APSC Last Exam Question Bank


01. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari ? Ain-i-Akbari āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: Abul Fazl
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: A detailed record of Mughal administration under Akbar, written by his historian Abul Fazl. āφāĻ•āĻŦā§°ā§° āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻ•āĻžā§° āφāĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻĢāϜāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĨ¤
02. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Who rebuilt the Kamakhya Temple ? āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: King Naranarayan (with Chilarai)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The temple was rebuilt in the 16th century by the Koch king as part of political and religious restoration. ā§§ā§ŦāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ āϕ⧋āϚ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻž āύ⧰āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āϚāĻŋāϞāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒ⧁āύāσ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
03. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Who introduced Permanent Settlement in India ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: Lord Cornwallis (1793)
Explanation: A land revenue system giving zamindars permanent rights over land in exchange for fixed revenue. āϜāĻŽāĻŋāĻĻāĻžā§°āĻ• āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•ā§°ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ⧰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
04. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: When did British Govt. take over India & who was the first Viceroy ? āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϛ⧰ āĻšāĻžāϤāϞ⧈ āĻ—'āϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāχāϚ⧰āϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 1858 – 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§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ› ā§°āĻžāϜāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύāϤ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05. Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: When & why was Kushal Konwar hanged ? āϕ⧁āĻļāϞ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§ąā§°āĻ• āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 1942 – Accused in train sabotage in Quit India Movement.
Explanation : He was falsely charged for a train derailment in Golaghat; executed by British. āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāϘāĻžāϟ⧰ ⧰⧇'āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āϤ āϭ⧁āϞāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁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§° āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āϜāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: None (British rule already established)
Explanation: Ahom rule had ended; Assam was under British control. āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āχāς⧰āĻžāϜ āĻļāĻžāϏāύāϤāĨ¤
07. Q. First Assamese to join Indian National Congress (1886) ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§‡āĻ›āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻžāϜāύ āϕ⧋āύ ?
Ans: Gopinath Bordoloi
Explanation: Entered INC in the 1886 Calcutta session as Assam representative. ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ āϕ⧇āϞāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύāϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖāĨ¤
08. Q : Who refused Tamra Patra from Govt. of India ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĒāĻ¤ā§ā§° ā§°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻš āύāĻžāĻ•āϚ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϕ⧋āύ ?
Ans: Pushpalata Das
Explanation: She refused as a protest against government policy and colonial mindset. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āύ⧀āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻŋ⧰⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ•āϚ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
09. Q.: First President of All India Muslim League ? āĻ…āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ›āϞāĻŋāĻŽ āϞ⧀āĻ—ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻ­āĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ ?
Ans: Aga Khan III
Explanation: Formed in 1906 to represent Muslim political interests. ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ŧ āϚāύāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻ›āϞāĻŋāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
10. Q. Who first addressed Gandhi as “Father of the Nation” ? āĻ—āϧ⧀āĻœā§€āĻ• "āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋā§° āϜāύāĻ•" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻ•āϞ⧇ ?
Ans: Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation: Used the term in a radio message from Singapore in 1944. ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ē āϚāύāϤ ⧰⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ…' āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āϤāĻžāϤ āĻāχ āωāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
11. Q: When was the 1st Round Table Conference held ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāωāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦ⧈āĻ āĻ• āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 12 November 1930 – London
Explanation: Discussed constitutional reforms for India. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžā§°āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
12. Q: First woman President of Indian National Congress ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§‡āϛ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϏāĻ­āĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ ?
Ans: Annie Besant (1917)
Explanation: She was also a leader of Home Rule Movement. āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧰ āύ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒāĻĨāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒā§ŽāĨ¤
14.Q: Known as Father of Local Self-Government in India ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āϜāύāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ?
Ans: Lord Ripon
Explanation: Introduced local bodies like municipalities and elected boards. āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒ⧌⧰āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŖāϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
15. Q : When was the first National Emergency declared in India ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: 1962 (Indo-China War)
Explanation: Declared due to national security threat from China. āĻšā§€āύ-āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜ⧁⧰āĻŋ āϜāĻžā§°āĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤