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1. Which among the following place was visited by Guru Nanak in Himachal Pradesh?

(a) Sirmaur

(b) Lahaul and Spiti

(d) All of these

2 What was the earlier name of Nalagarh?

(a) Kiratpur

(b) Hindur

(d) Trigarta

3 Which battle marked the friendship between Sikhs and the hill states of Mandi and Kullu?

(a) Anglo-Sikh War

(b) Battle of Nalapani

(d) Anglo-Gorkha War

4 Which place in Himachal Pradesh has a magnificent hill fort built by the Gorkhas?

(a) Subathu

(b) Shimla

(d) Mankot

5 Where in Himachal Pradesh was the capital of Gorkhas during eighteenth century?

(a) Nalagarh

(b) Arki

(d) Suket

6 Who was appointed as the Governor of Jalandhar by Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1758-59 AD?

(a) Sansar Chand

(b) Ghumand Chand

(d) Amar Singh Thapa

7 Which town was founded by Ghumand Chand?

(a) Sirmaur

(b) Chamba

(d) Nagarkot

8. Who became ruler of Katoch dynasty after Ghumand Chand?

(a) Amar Singh Thapa

(b) Desa Singh

(d) Sansar Chand

9. Sansar Chand was the ruler of which hill state?

(a) Kullu

(b) Bilaspur

(d) Mandi

10. Under whose reign, the famous school of Kangra Miniature Paintings flourished?

(a) Ghumand Chand

(b) Jai Singh Kanheya

(d) Rajit Singh

11. Which Gorkha ruler acquired Kumaun, Garhwal, Sirmaur and other small hill states in 1805 AD?

(a) Amar Singh Thapa

(b) Sansar Chand

(d) Girisen

12 Which action of Raja Sansar Chand promoted the hill chiefs to invite Gorkhas to invade Kangra?

(a) Merger of many small states into Kangra state

(b) Intervention of Sansar Chand into Nepal’s https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration

(d) His policy towards the Gorkhas community

13 Raja Sansar Chand had to seek outside help to drive out Gorkhas from Kangra. This crucial help was provided by

(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh

(b) Banda Bahadur

(d) Jai Singh Ramgariha

14 Treaty of Jawalamukhi between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Raja Sansar Chand held in the year

(a) 1819

(b) 1846

(d) 1820

15 In which year Maharaja Ranjit Singh acquired Kangra fort from Sansar Chand?

(a) 1805 AD

(b) 1806 AD

(d) 1810 AD

16 Which Sikh ruler ruled over Kangra in 1809 AD?

(a) Banda Bahadur

(b) Guru Govind Singh

(d) Desa Singh Majithia

17 Who became the ruler after the death of Raja Sansar Chand in 1823 AD?

(a) Desa Singh Majithai

(b) Anirudh Chand

(d) Maha Singh Sukerchakia

18 After the death of Maha Singh Sukerchakia, who became the chief of Sukerchakia Misl?

(a) Desa Singh Majithia

(b) Maharaja Ranjit Singh

(d) Sansar Chand

19 In which year Raja Ranjit Singh acquired the Kotla fort?

(a) 1805 AD

(b) 1806 AD

(d) 1811 AD

20 Which region in the modern history of Himachal was the richest source of borax and musk?

(a) Sirmaur

(b) Chamba

(d) Lahore

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21 In which year the Anglo-Gorkha War took place?

(a) 1809 AD (b) 1810 AD (c) 1812 AD (d) 1814 AD

22 Which among the following fort is known as Nalapani?

(a) Nalagarh Fort (b) Kalanga Fort (c) Nurpur Fort (d) Taragarh Fort

23 Bal Bhadra Thapa faced defeat in the hands of the British at

(a) Jubbal fort

(b) Kalanga fort

(d) Nalagarh fort

24 Wholed the campaign against the Gorkhas in Chopal, Jubbal and Rawingarh regions?

(a) James Baillie Fraser

(b) Lt. Lawrence

(d) Ronald Daisie

25 Which treaty signaled the departure of the Gorkhas and arrival of the British on the political canvas of Shimla hill states?

(a) Treaty of Kangra

(b) Treaty of Jwalamukhi

(d) Treaty of Shimla

26 In which year was the Treaty of Sugauli, between the Gorkhas and the British, signed?

(a) 1805 AD

(b) 1806 AD

(d) 1815 AD

27 Nalagarh Sanad was given to which ruler?

(a) Raja Fateh Prakash

(b) Rana Bahadur Singh

(d) Raja Ram Saran Singh

28 In which place of Himachal Pradesh, an army regiment was set up in 1842 by British General Gilbert?

(a) Shimla

(b) Dag-e-Shai

(d) Kasauli

29 Who founded the Keonthal state in 765 AD?

(a) Sena Raja

(b) Raja Girisen

(d) None of these

30 In 1814 AD Ranjor Singh Thapa faced defeat in the hands of the British at ……………

(a) Jubbal fort

(b) Jythak fort

(d) Nalagash fort

31 Which principality consisted of three parganas, namely, Subathu, Siwan and Bharoli?

(a) Bilaspur (b) Rawin (c) Kotgash (d) Bharoli

32 Kotgarh was handed over to which state for https://himexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Madhya-Pradesh-MP-PEB-Group-2-Sub-Group-4-Various-Post-Answer-Key-2021.jpgistration and management purpose?

(a) Kangra (b) Kullu (c) Chamba (d) Bilaspur

33 In 1815, the territory of Jubbal was handed over to which ruler?

(a) Amar Singh Thapa

(b) Rana Puran Singh

(d) Karam Chand

34 Which Sikh ruler imposed a great fine on the Rajas of Nurpur and Jaswan on not attending the great assembly of the Sikh army in 1815 AD?

(a) Guru Govind Singh

(b) Dessa Singh Majithia

(d) Guru Har Govind Singh

35 In Bilaspur who confiscated the jagirs of the most of his collateral Mians?

(a) Raja Bir Singh

(b) Raja Anirudh

(d) Raja Ranjit Singh

36 Which war saw the worsening of relations between the Raja of Bhagat and Britishers?

(a) Anglo-Sikh War I

(b) Revolt of 1857

(d) Anglo Sikh War ||

37 The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought in?

(a) 1803-06 AD (b) 1830-31 AD (c) 1840-41 AD (d) 1845-46 AD

38 Which ruler of Kutlehr expelled the sikhs from his state during the first-Anglo-Sikh

War?

(a) Bidhi Pal (b) Ajmer Singh (c) Narain Pal (d) Shamsher Singh

39 Which region of Himachal Pradesh came under the direct control fo British after the first Anglo Sikh War?

(a) Areas between Sutlej and Ravi

(b) Northern areas of Tibet

(d) Lower foothills of Siwaliks

40 In which year the Second Anglo-Sikh War took place?

(a) 1845-46 AD (b) 1848-49 AD (c) 1852-53 AD (d) 1861-62 AD

41 Which princely state of Himachal Pradesh adopted the policy of neutrality during the war of Independence of 1857?

(a) Bushahr

(b) Nurpur

(d) Jaswan

42 Rulers of which hill state sent soldiers to accompany the British troops in the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Kangra

(b) Nurpur

(d) Kullu

43 Consider the following statements

I. The town of Kasauli was established in 1842.

II. Dag-e-Shai was a group of 5 villages Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 11

(d) None of these

44 Consider the following statements

I. First Anglo-Sikh war ended by the Treaty of Lahore on 9th March, 1846.

II. Sikh emerged as the supreme power after second Anglo-Sikh war.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(d) None of these

45 Match the following

List I List II

(Sanads) (Rulers)

A Bilaspur 1. Rana Mohinder Singh

B. Baghal 2. Rana Bhup Singh

C. Kuthar 3. Raja Jagat Singh

D. Baghat 4. Raja Mahan Chand

Codes

A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1

(b) 3 2 1 4

(d) 2 1 3 4

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