Alamgir?
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Jahangir
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Akbar
24. Who said, “Swaraj is my birthright“?
(A) Gandhi
(B) Nehru
(C) Tilak
(D) Gokhale
32. Sasanka was the King of
(A) South India
(B) Gujarat
(C) Gaur
(D) Malbhum
38. The First Battle of Tarain took place in
(A) 1192 A.D.
(B) 1191 A.D.
(C) 1205 A.D.
(D) 1206 A.D.
39. The Akbar Namah was written by
(A) Abdul Hamid
(B) Faizi
(C) Abul Fazl
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
41. The Aihole Prasasti is associated with
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Vishnugupta
(C) Pulekeshin II
(D) Rajendra Chola
46. The Indian National Congress was founded in the year
(A) 1883
(B) 1884
(C) 1885
(D) 1886
71. The First Battle of Panipat took place in
(A) 1521
(B) 1523
(C) 1525
(D) 1526
80. The leader of the Kaivartya Revolt was
(A) Puru
(B) Divya
(C) Arjun
(D) Harsha
100.The Saptaratha Temples at Mahabalipuram were built by the
(A) Cholas
(B) Chalukyas
(C) Pallavas
(D) Pandyas
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-2)
- The Grant of Diwani was given to the English East India Company in
(A) 1764
(B) 1765
(C) 1771
(D) 1772
- The Portuguese were ousted from Bengal by
(A) Mir Jumla
(B) Shaista Khan
(C) Mir Qasim
(D) Faiz Khan
- The Hindu College was founded in the year
(A) 1818
(B) 1817
(C) 1819
(D) 1820
- The Capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in
(A) 1910
(B) 1911
(C) 1912
(D) 1913
- Pratapaditya was the ruler of
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Jessore
(C) Barisal
(D) Natore
- Neel Darpan was written by
(A) Rajanikanta Das
(B) Dinabandhu Mitra
(C) Mukunda Das
(D) Chittaranjan Das
- The last and tenth Guru of the Sikhs had been
(A) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(B) Guru Hargovind
(C) Guru Gobind Singh
(D) Guru Har Kishan
- The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by
(A) Lord Cornwallis
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Clive
- The Sreerampore Trio comprised of
(A) Clive-Watson-Watts
(B) Carey-Marshman-Ward
(C) Lal-Bal-Pal
(D) Hastings-Cornwallis-Shore
- The book Arthashastra was written by
(A) Baudhayana
(B) Chanakya
(C) Panini
(D) Patanjali
- Megasthenes was the author of
(A) Milinda Panho
(B) Indica
(C) Periplus
(D) Tarikh
- Who was killed by the ‘Deccan Ulcer‘?
(A) Akbar
(B) Babur
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Shah Jahan
- Kabuliyat and Patta were introduced by
(A) Akbar
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Babur
(D) Aurangzeb
- The Calcutta Medical College was established in the year
(A) 1834
(B) 1835
(C) 1838
(D) 1839
- Bagha Jatin was the nickname of
(A) Narendranath Bhattacharya
(B) Jyotindranath Mukherjee
(C) Trilokka Maharaj
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
- The Asiatic Society of Calcutta was founded in the year
(A) 1784
(B) 1785
(C) 1786
(D) 1792
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-3)
3. Slavery was abolished in India by an Act in
(A) 1829
(B) 1833
(C) 1843
(D) 1858
8. The President of the Swaraj Party was
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) M. M. Malaviya
(C) Chittaranjan Das
(D) M. R. Jayakar
55. The 1st Woman President (1917) of Indian National Congress Party was
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Nelle Sengupta
(D) Aruna Asaf Ali
60. The motto “Satyameva Jayate”— Truth alone triumphs is written in
(A) Devanagari Script
(B) Kharosthi Script
(C) Gupta Script
(D) Kalinga Script
61. Tirthankara means—
(A) Three knowledgeable people
(B) The third World
(C) Ford Maker
(D) A liberated human being
66. Which Viceroy introduced Cooperative Society in India?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Wavell
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) Lord Cornwallis
79. The Harappa Age is also called the
(A) Stone Age
(B) Iron Age
(C) Ice Age
(D) Bronze Age
83. Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty?
(A) Gopala I
(B) Govindapala
(C) Shurapala
(D) Divapala
85. Who propounded the motto “Go back to the Vedas”?
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Vishnu Shastri Bapat
(D) Narendra Nath Dutta
91. The Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar to commemorate his victory of
(A) Gujarat
(B) Khandesh
(C) Ahmednagar
(D) Berar
95. Which river was the Vijayanagara kingdom situated on?
(A) Krishna
(B) Godavari
(C) Cauvery
(D) Tungabhadra
96. The Asiatic Society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to
(A) Sir William Jones
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Sir James Makintosh
(D) James Princep
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-4)
11. ‘Sarbodhinayaka‘ or Head of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar—
(A) Sushil Kumar Dhara
(B) Satish Chandra Samanta
(C) Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay
(D) Amulya Charan Maity
13. A famous musician in the court of Akbar—
(A) Tansen
(B) Abdul Latif
(C) Tulsidas
(D) Abdus Samad
17. Dyarchy was introduced in Bengal by—
(A) Robert Clive
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord Dalhousie
23. Last Viceroy in India—
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Linlithgow
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) Lord Wavell
24. Mattavilasa prahasana, was written by—
(A) Rashtrakuta King Dhruva
(B) Chola King Rajendra Chola
(C) Chalukya King Pulakeshin
(D) Pallava King Mahendravarman
31. Last Governor General of India
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Ellenborough
(C) Chakravorty Rajagopalachari
(D) J. B. Kriplani
48. First Battle of Tarain was fought between
(A) Sultan Mahmud and Prithviraj Chauhan
(B) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
(C) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(D) Akbar and Himu
50. Name of the book written by Kautilya.
(A) Indica
(B) Suryasidhanta
(C) Arthasashtra
(D) Mudrarakshasa
59. Mahaparinirvana means
(A) Enlightenment
(B) Dharmachakraproborton
(C) Leaving family
(D) Death of Lord Buddha
61. Who renamed Calcutta as Alinagar?
(A) Alivardi Khan
(B) Murshid Quli Khan
(C) Sirajuddaulah
(D) Mir Qasim
68. Leader of Munda uprising—
(A) Joa Bhagat
(B) Sidhu
(C) Birsa
(D) Kanhu
70. Metropolitan Institution was founded by—
(A) ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Alexander Duff
(D) Nabagopal Mitra
80. ‘Poverty & Un-British Rule in India’ was written by—
(A) Ramesh Chnadra Dutt
(B) M. G. Ranade
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Amartya Sen
85. Who assumed the title ‘Chhatrapati‘?
(A) Shivaji
(B) Baji Rao
(C) Dadaji Kondadev
(D) Shambhuji
96. Who introduced Kabuliyat and Patta?
(A) Sher Afgan Khan
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Akbar
(D) Malik Ambar
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-5)
2. Which one of the following was published by Raja Rammohan Roy?
(A) Sambad Kaumudi
(B) Hindu Patriot
(C) Sandhya
(D) The Enquirer
5. Which Mughal Empire took the title of ‘Alamgir’?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Shah Jahan
10. In ancient India Gandhara art flourished during the reign of
(A) Ashoka
(B) Kanishka
(C) Harsha Vardhana
(D) Dharmapala
13. Which among the following statements is incorrect about Gandhiji?
(A) He supported separate electorates
(B) He led Dandi March
(C) He started Non-Cooperation Movement
(D) He attended Round Table Conference
19. Who took the title of ‘Vikramaditya‘?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Samudragupta
30. Who among the following published ‘The Kesari‘?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) B. R. Ambedkar
38. The dockyard was found in which of the following sites of Indus Valley Civilization?
(A) Chanduraho
(B) Lothal
(C) Kalibagnan
(D) Banawali
54. Which period was known as ‘The Golden Age‘ of ancient India?
(A) Maurya Age
(B) Kushan Age
(C) Satabahana Age
(D) Gupta Age
55. Which one among the following is not composed by Kalidasa?
(A) Abhijnana Shakuntalam
(B) Mudrarakshasam
(C) Raghuvamsam
(D) Kumarasambhavam
69. During which Governor General’s reign the partition of Bengal was declared in 1905?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Amherst
(D) Lord William Bentinck
77. Indigo Rebellion (1859-60) took place in
(A) Bengal
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Kerala
85. In ancient India the famous Nalanda University was founded by
(A) The Maurya Emperors
(B) The Chola Emperors
(C) The Gupta Emperors
(D) The Pallava Emperors
86. Who among the following wrote the song ‘Vande Mataram‘?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Abanindranath Tagore
(D) Dwarkanath Tagore
Food SI Question Paper – 2022 (S-6)
- Who among the following founded the Hindu Dharma Sabha in 19th century?
(A) Radhakanta Deb
(B) Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Dwarkanath Tagore
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen
- The Bengal Famine of 1769-70 was worsened by
(A) Locust attack
(B) Rat infestation
(C) High level of taxation
(D) Smallpox epidemic
- The Dutch were defeated by Marthanda Varma of Travancore kingdom in battle of
(A) Wandiwash
(B) Panipat
(C) Pullalur
(D) Colachel
- Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Bandi Jiban‘?
(A) Rashbehari Bose
(B) Veer Savarkar
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) Sachindranath Sanyal
Food SI Question Paper – 2019
7. Who built the famous Sanchi Stupa?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Ajatshatru
(D) Shashank
8. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
(A) Shakas
(B) Hunas
(C) Cholas
(D) Indo-Greeks
24. Who was the first Home Minister of free India?
(A) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
25. The term ‘Sufi’ is derived from
(A) A type of poetry
(B) A type of garment
(C) A language
(D) The name of a place
34. Which of the following is the oldest trade union organisation of India?
(A) INTUC
(B) CITU
(C) AITUC
(D) BMS
47. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress is
(A) 1886
(B) 1892
(C) 1896
(D) 1904
Food SI Question Paper – 2014
56. The earlier name of Sher Shah was
(A) Juna Khan
(B) Sarfaraj Khan
(C) Farid Khan
(D) Khijir Khan
58. Kautilya wrote the book named
(A) Mudrarakhsas
(B) Astadhyai
(C) Buddhacharita
(D) Arthashastra
61. The person who gave the permission to Jobcharnak to do business in Bengal
(A) Khushid Kuli Khan
(B) Saista Khan
(C) Sujauddin
(D) Farukhshiyar
68. Socrates, the wise man of ancient world who developed the method of inquiry and
instruction, belonged to
(A) France
(B) Athens
(C) Greece
(D) China
70. The Vedic deity Indra was the god of
(A) Wind
(B) Eternity
(C) Rain and Thunder
(D) Fire
96. Birbal became minister in the reign of
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
107. Subhas Bose disappeared from his residence in the year
(A) 1940
(B) 1941
(C) 1939
(D) 1938
120. The inhabitant of Indus Valley Civilization were not familiar with
(A) Cow
(B) Dog
(C) Horse
(D) Sheep
122. Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander’s
invasion?
(A) Maurya
(B) Nanda
(C) Kaniva
(D) Sunga
126. The tenth Guru of the Sikhs was
(A) Guru Nanak
(B) Guru Govind Singh
(C) Guru Arjun Singh
(D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
136. The real name of the famous revolutionary known as ‘Deshapriya’ was
(A) Gandhiji
(B) Ramkrishna Deb
(C) Chittaranjan Das
(D) Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
139. The historian V.Smith has called ‘Napoleon of India’ to
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Skandagupta
(D) Goutamiputra Satkarni
144. The first Bengali translator of ‘Mahabharata’ was
(A) Kabikankan Munkundaram
(B) Chandidas
(C) Kavindra Parameshwar
(D) Krishnadas Kabiraj
146. ‘Geet Gobinda’ was composed by
(A) Banbhatta
(B) Vishnugupta
(C) Joydev
(D) Bhas
147. The earliest example of Bengali Literature is
(A) Charyapada
(B) Shri Krishnakirtan
(C) Gathasaptosati
(D) Shri Krishnavijaya
149. Jesus Christ was crucified in
(A) 4 BC
(B) 4 AD
(C) 20 AD
(D) 1 AD
150. Gautam Buddha was born in
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Bodh Gaya
(C) Vaishali
(D) Lumbini
Food SI Question Paper – 2006
1. When did Alexander invade India ?
(A) 298 B.C.
(B) 302 B.C.
(C) 303 B.C.
(D) 327 B.C.
4. The founder of Pala Dynasty was
(A) Gopala
(B) Devpala
(C) Dharampala
(D) None of the above
11. Who did not participate in the Revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Tantia Tope
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Nana Shaheb
(D) Rani Laxmibai
14. Where did Gandhiji launched the first Satyagraha in India ?
(A) Dandi
(B) Champaran
(C) Barisal
(D) Natal
52. Fa-Hien visited India during the reign of which king ?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Bimbisara
55. The Third Battle of Panipat occurred in the year
(A) 1760
(B) 1761
(C) 1762
(D) 1763
62. Indians boycotted Simon Commission because
(A) There were no Indian members
(B) It had no labour party representative
(C) It had plans of dividing India
(D) It was led by General Dyer