HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q1
The Airavateshwara temple at Darasuram was built by
(A) Chola King Rajaraja-II
(B) Chola King Kulothunga-III
(C) Chola King Parantaka-I
(D) Chera King Nedum Cheralathan
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Answer: A
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q2
Which among the following Drama/Book was not written by famous poet Bhasa ?
(A) Karnabhara
(B) Urubhanga
(C) Dutvakya
(D) Shishupalvadh
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Answer: D
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q3
Which pair is not correctly matched ?
Foreign Traveller / Country associated
(A) Pietro Della Valle / French (France)
(B) John Fryer / England
(C) Niccolao Manucci / Italy
(D) Joannes-De-Laet / Dutch
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Answer: A
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q4
Who was the author of the book “Tarikh-i-Rashidi”?
(A) Ahmed Yadgaar
(B) Mirza Haider Dughlat
(C) Gulam Hussain
(D) Shaikh Rizqullah Mushtaqvi
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q5
Who was the founder of “Indian Associate for the Cultivation of Science” (1876)?
(A) C. V. Raman
(B) Mahendralal Sarkar
(C) Father Lafont
(D) Ashutosh Mukherjee
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q6
Who said, ” Lord Ripon, the savior of India and his rule-the beginning of a Golden age in India”?
(A) Florence Nightingale
(B) P. E. Roberts
(C) Lovat Frazer
(D) Eric Stokes
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Answer: A
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q7
Who said, “Raja Rammohan was the only person in his time to realise completely the significance of the modern age”?
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Sumit Sarkar
(D) Barun De
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q8
Which among the following books was not written by B. R. Ambedkar?
(A) The Annihilation of Caste
(B) States and Minorities
(C) What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables
(D) India in Transition
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Answer: D
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q9
Which pair is not correctly matched?
Education Commission/Committee / Year
(A) Sadler University Commission / 1917
(B) Hunter Education Commission / 1887
(C) The Hartog Committee / 1929
(D) Indian Universities Act / 1904
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2021 Prelims Question Paper – Q10
Where was the “Indian Independence Committee” set up by Lala Hardayal and his friends?
(A) Rome (Italy)
(B) Berlin (Germany)
(C) London (England)
(D) Paris (France)
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Answer: B
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