75+ History Questions asked in RRB NTPC 2020 Exam | Download PDF

By Rahul Chadha|Updated : August 22nd, 2020

This article is regarding 75+ History Questions asked in RRB NTPC Exam. The dates of RRB NTPC Paper I has been released officially as of December 15, 2020. Read more details about the RRB NTPC exam date. 
The first paper will cover 40 questions from General Awareness subject from various sections such as History, Polity, Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Physics etc. In the History section in particular, at least 4-6 questions are asked from topics including Mughal Dynasty, Major Battles, The Maratha State, The Great Revolt, etc.

Here is the list of important topics for History section in RRB NTPC Exam:

Topics

Establishment & Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate

Religious Movements in the Fifteenth & Sixteenth Centuries

Buddhism & Jainism

European Penetration & British Conquest of India

Major Battles

Social & Cultural Awakening in India

The Great Revolt of 1857

The Gupta Period

The Maratha State

Indian National Congress

Nationalist Movement

India’s Freedom Movement and their Leaders

Chronology of Medieval India and their Important Systems

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Q 1. When was chillianwala warfought?

Solution:

* The Battle of Chillan Wala was fought in 1849.

* The battle was fought during Second Anglo Sikh War in Chaillian wala region of Punjab.

* The battle was aimed to expand British Raj in north-west front of Indian subcontinent.

* Sir Hugh Gough lead the British East India Company and Sardar Sher Singh Attariwala lead the Sikh Empire in the battle. The battle resulted in favour of Sikh Empire.

* Hugh Gough and the Governor General Lord Dalhousie, delayed operations until after the end of the monsoon season and this favoured Sher Singh to gather and strengthen his army.

Q 2. Which of the following Chola King is considered as the greatest king?

Solution:

* Karikala was considered as the greatest Chola King.

* He expanded his empire even in North India upto Shiwaliks. The stories of Karikala are witnessed in Sangam literature.

* The Grand Anicut, also known as the Kallanai, which is a dam, was built by Karikalaand is considered one of the oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world which is still in use.

* Karikala Chola fought a great Battle of Venni in which both Pandyan and Cheran kingss uffered a defeat.

Q 3. Chittorgarh was the capital of ________ dynasty.

Solution:

* Chittorgarh was the capital of Mewar Sisodia Dynasty.

* Delhi sultana Allaudin attached Chittod in 1303 and defeated Sisodia King Rana Ratan Singh and first Saka of Mewar happened in the same year.

* In 1568, Emperor Akbar conquered Chittorgarh, the capital of Mewar.

* In 1576, Battle of Haldighati was fought between Akbar and Maharana Pratap which resulted in favour of Mughals and Gogunda, Udaipur and Kumbhalgarh were conquered.

*Chittodgarh is located on the banks of Berach River.

Q 4. Doctrine of lapse is launched by:

Solution:

* Doctrine of Lapse was launched by Lord Dalhousie.

* Doctrine of Lapse was clever move of British administration to expand its territorial expansion.

* It states that the Princely states which don’t have a legal heir will be abolished by its princely state status.

* Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir was enforced in the cases of:

  1. a) Satara (1848)
  2. b) Jaitpur and Sambalpur (1849)
  3. c) Baghat (1850)
  4. d) Chota Udaipur (1852)
  5. e) Jhansi (1853)
  6. f) Nagpur (1854)

Q 5. Swadeshi movement was officially declared on

Solution:

  • The Swadeshi Movement was officially declared on 7 August, 1905.
  • The Swadeshi movement was a massive boycott to British products and revival of domestic products and production processes.
  • Dadabhai Naroji, Lokmanya Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, lal Lajpat Rai, Etc were main leaders to carry forward the Swadeshi Movement.
  • The Ignition of Swadeshi movement sparked with the partition of Bengal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon in 1905 and continued up to 1911.

Q 6. Who is known as frontier Gandhi?

Solution:

  • Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan is also known as Frontier Gandhi.
  • He belonged to Pasthun area of Pakistan, he is follower of non-violent principles of Gandhiji ans was a lifelong pacifist.
  • He founded Khundai Khidmatgar movement in 1929 against British atrocities. Bacha Khan strongly opposed the proposal for the partition of India, siding with the Indian National Congress and All India Azad Muslim Conference.
  • In June 1947, Khan and other Khudai Khidmatgars declared the Bannu Resolution, demanding that the Pashtuns be given a choice to have an independent state of Pashtunistan.

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