MPSC PYQ

Historical Personalities

Historical Personalities is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2013, 2016). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2013–2016
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List of Bharat Ratna awardeesDecline of Mughal EmpireBritish expansion in Bengal and Maratha territories

Real questions that test this

भारतरत्न पुरस्कार प्राप्त करणारी पहिली बिगर-भारतीय (अभारतीय) व्यक्ती कोण? Who is the first non - Indian recipient of the Bharat Ratna award ?

1)मार्टीन ल्यूथर किंग / Martin Luther King
2)मदर तेरेसा / Mother Teresa
3)खान अब्दुल गफार खान / Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan✓ Correct
4)दलाई लामा / Dalai Lama

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi) from Pakistan was the first non-Indian recipient of the Bharat Ratna award in 1987.

जोड्या जुळवा : अ. अलावा ब. अब्दुल्ला खान क. मीर जाफर ड. दौलत राव सिंधिया I. वैष्णव विषयांवरील पुष्कळस्या गीतांचा लेखक होता. II. होलीचा सण साजरा करीत असे. III. मृत्यूशैयावर असताना याने मुर्शीदाबाद जवळील किर्तीश्वरीच्या मूर्तीवरील पाण्याचे काही थेंब प्याले होते. IV. हिरवे कपड़े घालून मोहरमच्या मिरवणुकीत सामील झाले होते. Match the following : a. Alawal b. Abdullah Khan c. Mir Jafar d. Daulat Rao Scindia I. was the author of several poems on Vaishnava subjects. II. observed Holi festival. III. on his death bed drank a few drops of water poured in libation over the idol of Kirtiswari near Murshidabad. IV. joined Moharram processions in green dress.

(a)अलावा

(b)अब्दुल्ला खान

(c)मीर जाफर

(d)दौलत राव सिंधिया

1)I III II IV
2)II II III IV✓ Correct
3)II IV I III
4)III I II IV

Matching the historical figures with their distinct biographical details yields the sequence II, II, III, IV based on contemporary accounts and historical chronicles.

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