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2024
HISTORY
[Groups ‘A’ to ‘E’ are common for both Regular and External Candidates. Group ‘F’ is meant only for External Candidates.] (All questions of Group ‘A’ are compulsory. Candidates should follow the alternatives in other groups. Visually-challenged Candidates will answer the alternative questions as per directive in Group ‘B’. Others will attempt map pointing.)
Group ‘A’
1. Choose the correct answer :- 1×20=20
1.1 Upendranath Brahmachari was associated with:
(a) Urban History
(b) Local History
(c) History of Performing Arts
(d) History of Science-Technology and Medicine
1.2 The book ‘Nadiya Kahini’ was written by:
(a) Nikhil Nath Roy
(b) Kumud Ranjan Mullick
(c) Satish Chandra Mitra
(d) Kumud Nath Mullick
1.3 The ‘Council of Education’ was constituted in
(a) 1813 A.D.
(b) 1823 A.D.
(c) 1835 A.D.
(d) 1842 A.D.
1.4 The booklet’ Strisiksha Vidhayak’ composed by Gour Mohan Vidyalankar was published in:
(a) 1817 A.D.
(b) 1822 A.D.
(c) 1823 A.D.
(d) 1835 A.D.
1.5 The first Indian Vice-Chancellor ofCalcutta University was:
(a) Sir Ramesh Chandra Mitra
(b) SirAshutosh Mukhopadhyay
(c) Sir Gooroodas Banerjee
(d) Sir James William Colvile
1.6 The Adivasi revolt organised against the Colonial Forest Law (1878) was:
(a) Santal Hool
(b) Munda Rebellion
(c) Kol Rebellion
(d) Rampa Rebellion
1.7 Two important leaders of the Indigo Revolt Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Charan Biswas lived in Chowgachha village of:
(a) Pabna district
(b) Khulna district
(c) Nadia district
(d) Faridpur district
1.8 The British Parliament passed the ‘Act for the Better Government of India’ on:
(a) July 15, 1858 A.D.
(b) August 2, 1858 A.D.
(c) October 10, 1858 A.D.
(d) December 5, 1858 A.D.
1.9 The first Political Organisation of India was :
(a) Indian Association
(b) Bangabhasa Prakashika Sabha
(c) Landholders’ Society
(d) Indian National Congress
1.10 Nabagopal Mitra was the ___________of the Hindu Mela.
(a) President
(b) Vice-President
(c) Secretary
(d)Assistant Secretary
1.11 Jagadish Chandra Bose, the founder of The Bose Institute was a Professor of:
(a) Mathematics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Physics
(d) Zoology
1.12 The first illustrated book in Bengali was published by:
(a) William Carey
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Gangakisor Bhattacharya
(d) Upendrakishor Roychoudhury
1.13 The first President ofAll India Kisan Sabha was:
(a) Baba Ramchandra
(b) N.G. Ranga
(c) Swami Sahajananda
(d) Fazlul Haque
1:14 Motilal Tejwat led the peasants’ movement in
(a) Bihar
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) United Province
1.15 The Girni Kamgarh Union was founded in:
(a) 1918 A.D.
(b) 1922 A.D.
(c) 1928 A.D
(d) 1932 A.D.
1.16 Bhogeswari Phukonani became a martyr in the Quit India Movement (1942) in ___________
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Assam
(d) Orissa
1.17 The Secretary of the Anti-Circular Society was:
(a) Sachindra Prasad Bose
(b) Krishnakumar Mitra
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) Ananda Mohan Bose
1.18 Bina Das attempted to assassinate the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Stanley Jackson in:
(a) 1928 A.D.
(b) 1930 A.D.
(c) 1932 A.D.
(d) 1936 A.D.
1.19 The first Gandhian martyr of India was:
(a) Hridyanath Kunzru
(b) Ballavbhai Patel
(c) Patti Sriramalu
(d) Pattavi Sitaramayya
1.20 Goa was incorporated in India in:
(a) 1947 A.D.
(b) 1956 A.D.
(c) 1961 A.D.
(d) 1971 A.D.
GROUP-B
2. Answer any sixteen questions, taking at least one from each sub-group:– 1×16=16
SUB-GROUP: 2.1
Answer in one sentence: 1×4=4
2.1.1 Which day is observed as the ‘International Environment Day’?
2.1.2 Where are the Government documents preserved?
2.1.3 In which year was founded the Nari Satyagraha Samiti?
2.1.4 Who founded the Viswa Bharati?
SUB-GROUP: 2.2
Identify which of the following is ‘True’ or ‘False’ : 1×4=4
2.2.1 The Anti-Partition Movement was limited to the peasant community.
2.2.2 One of the leaders of the Indigo Revolt was Biswanath Sardar.
2.2.3 The founder of the Farazi Movement was Dudu Mian.
2.2.4 The editor of the journal ‘The Bengalee’ was Surendranath Banerjee.
SUB-GROUP: 2.3
Match Column ‘A’ with Column ‘B’:
| Column A | Column B |
| 2.3.1 Lord Ripon | (1) Bengal Technical Institute |
| 2.3.2 Nelly Sengupta | (2) General Committee of Public Institutions |
| 2.3.3 Lord Amherst | (3) Hunter Commission |
| 2.3.4 Taraknath Palit | (4) Strike of the Stream-launch Workers |
SUB-GROUP : 2.3
On the given outline map of India, locate and label the following places : 1×4=4
2.4.1. Area of Chuar Rebellion (1798-1799).
2.4.2. A.Centre of the Great Revolt (1857)-Kanpur.
2.4.3. A Centre of the Great Revolt (1857)-Delhi.
2.4.4. The Reorganized State of Kerala.
OR
(Only For Visually-Challenged Candidates) 1×4=4
Fill in the blanks:
2.4.1 The first Viceroy of India was _____________
2.4.2 Calcutta Medical College was established in______________
2.4.3 The novel Gora was composed by _____________
2.4.4 Hari Singh was the ___________ of Kashmir.
SUB-GROUP: 2.5
Select the correct interpretation of the following statements:
2.5.1 Statement : The Hindu College was founded in 1817 A.D.
Interpretation 1 : It was a Co-educational Institute for Hindu Boys and Girls.
Interpretation 2 : It was a Co-educational Institute for Hindu Boys and Girls.
Interpretation 3 : It was founded to impart modern Western education to the students of respectable Hindu families.
2.5.2 Statement : The Bardoli Satyagraha Movement was organized in 1928 A.D.
Interpretation 1 : It was a movement of the Millworkers against the extortion of the Mill-owners.
Interpretation 2 : It was a joint movement of the rich peasants and the agricultural labourers against the revenue hike by the Government.
Interpretation 3 : It was the movement of the debt Serfs against the oppression and extortion of the rich peasants.
2.5.3 Statement : Deshapran Birendranath Sasmal was a popular leader of Bengal.
Interpretation 1 : He led the peasants movement of Midnapore during the NonCooperation Movement.
Interpretation 2 : He led the workers’ movement during the Anti-Partition Movement.
Interpretation 3 : He was an important leader of Bengal during the Quit India Movement.
2.5.4 Statement : February 12, 1946 was observed as the Rashid Ali Day.
Interpretation 1 : Rashid Ali was a martyr of the Quit India Movement.
Interpretation 2 : Rashid Ali was a popular Student Leader.
Interpretation 3 : Rashid Ali was a Captain of the Indian National Army.
GROUP-C
3. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each (any eleven) :- 2×11=22
3.1 What is meant by History of Environment?
3.2 What is the importance of Autobiography as a source of Modern Indian History?
3.3 Why is the year 1813 important in the spread of Western Education in modern India?
3.4 Why is the year of 1836 memorable in the sphere of modern Western Medical Science of India ?
3.5 Who were known as Paiks?
3.6 Who were known as Hedayatis?
3.7 How did the book ‘Bartaman Bharat’ help in the development of nationalism?
3.8 Why is Gaganendranath Tagore remembered?
3.9 What is meant by Vidyasagar fount?
3.10 What is the importance of the Battala Publications in the history ofthe Bengali printing press?
3.11 What role did Baba Ramchandra play in the peasants’ movement?
3.12 With what objective was founded the All India Trade Union Congress?
3.13 What role did Sarala Devi Choudhurani play in the national movement?
3.14 What was the role of Indian Republican Army in the armed revolutionary movement?
3.15 Why is Sardar Ballavbhai Patel called the ‘Iron, man of India’?
3.16 What is meant by Refugee problem?
GROUP-D
4. Answer the following questions in seven or eight sentences each. Attempt at least one question from each sub-group. Answer six questions in all. 4 x 6 =24
SUB-GROUP: D.1
4.1 Analyze the role of Bamabodhini Patrika in the development of women in the Nineteenth Century Bengal.
4.2 Analyze the ideas of Swami Vivekananda in the religious reform movement.
SUB GROUP : D.2
4.3 Can the revolt of 1857 be called a ‘feudal revolt’?
4.4 What was the contribution of the portrait ‘Bharatmata’ in the development of nationalism in Nineteenth Century?
SUB GROUP : D.3
4.5 Give a critical account of the Eka Movement.
4.6 Why was founded the Congress Socialist Party?
SUB-GROUP: D.4
4.7 Analyze the role of Bengal Volunteers in the armed revolutionary movement.
4.8 Analyze the role of the students in the Anti-Partition Movement.
GROUP-E
5. Answer any one question in fifteen or sixteen sentences 8×1=8
5.1 Give a brief account of the Widow Remarriage Movement led by Vidyasagar. What was the extent of success of Vidyasagar in this field? 5+3
5.2 What is meant by ‘Age of Associations’? What was the contribution of the Hindu Mela in the development of political consciousness in Nineteenth Century Bengal ? 3+5
5.3 Give a brief account of the Namasudra Movement in Bengal. 8
[For External Candidates Only]
GROUP–F
6. 6.1 Answer the following in a single sentence (any four): 1×4=4
6.1.1 Who was the editor of the Grambarta Prakashika?
6.1.2 In which year was the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj established?
6.1.3 What is meant by the word ‘Hool?
6.1.4 Who established the Bose Institute?
6.1.5 In which year was founded the ‘Shantiniketan”?
6.1.6 Who founded the Dipali Sangha ?
6.2 Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each (any three):- 2×3=6
6.2.1 What was Macaulay’s Minute?
6.2.2 Why is Titu Mir remembered?
6.2.3 Why was organised the Moplah revolt?
6.2.4 State any two objectives of the Indian Association.
6.2.5 With what objective was founded the ‘Sriniketan’?
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