APSC Last Exam Question Bank
01. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari ? Ain-i-Akbari āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: Abul Fazl
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: A detailed record of Mughal administration under Akbar, written by his historian Abul Fazl. āĻāĻāĻŦā§°ā§° āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŦā§āϞ āĻĢāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨ āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
02. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Who rebuilt the Kamakhya Temple ? āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āύāϰā§āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: King Naranarayan (with Chilarai)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The temple was rebuilt in the 16th century by the Koch king as part of political and religious restoration. ā§§ā§ŦāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž āύ⧰āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāĻā§ āĻĒā§āύāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
03. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Who introduced Permanent Settlement in India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻāĻŦāϏā§āϤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: Lord Cornwallis (1793)
Explanation: A land revenue system giving zamindars permanent rights over land in exchange for fixed revenue. āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻā§°ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻļā§āϧ⧰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
04. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: When did British Govt. take over India & who was the first Viceroy ? āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§° āĻšāĻžāϤāϞ⧠āĻ'āϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 1858 â Lord Canning
Explanation : After the Revolt of 1857, the East India Company lost power and the British Crown took control. ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻšā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āϤāϤā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύāϤ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: When & why was Kushal Konwar hanged ? āĻā§āĻļāϞ āĻāĻ¨ā§ąā§°āĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 1942 â Accused in train sabotage in Quit India Movement.
Explanation : He was falsely charged for a train derailment in Golaghat; executed by British. āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§° ā§°ā§'āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻāϤ āĻā§āϞāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06. Q: Who was the Ahom king during the 1857 Revolt ? ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻšā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: None (British rule already established)
Explanation: Ahom rule had ended; Assam was under British control. āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻ
āϏāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύāϤāĨ¤
07. Q. First Assamese to join Indian National Congress (1886) ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§āύ ?
Ans: Gopinath Bordoloi
Explanation: Entered INC in the 1886 Calcutta session as Assam representative. ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻā§āϞāĻāϤā§āϤāĻž āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύāϤ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖāĨ¤
08. Q : Who refused Tamra Patra from Govt. of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĒāϤā§ā§° ā§°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻš āύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻā§āύ ?
Ans: Pushpalata Das
Explanation: She refused as a protest against government policy and colonial mindset. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āύā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
09. Q.: First President of All India Muslim League ? āĻ
āϞ āĻāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āϞā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ ?
Ans: Aga Khan III
Explanation: Formed in 1906 to represent Muslim political interests. ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻŋāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
10. Q. Who first addressed Gandhi as âFather of the Nationâ ? āĻāϧā§āĻā§āĻ "āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋā§° āĻāύāĻ" āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāϞ⧠?
Ans: Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation: Used the term in a radio message from Singapore in 1944. ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ē āĻāύāϤ ā§°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ
' āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āϤāĻžāϤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
11. Q: When was the 1st Round Table Conference held ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 12 November 1930 â London
Explanation: Discussed constitutional reforms for India. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻāĻžā§°āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
12. Q: First woman President of Indian National Congress ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ ?
Ans: Annie Besant (1917)
Explanation: She was also a leader of Home Rule Movement. āĻā§āĻšāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ⧰ āύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒāĻĨāĻŋāĻā§ā§āĨ¤
14.Q: Known as Father of Local Self-Government in India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻŦāĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āĻāύāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ?
Ans: Lord Ripon
Explanation: Introduced local bodies like municipalities and elected boards. āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŖāϤāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
15. Q : When was the first National Emergency declared in India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 1962 (Indo-China War)
Explanation: Declared due to national security threat from China. āĻā§āύ-āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤