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1. What action was taken by the British Government through the ‘Shimla Declaration’?

(A) Declaration of war against Afghanistan

(B) Treaty with Maharaja Ranjit Singh

(D) Start of laying of Kalka-Shimla railway line

2. Which Viceroy supported the selection of Shimla as the summer capital of British India in these words – “This is the only place in India where a Viceroy could keep himself free from Dafti Tam-Jham”.

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Laud Minto

(D) Lord Chelmsford

3. Kangra, Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti ….. Subjugated the British in the year.

(A) 1850

(B) 1860

(D) 1854

4. Overwhelmed by Nal-Dehra’s natural sushma, a British Viceroy named his daughter there. He was:

(A) Lord Minto

(B) Lord Curzon

(D) Lord Dufferin

5. Who led the campaign against the Gurkhas in the Chaupal, Jubbal and Ravigad areas?

(A) David Akterlony

(B) James Bailey Fraser

(D) Gillespie

6. What was the result of the Treaty of Sangauli signed in 1815?

(A) The Gorkhas dominated and consolidated the conquered territories.

(B) Rise of British as influential power

(D) The rise of the British as an influential power of King Sansarchand becoming emperor

7. Which Governor General authored the principle of end of native states?

(A) Lord Cornwallis

(B) Lord Hardinge

(D) Lord Canning

8. Who said “I and the king of China rule over half of the world’s empire, yet we get breakfast in the morning.

(A) Lord Lytton

(B) Lord Auckland

(D) Lord Amherst

9. In which year Kotkhai was merged with the British Empire?

(A) In 1820

(B) 1828

(D) 1857

10. When did European traveler Moorecraft visit Himachal Pradesh?

(A) 1880-1882

(B) 1855-1856

(D). 1825-1827

11. Who among the following was exiled to Singapore during the reign of Governor-General Lord Dalhousie on declaring his native princely state as independent?

(A) Wazir Ramsingh Pathania

(B) Rana of Ravingarh

(D) Pt. Padmadev

12. In which year did Mandi, Suket Kangra and Spiti come under the British?

(A) 1809 A.D.

(B) 1830 A.D.

(D) 1858 A.D.

13. Which British officer was first appointed to look after the Chamba state in 1863?

(A) Major Blair Reid

(B) Cunningham

(D) Lord Dalhousie

14. Pleased with the services of which state of Kangra during the First World War, the British conferred upon him the title of ‘Maharaj’?

(A) Jaichand

(B) Garun Chand

(D) Harichand.

15. In which year did ‘Lord Mayo’ come to Mandi for the first time?

(A) 1862

(B) 1866

(D) 1876

16. Where was the Wazir Ramsingh of Nurpur, who chewed the British with a snake in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, was deported?

(A) Andaman

(B) Dehradun

(D) Aden

17. In which year was the Rana of Keonthal given the title of King by the British Government?

(A) 1857

(B) 1882

(D) 1911

18. In which year was the title of king conferred on the vassal of Lambagran?

(A) 1870 A.D.

(B) 1889 A.D.

(D) 1919 A.D.

20. According to the treaty given to the king of Sirmaur in 1815, which of the following areas was returned to him?

(A) Jaunsar-Bawar

(B) Babur

(D) Qayar-da-dun

21. Which of the following was the last refusal to receive a bill from the British Government?

(A) Kumarsen

(B) ax

(D) Drakoti

22. The people of which native state of Himachal Pradesh demanded the abolition of ‘forced labor’, as a result of which the protesters were fired upon by the police?

(A) Suket

(B) Chamba

(D) Keethal

23. In 1929, with whose support and encouragement, the people of Suket refused to revolt against the princely state and ‘forced’ them?

(A) Indian National Congress

(B) All India State People’s Conference

(D) Bhartiya Kisan Sabha

24. What was meant by ‘forced labor’ prevalent in some other states of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Unemployment

(B) Forced work without paying wages

(D) Ownership of land by plowman

25. In which year was the custom of rite marriage abolished in the state of Bushehr?

(A) 1915 A.D.

(B) 1920 A.D.

(D) 1930 A.D.

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26 . The Chamba princely state has more than 150 copper letters of title. Approximately how many of these date back to the Mohammedan (Muslim) era?

(A) zero

(B) two

(D) seven

27. Which of the following princely states has more than 150 copper letters of title?

(A) Kangra

(B) Chamba

D) Sirmour

28 What are the main information sources about the Rana and Thakurs of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Rajatarangini

(B) Commendations to Baijnath

(D) All of the above

29. According to a copperplate, Vikram Samvat 1717 Chamba city, in which year according to Shak Samvat?

(A) 1582

(B) 1592

(D) 1612

30. Chakali copper coins which existed around 10th century Was related to which field of?

(A) Bilaspur

(B) Kangra

(D) Kullu

31. The ancient inscriptions in Himachal Pradesh are earlier than which of the following ancient scripts? Not engraved?

(B) Sharda

(D) All of the above

32. Sohan Valley, which was once famous for the excavation of old tools 40 thousand years ago, where is it located now?

(A) In Tibet

(B) In Nepal

(D) In Afghanistan

33. Which figure has been found on the coins of Oudumbar rulers?

(A) Lotus

(B) Trishul

(D) Conch

34. Where were the coins of the Kulind state received in the 20th century?

(A) Kalka

(B) Nagerkot

(D) Nalagarh

35. Whose figure has been found on the coins of the Kulidas?

(A) Saraswati with Veena

(B) Vishnu with lotus

(D) Indra with Vaz

36. In which script are the ancient rocky inscriptions of Patiyar and Kanhiyara of Kangra?

(A) Brahmi and Tankari

(B) Kharoshthi and Tankari

(D) Kharoshthi and Persian

37.Shambara king who fought against Arya king Divodas belonged to which ancient tribe?

(A) Shemale

(B) Poppy

( C) Gent

(D) Das

38. Khas is described in which ancient book of India?

(A) Bhagwat Purana

(B) Vayu Purana

(D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

39. “Oudumbar” (Kaushik gotra) associates with which monk

(A) Vasistha

(B) Bhrigu

(D) Parashar

40. Who were the inhabitants of the Shivalik valleys in the pre-Vedic period?

(A) Shemale

(B) Arya

(D) Bandit

41. According to Kis Purana, “A person who thinks of the Himalayas without seeing it receives great fruits from the worship done in Kashi.”

(A) Shiva Purana

(B) Skanda Purana

(D) Garuda Purana

42. Who was Shambar’s assistant in the war with the Aryans king Divodas?

(A) Varchi

(B) Sudas

(D) Pradyumna

43. By what name ‘Arya’ is known in Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Bhota

(B) Cole

(D) Kulind

44. According to which scripture, non-Aryan tribes like Kol, Kirat, Yaksha and Nag were inhabited before Aryans in Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Mahabharata

(B) Rigveda

(D) Yog Vashisht

45. Who lost in the 40 years long war between the ancient Aryan king Divodas and Shambar?

(A) doubt

(B) Poppy

(D) Shemale

46. In which religious book is the description of the 40-year-old war between Kirat Raja and Arya Raja?

(A) In the Kathopanishad

(B) Rigveda

(D) In the Hitopanishad

47. For how many years did the war between Divodas and Shambar mentioned in the Rigveda last?

(A) 10 years

(B) 15 years

(D) None of these

48. Who was the chief advisor of Arya King Divodas?

(A) Rishi Bharadwaj

(B) Panini

(D) Megasthenes

49. King Susharma, who fought on the Kaurava side in the war of Mahabharata, is considered the founder of an important dynasty of Himachal Pradesh. By what name is this dynasty known?

(A) Katoch

(B) Bhankotiva

(D) Kathwal

50. In the Mahabharata war, which Kachwanshi king of Kangra participated in the war on behalf of the Kauravas?

(A) Jagat Chandra

(B) Sachendu

(D) Sushram Chandra

51. Which Arya king of the state’s non-Aryan king, Shambar, fought many times?

(A) Devendra

(B) Divodas

(D) Prithu

52. In which region did the Pandavas spend 12 years of exile?

(A) Bilaspur

(B) Sirmaur

C) Mahasu

(D) Caja

53. Where did Kulind reside permanently?

(A) Kangra

(B) Kullu

(D) Shimla and Sirmaur

54. Which was the second caste to settle in Himachal Pradesh?

A) Gentian

(B) Arya

(D) significantly

55. Which was the third caste to enter Himachal Pradesh from the North West?

(A) significantly

(B) Gent

(D) Arya

56. Who were the oldest inhabitants of Himachal Pradesh?

(A) Cole

(B) Arya

(D) significantly

57. According to the famous linguist Grierson, who were the first (former) acquaintances of the Himalayan territory ‘Indo-Aryans’?

(A). The poppy

(B) Naga

(D) Gentian

58. Which of the following ancient Janjapati is thus -Himalayan Tarain, believed to be inhabited from the Ganges to the Chandrabhaga, to the Gupta period?

(A) Das

(B) Shemale

(D) Snake

59. Around which century did Buddhist scholar Chandragomi write about Oudumbars?

(A) Second century

(B) Third century

(D) seventh century

60. A village famous for its oldest structure is named by Alexander the Great.

(A) Paragpur

(B) Losar

(D) Kahtur

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