SSB Odisha Lecturer 2018: Lecturer recruitment for non-government aided colleges, History
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1 Who said, "The study of History is the 5. Which of the following best
study ofcauses" ? describes how Egyptian civilization
(A) E. H. Carr developed ?
(B) J. B. Bury (A) Villages replaced towns
(C) Winston Churchill (B) Cities broke off into scattered
farms
(D) R. G. Collingwood
(C) Farms grew into villages and
2. Who is considered as the father of
then cities
Objectivity ?
(D) Farms replaced cities and then
(A) Toynbee pyramids
(B) August Comte
6. Why was Hammurabi's Code
(C) Voltaire important ?
(D) E. H. Carr (A) lt helped decode cuneiform
3. In historiography, the idea of writing
progress is related to: (B) Soldiers used it to send
messages during battle
(A) E. H. Carr
(B) R. G. Collingwood (C) lthelped irgrygngto knowthe
rules and punishments
(C) Vico
(D) lt showed archaeologists why
(D) Ranke
writing was imporant
4 The Nile River flows through two
7. Name the world's earliest form of
important regions in Egypt were :
paper that was invented by the
(A) Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt Egyptians.
(B) Eastern Egypt and Western (A) Papyrus
Egvpt (B) Hieroglyphics. , .
(C) Mesopotamia (C) Cuneiform
(D) Nubia and Cairo (D) Bone Script
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8. The ancient civilizations of China, 11 . What style was Roman art ?
Mesopotamia and Egypt all (A) Realistic and idealistic
developed: , (B) lmpressionistic
(A) Because rivers deposited rich (C) Abstract
soil suitable for farming (D) Macabre
(B) Because they were all 12. What Greek style did Roman poets
surrounded by mountains imitate ?
(C) Because of vast deserts that (A) Limrick
(B) Humor
attracted settlers
^..'.rir tlr'rl, l;'"1r. r'':r.r:'.t - (C) Realistic
(D) As a result of serious drought
(D) ldealistic Heroism
9. Confucian ph ilosophy was important
13. Seljuk Turks captured the holy land
because the teaching : Jerusalem from Romans in :
(A) lnfluenced the civilization of (A) 1452
lndia (B) 1453'
(B) Ruled many aspects of (c) 1454
Chinese life (D) 1455
(C) Stressed the need to educate 14. Who established printing press in
.r ..r .- : t- ? ,,1.. t-'"
onrythe nch 1477 alBritain ?
(D) Urged rulers to extend China's (A) Johann Gutenberg
empire
(B) Cassimo Medissi
(C) Caxton
10 Which Golden Age person would (D) Florenzo Cassimo
have been most interested in
15. The Dante's famous work which
understanding how government
deals with Hell, Pur$atory and
should function ?
Paradise was :
(A) Herodotus (A) The Decameron
(B) Archimedes (B) Hamlet
(C) Plato (C) Utopia
(D)' Socrates (D) The Divine Comedy
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16. The master piece of printing "Mona (C) Ferdinand de Lesseps
Lisa" was made by: (D) Henry Court
20. During the socialist industrialization
(B) Raphael in Soviet Russia, Five Year Plan
(C) MichaelAngelo were initiated. The first year Five Year
(D) FilippoBrunelleschi Plan laid emphasis on :
17. Who invented weaving machine in (A) Education
1825, vyhich accelerated and (B) lndustrialization
revolutionised cloth weaving ? (C) Agriculture
(A) Alian Hobbe (D) Collectivefarming
(B) Cartwright
21. Which newspaper played a decisive
(C) Arln'vright
role in America's war of
(D) Richard Roberts lndependence ?
18. Before practical invention of (A) Times News
Telegraph machine, a blind English (B) Boston Express
man started a system in 1840, (C) Boston News,Letter...
1--',
through which anybody could send a
(D) Boston Gazette
letterto any place, his name was :
(A) SamuelMorse 22. Thomas Penn's book that ignited
people's love for their country during
(B) Rowland Hill
America's war of independence
(C) Graham Bell
WAS
(D) Cyrus Field
(A) Sense of Nationality
19. The chief architect of Suez Canal
(B) Warof lndependence
was:
(c) Common sense
(A) Henry Bessemer ,,r ' ,'j -r'
(B) George Stephenson (D) Repubilic
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2g. on June 2oth 1789, the' 26. The place in Boston, where the
representative of national council famous incident of "Boston tea Party"
pledged not to separate from one took place was a :
another until a constitution is drafted.
(A) Restiaurant
The famous Oath was popularly
(B) Church
known a.s:
(C) Port (
(A) LawnTennisCourtOath
(D) Village
(B) Badminton Court Oath
(C) CourtOath 27 The secret society of Cqrbonari
(D) Tennis CourtOath founded 1 81 0, which played a crucial
rolb in unification of ttalywasfounded
24. The headstrong and despotic French
by:
ruler, who used to say, "a hing is legal
(A) Retired army men
because lwant it"was:
(A) Louis XIV (B) Students
(B) Louis XV (C) Lawyers
(C) "[ciuls XVI (D) CharcoalBusiness
(D) LouisXVll 28. Who said that "to start a revolution
25. Before the revolution, the French in the society hand over the
society was divided into three leadership to the young, immense
' classes. The third or the common power lies dormant in the heart of
class consisted of : Young PeoPle'1?
(A) Priestand Nobility (A) Count Cavour
(B) Middle and Labour Class (B) VictorEmmanuelll
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l
(C) Business Class (C) Mazzini
(D) Army (D) Garibaldi
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29. The struggle forthe unification of ltaly (C) Villa France Treaty
was led by: (D) Treaty of FranKurt
(A) Sardinia Piedmont 33. Who believed that "A treaty of
(B) Naples-Sicily friendship which does not aim at war
is useless" ?
(C) Lombardy-Venetia
(A) Hitler
(D) Papalstate
(B) Mussolini
30. llc counterthe Metternich system, an (C) Mazzini
intellectual organisation was (D) Napoleon
established in 1815 by philosopher
34. Whose death sparked World War I ?
' and scholarof Germany. The name
(A) Wilhelm Kaiser
of theirorganisatibn was :
(B) Queen Victoria
.:
(A) 'Zollverein (C) Archduke Francis Ferdinand
(B) Burschenschaft (D) Archbishop Ussher
(C) Schworjberg 35. Which of the ships sunk by a German
(D) Carbonari . submarine which resulted in
America's entry into the First World
31. Which state led the struggle for the War ?
unification of Germany ? (A) Andrea Doria
(A) Holstein (B) Tltanic
(B) Nassau (C) Lucitania
(C) Hamburg (D) Arizona
(D) Prussia 36. When did Japan attack Pearl
Harbour. during Sdcond World
32. fhe humiliating treaty which France War ?
had to sign after her defeat at the (A) 17th October, 1938
hands of Prussia in 1871was :
. (B) 7th Qscem_beq.1.9{1
(A) Gastein Pact (C) 24th May, 1942
(B) Plombieres Pact (D) 1st March, 1943
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37. Which countrywas annexed by both (B) China
Germany and USSR during Second (C) lsrael
World War ?
(D) Britain
(A) Czechoslovakia
42 Which of the following alliances was
(B) Austria
formed to block communism in
(C) Denmark
Europe ?
(D) Poland
(A) NArO
38. How many countries signed the (B) CENro
charter of UNO in 1945?
(c) SEATO
(A) 4e
(D) uNo
(B) 50
43. The aim and objectives and Warsaw
(c) 51
Pactwas countering ?
(D) 52
(A) lmperislism and Capitalism
39. Who among the following dictators (B) Globalization and Soviet Block
did participate in World War ll ?
(C) America and Germany
(A) Adolf Hitler
(D) Japan and Turkey
(B) Benito Mussolini
(c) Tojo 44 The Bertin Wall Crisis was brought
into in which of the following year ?
(D) Francisco Franco
(A) 1e61
40. What were the two super powers
(B) 1e68
during the cold war ?
(c) 1e70
(A) Soviet Union and Germany
(D) 1e71
(B) Soveit Union and United States
(C) United States and Great Britian 45 The Soviet Union wanted to build a
missile base in Cuba in which year?
.
(D) Soviet Union and France
(A) 1e62
41. Which of the following is not a
permdnent m"embdr of Unitetl Nation
(B) 1e72
Security Council? (c) 1e82
(A) France. (D) 1e83
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46. Name the German Emperor during 50. Whatwasthe name of the German
the First World War :
. Air Force during Second World
(A) KaiserWilliam ll War?
(B) KaiserWilliam lV (A) Luftwaffe
(C) Hitler
(B) Lufthansa
(D) Francis Ferdinand
(C) Luftthani
47 . Who drafted the Treaty of Versailles ? (D) Lufthanisa
(A) WoodrowWilson
51. Whatisthe meaning of Gestapo?
(B) Bismarck
(A) SecretAgency of Hitler
(C) Hitler
(B) SecretAgencyof UNO
(D) Francis Ferdinand
(C) SecretAgency of NATO
48. Which the following new nation bom (D) SecretAgency of Bismarck
after the First World War ?
52. The Cold War turned 'hot' in which
(A) Australia region of the globe ?
(B) France (A) Europe
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(C) Finland (B) NorthAmerica '
(D) Turkey (C) The Korean Peninsula
(D) China
49 Which of country invaded Rhineland
1936, touching of a series of events 53. Which one of the following doctrines
that eventually led to the start of promised to aid nations struggling
World War ll ?
against Commu n ist Movement ?
(A) ltaly (A) Monroe Doctrine
(B) Japan (B) EisenhowerDoctrine
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(C) Germany (C) Truman Doctrine
(D) The Soviet Union (D) MarshallPlan
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54. Who was the leader after China's 58. What was the meaning of the
CivilWarhad ended ? Japanese term "Kamikaze" ?
(A) Jiang Jieshi (A) Divinewave
(B) MaoZedong (B) Holywind
(C) Faizal Eben (C) Divine wind
(D) Naku Shun (D) Holywar
55. The policy that said "the United
59. ' The'filter-down of manufacturing
States would respond to communist
industry and services from developed
lhredts by the threat of using pourerful
weapons" was known as what ? countries to NlCs and developing
countries countries is termed :
(A) Limited War
(A) World shift
(B) Massiveretatiation
(B) Globalshift
(C) Brinkmanship (C) Globalchange
(D) Containment (D) World change
56. A group of left-wing writers, directors 60. An economy that grows very rapidly
and producers refused questions
is often referred to as a :
d uring their trials of conrmunism,was
called as: . (A) Lion economy
' (A) Hollylood Ten (B) Cheetah economy ,
(B) Tajo (C) Puma economy
(C) Friends Three (D) Tigereconomy
(D) FriendsArmy
61. Newly industrialised countries first
57. The victors in the Chinese CivilWar
emerged in the :
werethe:
(A) Nationalists (A) 1960s
(B) Supporters of Chiang Kai-shek (B) 1e70s
(C) Supporters of Mao Zedong (c) 1980s
(D) Supporters of Ho Chi Minh (D) 1990s
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62. Vietnam is an example of a: 66 The main politicalaim ofAmerica in
(A) FirstgenerationNlC the globalmaps is :
(B) Secondgeneration NIC (A) Monopolizing scientific
inventions
(C) Third generation $C
(B) Pushing economy towards
(D) Fourth generation NIC capitalism
63. Which of the following is not an (C) To capture natural resources
elementof theA. T. Kearney lndexof (D) To interfere naturalhabitat
Globalization ?
67 The archaeological sife Ropar was
(A) Economicintegration explored in 1955 by:
(B) Sportingconnections (A) John Marshall
(C) Technological connectivity (B) Y. D. Sharma
(D) Politicalengagement (C) M. Wheeler
(D) B. B. Lal
44. According to the 2009 KOF lndex of
Globalization, which country was the 68 The date of the Rig. Veda as 1200-
1000 B. C. was given by :
most globalised in world ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Max Muller
(B) Switzerland
(C) James Mill
(C) Sweden
(D) B. B. Lal
(D) The USA
69 The presence of an inscription of nine
65. World-systems theory is credited letters was found from which
to: Harappan Site ?
(A) GunnarMyrdal (A) Dholavira
(B) W. W. Rostow (B) Lothal
s:r:i!r-\ , -,,
(C) A. G. Frank (C) Kalibangan
(D) lmmanuelWallenstein (D) Rangpur
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70. Which of thefollowing provides usthe 74. The.ruins of Harappa were first
first literary evidence on the South noticed by:
lndian Kingdoms ?
(A) Charles Mason
(A) Megasthenes-lNDlCA
(B) D. R. Sahni
(B) Kautilyas-ARTHASHASTRA
(C) M. Wheeler
(C) Paninis-ASHTADHYAYI
(D) Narada-SMRlTl (D) M. S Vats
71. Who divided the Vedic deities into 75. Where is the lndus Civilization City
three categories in his/herwork ? Lothallocated ?
(A) A. Bartha (A) Gujrat
(B) D. D. Kosambi (B) Rajasthan
(C) T. W. Rhys David
(C) Punjab
(D) E. W Hopkins
(D) Haryana
72. The Neolithic site Buzoham was first
indentified bywhom ?
76. Which of the following is not related
to the heterodox philosophy ?
(A) A. K. Sharma
(B) AlexanderCunningham (A) Jainism
(C) H. De Terra (B) Buddhism
(D) J. D. Begler (C) Brahmanism
73. Kuchai and Golbai Sasan are the (D) Charvakism
Neolithic sites from : 77. The Mahavir belonged to the clan :
(A) Gujarat (A) Kalams
(B) Rajasthan (B) Bhaggas
(C) Odisha (C) Lichhivis
(D) Assam
(D) Buils
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78. The First Buddhist Councilwas held 82 Which of the following Ashokan
at: Edicts is known as Queen's Edict ?
(A) Vaishali (A) Major Pillar Edict V
(B) Pataliputra (B) Minor: Pillar Edict lll
(C) Rajgriha (C) Minor Pillar Edict I
(D) Uijain (D) MajorPillarEdictll
79. ln Jainism "Perfect knowledge" is 83. Which among the following is the
referred to as': oldest dynasty ?
(A) Jina (A) Pallava Dynasty
(B) Ratna (B) Chola Dynasty
(C) Kaivalya (C) Maurya Dynasty
(D) Nirvanas (D) Gupta Dynasty
84. Which dynasty was the first to
80. Who among the following was
introduce gold coins on a significant
appointed by Ashoka to administer
scale ?
justice in his empire ?
(A) Maurya
(A) Shramana
(B) Kusana
(B) Uparika
(C) Gupta
(C) Rajjuka
(D) Satavahana
(D) Kumaramatya
85. The term Samanta, meaning a
81. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist feudatory from the six centuryA. D.,
Councilat: originally meant a :
(A) Pataliputra (A) Slave
(B) Magadha (B) Cultivator
(c) Kalinga (C) Neighbor
(D) Sarnath (D) Foreigner
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86. Who was the founder of Gupta (B) Burton Stein
Empire in lndia ?
(C) Wittfogel
(A) Chandragupta I
(D) A.W. Southall
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Chandragupta ll 91. Who introduced thefamous Persian
(D) Samudragupta ll festival of Nauroz ?
87 . Which Chinese Pilgrim came to the (A) AIa-uddin-Khilji
Court of Chandragupta ll ?
(B) Md. bin Tughluq
(A) Fa-hein
(C) Balban
(B) Hieun-tsang
(C) Ou-kong (D) lltufnish
(D) Cheng-mong 92. Underwhose reign did Diwan-i-Az
88. What was the early capital of the become a separate department ?
Cholas of the Sangam age?
(A) Ala-uddin-Khilji
(A) Puhar
(B) Md. bin Tughluq
(B) Uraiyur
(C) Tiruchirapalli (C) Balban
(D) Tanjore (D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
89. The Chola Dynasty was founded by :
93. Which commander of a Ala-uddin-
(A) Mjayalaya Khilji defeated Yadava King
(B) Krishana
Ramachandra?
(C) Dhurva
(A) Mubarak Shah
(D) Krishna ll
(B) Malik Kafur
90. The segmentary state theory was
formulated in Chola Dynasty by: (C) Bahram Shah
(A) Morton Fried (D) ShirajAfif
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94. Why did Muhammad bin Tughluq 98. The goddesses Minakshi identified
introduce token currency ? AS:
(A) He wanted to experiment it (A) Fish
(B) To overcome the global
(B) Elephant
shortage of silver
(C) Peacock
(C) Forforeign trade
(D) For import and export (D) Horse
95. Which one of the following Sultans 99. Who was the fi rst saint of Chishtiyyah
tried to organize the army on the order ?
decimal system after the Mongol (A) Abu lsahaq Shami
pattern ?
(B) Nasiruddin Chirag
(C) GanjSarkar
(B) Md. binTughluq
(D) Ashraf Jahangir
(C) Balban
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 100. Who among the following Rajputs
were the first to voluntarily submit to
96. Which of the following DelhiSultans
Akbar ?
sought and secured the "letter of
investiture" from the Calipha ? (A) Rathors
(A) Ala-uddin-Khilji (B) Gujjars
(B) Md. bin Tughluq (C) Kachawahas
(C) Balban (D) Sisodias
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
101. How many Mughal provinces were
97. The Chidambaram identified as the
there underAkbar ?
cult of :
(A) 15
(A) Shiva
(B) 16
(B) Mshnu
(C) Ganesha (c) 17
(D) Jagannatha (D) 18
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102. During Akbar's reign, a group of (C) Shah Jahan
scholars translated Mahabharata into (D) Aurangzeb
Persian from Sanskrit. What is this 106. The French traveller Francois Bemier
Persian version called ? served as Physician [o :
(A) Razm Namah (A) Akbar
(B) lqbalNamah (B) Humayun
(C) Shah Jahan
(C) Akbar-Namah
(D) Aurangzeb
(D) Persian Namah
107. How many Mughal provinces were
103. TheTaj Mahalwas designed by: there underAurangzeb ?
(A) Ustad Rahim (A) 21
(B) Ustad lsa (B) 22
(C) Ustad Mansur (c) 23
(D) 24
(D) Ustad Shamsher
108. Shivaji died as premature death at
104. Which building of Shah Jahan had
the age of :
the peacock throne ?
(A) 50
(A) Rang Mahal (B) 51
(B) Diwan-i-Khas (c) 52
(C) Diwan-i-Am (D) 53
(D) Jama Masjid 109. Who was the most important trainer
of Guerilla Warfare during Maratha
105. Surdas, Baiju Bawra and Ramdas
Period ?
were the famous singers during the
(A) MurarRao
time of whose reign ?
(B) MalikAmber
(A). Akbar (C) Madan Pandit
(B) Humayum (D) Yesu Pandit
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1 10. Which of the following was known as (C) Madras and Bombay
"Colonial Clive Jackle" and his (D) The Gangetic Valley
puppet Nawab ?
114. The "bone of the cotton weavers are
' (A) Amir Chand
bleaching the plain of lndia"
(B) Manik Chand - who
remarked this in 1834 ?
(C) Jayat Seth
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) MirJafer
(B) William Bentinck
111. What was the prime cause of Siraj-
(c) R. C. Dutt .
ud-Daulah's defeat at Plassey ?
(A) His lack of energy and (D) Dadabhai Naoroji
decision making 115 Which of the following systems
(B) The superigr military tactics of established direct relation
English
between the peasantry and the
(C) Conspiracy of his man at the government ?
court
(A) Zamindarisystem
(D) Lord Clive's leadership
(B) Ryotwari System
112. The permanent settlement was made
(C) Mahalwari System
with :
(D) Mootadari System
(A) The Zamindars
(B) The Peasant Cultivators 116 Who was the first to formulate the
(C) The Muqaddams theory of three successive phase of
(D) The Village Communities colonialism ?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
113. The Ryotwari settlement was
primarily introduced in the region of : (B) KarlMarx
(A) Bengal and Bihar (c)
(B) United Provinces (D) Dadabhai Naoroji
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117. The first state annexed by Lord (c) The Sudhimovement
Dalhousie by his doctrine of lapse (D) Propagation of Western
was education
(A) Nagpur 121. Which of the following tasks was
(B) .Sambalpur closeSt to the heart of Sir Syed
(C) Satara
(D) Jhanshi (A) Religious re- interpretation
(B) SocialReforms
118. Subsidiary alliance system was
(C) Promotion of modern"
started by :
education
(A) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Upliftmentof women
(B) Lord Wellesley
122. During the first twenty years of the
(C) John Shore
Congress, who of thefollowing acte(
(D) Lord Minto I as the President of the INC thrice ?
119. Sir Syad Ahmad Khan founded the (A) S. N. Benerjee
Aligarh Schoolin : (B) G. K. Gokhale
(A) 1874 (C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) 1875 (D) W. C. Benerjee
(c) 1876 123. Who was instrumentat in tounOing tne
(D) 1877 National Planning Committee in
120. Which of the following programmes 1938 ?
of Arya Samaj contributed to the (A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
growth of communalism in lndia ? (B) M. K. Gandhi
(A) Women education (C) S. C. Bose
(B) Education of untouchability (D) S. N. Benerjee
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124. Dadabhai Naorojiwas elected to the (B) Khilafat Movement
British House of Commons as a (C) Non-Cooperation Movement
memberofwhich party? (D) Rowlat Satyagraha
(A) ConservativesParty
128. Subhas Chandra Bose was reelected
(B) Labour Party
as President of the congress at the
(C) LabourLiberalCombines Tripura Session in 1939 by
(D) Liberal Party defeating :
125. Who among the following acted as (A) MaulanaAbul Kalam Azad
'prudent of the lndian National (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Congress for six consecuitive years ? (C) J. B.Kripalini
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru (D) Dr.PattabhiSitaramaya
(B) AbulKalam Azad 129. Who was the founder of the Hindu
(C) DadabhaiNaoroji College of Calcutta ?
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose (A) Raja Rammohan Roy
126. The founder President of Harijan (B) David Hume
Sewak Sanghawas: (C) Henry Vivian Denogin
(A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (D) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Mahadev Desai 130. Mahatma Gandhi first experimented
(C) G. D. Bimla with the technique of Satyagraha
(D) J.B. Kripalini in:
(A) Champaran (Bihar)
127. The Congress decided to raise a
(B) Khaida(Gujarat)
Swaraj fund of One Crore rupees
(c) Ahmedabad Mitlstrike
for:
(D) Anti Rowlat ActAgitation
(A) Home Rule League
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131. Who led the Civil Disobedence (B) Love story of Karuvaki
Movement after the arrest of (c) Trade and Commerce
Mahatma Gandhi?
(D) To capture coastalarea
(A) Abas Tayabji
'135. Which edits gives the information
(B) SarojiniNaidu
about suffering and causalities of
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Kalinga war?
(D) Sardar Vallah bhai Patel
(A) RockedictXlll
1 32. ln which movement, women (B) Rock edict Xl
participation was on a massive scale
(C) Rock edict X
for the first time ?
(D) Pillaredict lV
(A) Non-CooperationMovement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement 136. The most important politico-religious
achievements of Kharavela was :
(C) KhilafatMovement
(D) Quit lndia Movement (A) Builiding Kalinga as religious
capital
133. ln which century the Kalinga King
(B) The reclamation of Pithunda
named Kharavela of Cheta Dynasty
emerged ?
(C) To build Jain temple in Kalinga
(A) 1st Century B. C. . (D) Construction 6f cave in Kalinga
(B) 1st CenturyA. D. 137. The Hatigumpha inscription
(C) 2ndCenturyA. D. was written in which of the following
style:
(D) 3rd CenturyA. D.
(A) Kavya
134. According to popular belief system,
(B) Natya
what wds the immediate cause of
Kalinga war?
(C) Kabita
(A) Kalinga was fertile area (D) Puranic
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1 38. Who was the grandfather of 142. What was the most important cause
Somavamsis ruler Tivaradeva ? for the downfall of Ganga rule in
Odisha ?
(A) Balarjuna
(A) Weak successor
(B) Nanaraja
(B) Economic imbalance
(C) lndravala
(C) Religiousintolerance
(D) Mahasivagupta (D) Reaction of priestly class
1 39. Mahasivagupta Yayati-l shifted his
143. Which was not a part of southern
capital city to : campaigns of Kapilendradeva ?
(A) Tosali (A) Rajahmundry
(B) Vinitapura (B) Vijayanagara
(C) Yayatinagara (C) BahamaniKingdom
(D) Jauguda (D) Andhras
140. The Vajrahasta-V belonged to which
144. ln which popular legend,
Purusottama wanted to marry the
of the following family:
beautiful Padmavati ?
(A) Chedi
(A) Kanhi-Kaveri
.(B) Vaidumba (B) Kanhi- Madurai
(c) Vajrahasti
a
(C) Kanchi-Vijayanagara
(D) Hastivahana (D) Kanchi- Kalinga
141. Anantavarman Chodagangadeva 145. Which was the most formidable rival
had ruled for how many years ? of Odisha during the time of
Suryavamsi Gajapatis?
(A) 67
(A) Vijayanagara
(B) 70
(B) Rajahmundry
(c) 72 (C) Bahmani '
(D) 75 (D) Magadha
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146. From which prision, Srikara Bhanja 150. During the first decade of British rule
ha escaped in 1818 and came to
in Odisha, an explosive situation was
Ghumusar?
' creatdd due to the :
(A) Hazaribagh
(B) Mayurlchanj (A) lmposition of Bengal Revenue
(C) Berhampur Regulation
(D) Chinsleput (B) lmposition of Bihar Revenue
:
147. The Khijjinga Kotta is located in the Regulation
modern dayvillage at: (C) lmposition of Madras Revenue
(A) Khiching Regulation
(B) Nayabasan
(D) lmposition of Self-Revenue
(C) Ghumusar
Regulation
(D) Chingleput
151 . Which of the following day Captain
148. Which of the following Princely State
merged with Odisha on 1tt January La Fevre marched toward Khurda ?
1949 ? (A) 9th April
(A) Sambalpur
(B) 1Oth April
(B) Deogarh
(C) Mayurbhanj
(c) 12th April
(D) Cuttack (D) 14th April
149. Thetreatyof Deogaon held in 1803 152. Which of the following British officer
between the East lndia Company died at Sambalpur ?
and the:
(A) Captain Cambridge
(A) RaghujiBhonsle lll
(B) Raghuji Bhonsle V (B) Major lmpey
(C) TantiaTope (C) Captain La Fevre
(D) Veer Surendra Sai (D) John Campbell
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153. Theterm "Ghens brothers" related to 157. Who was the first editor of Utkala
which of the followiing ? Dipika ?
(A) Paika Rebellion (A) Gouri Shankar Roy
(B) Veer Surendra Sai (B) Madhusudan Das
(c) Ghumusar Movement
(C) Madhusudan Rao
(D) Zamindars
(D) Radhanath Ray
158. ln September 1920, Gopabandhu
154. Veer Surendra Saidied on 1884 at
Das attended the specialsession to
the agg of:
the National Congress at :
(A) 8e (A) Bombay
. (B) e0 (B) Pune
(c) e'l (C) Calcutta
(D) e2 (D) Cuftack
155. The twenty seven delegates from 159. The leader of the Non-Cooperation
Odisha attended historic Congress Movement Braja Mohan Panda
Session at: belongs to :
(A) Calcutta (A) Cuttack ...',.'
(B) Bombay (B) Sambilpur
(C) Balasore
(C) Nagpur
(D) Puri
(D) Pune
160. The Civil Disobedience Enquiry
156. The Utkala Hitaisini newspaperwas
Committee visited Odisha underthe
published:
Chairmanship of :
(A) Daily (A) HakimAjmalKhan
(B) Weekly (B) Rajkrushna Bose
.
(C) Quarterely (C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) Sixmonthly (D) Brajabandhu Das
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161. The place Papadahandi of (B) 20o/o
Nabarangpur district was related
(C) 8Oo/o
mainlyto:
(D) e0%
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Civil DisobedienceMovement 164. The new Congress ministry under
(C) Quit lndia Movement Mahatab's leadership was sworn in :
(D) GhumusarMovement (A) 23rdApril, 1946
162. The main objective of the (B) 24th April, 1946
Prajamandal Movement was :
(C) 25thApril, 1946
(A) To establish Feudalmode
(D) 26thApril, 1946
(B) To establish Zamindarisystem
(C) ToremoveZamindarisystem 165. Under whose leadership, the
(D) To establish representative capital city of Bhubaneswar was
govemment constructed ?
163. During the time of Prajamandal (A) Harekrushna Mahatab
Movement, the tribal population in (B) Biswanath Das
Nilgiriwas :
(C) Nilakantha Das
(A) 15o/o
(D) Madhusudhan Das
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