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50 questions covering every section of the note on the Rana period of Nepal, from the Kot Parva and Jung Bahadur's reforms to the later Rana prime ministers, Praja Parishad, the 1997 martyrs and the 2007 revolution.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: General Knowledge · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
For about how many years did the Rana family rule Nepal?
- A) 84 years
- B) 104 years ✔
- C) 124 years
- D) 94 years
Why: Rana rule ran from 1903 BS to 2007 BS, a period of 104 years.
Which event of 1903 BS made Jung Bahadur the prime minister of Nepal?
- A) Alau Parva
- B) Bhandarkhal Parva
- C) Kot Parva ✔
- D) Treaty of Sugauli
Why: After the Kot Parva in 1903 BS, the queen appointed Jung Bahadur prime minister, marking the start of Rana rule.
The murder of which general led the queen to call the courtiers to the Kot in 1903 BS?
- A) Gagan Singh Bhandari ✔
- B) Mathbar Singh Thapa
- C) Fateh Jung Shah
- D) Abhiman Singh Rana
Why: General Gagan Singh Bhandari was murdered, and the queen gathered the courtiers at the Kot, where the massacre took place.
At the Alau Parva of 1904 BS, what happened to King Rajendra?
- A) He was made prime minister
- B) He signed a treaty with the British
- C) He returned as a ruling king with full powers
- D) He was defeated and captured while trying to regain power ✔
Why: Rajendra had been replaced by Surendra; when he tried to return with a force, he was defeated and captured at Alau.
Which countries did Jung Bahadur visit on his European tour of 1850 AD?
- A) Germany and Italy
- B) Russia and France
- C) Britain and France ✔
- D) Britain and Spain
Why: Jung Bahadur visited Britain, where he met Queen Victoria, and France.
The Muluki Ain, Nepal's first written legal code, was issued in which year?
- A) 1910 BS ✔
- B) 1903 BS
- C) 1913 BS
- D) 1933 BS
Why: Jung Bahadur issued the Muluki Ain in 1910 BS (1854 AD) after his visit to Europe.
Which statement about the Muluki Ain is correct?
- A) It gave equal punishment to all citizens
- B) It was based on the caste system and punished castes differently ✔
- C) It was the first constitution of Nepal
- D) It abolished slavery
Why: The Muluki Ain gave one code for the whole country, but it followed the caste system and set different punishments for different castes.
The districts Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur, returned to Nepal in 1860 AD, are together called what?
- A) Madhesh Pradesh
- B) Purano Muluk
- C) Char Kosh Jhadi
- D) Naya Muluk ✔
Why: The British returned this western Tarai, called Naya Muluk, as a reward for Nepal's help during the 1857 Indian uprising.
Under the sanad of 1913 BS, what title and position did Jung Bahadur receive?
- A) Shree 3 and Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung ✔
- B) Shree 5 and King of Nepal
- C) Shree 3 and Maharaja of Gorkha and Palpa
- D) Shree 2 and Commander-in-Chief only
Why: King Surendra's sanad of 1913 BS made Jung Bahadur Shree 3 Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung, while the king stayed Shree 5.
Under the Rana roll of succession set in 1913 BS, who was next in line for prime minister after Jung Bahadur?
- A) His eldest son
- B) The person chosen by the king
- C) His brothers, in order of age ✔
- D) The senior army general of the day
Why: The roll of succession passed the post first to Jung's brothers by seniority, and only then to the next generation.
Which Rana prime minister removed the C-class Ranas from the roll of succession in 1990 BS?
- A) Chandra Shumsher
- B) Juddha Shumsher ✔
- C) Bir Shumsher
- D) Mohan Shumsher
Why: Chandra had created the A, B and C classes; Juddha Shumsher expelled the C-class Ranas from the roll in 1990 BS.
Bir Shumsher came to power in 1942 BS after the killing of which prime minister?
- A) Jung Bahadur
- B) Bam Bahadur
- C) Dev Shumsher
- D) Ranoddip Singh ✔
Why: The Shumsher brothers killed Ranoddip Singh in 1942 BS, and Bir Shumsher became prime minister.
Bir Hospital, the oldest hospital of Nepal, was set up by Bir Shumsher in which year?
- A) 1946 BS ✔
- B) 1958 BS
- C) 1975 BS
- D) 1910 BS
Why: Bir Shumsher founded Bir Hospital in 1946 BS (1889 AD).
Gorkhapatra, Nepal's first newspaper, was started in 1958 BS by which Rana prime minister?
- A) Chandra Shumsher
- B) Bir Shumsher
- C) Dev Shumsher ✔
- D) Bhim Shumsher
Why: Dev Shumsher, the most liberal Rana, began Gorkhapatra in 1958 BS before Chandra removed him from power.
In which year did Chandra Shumsher abolish the practice of sati?
- A) 1968 BS
- B) 1975 BS
- C) 1981 BS
- D) 1977 BS ✔
Why: Sati was abolished in 1977 BS (1920 AD); slavery was ended later, with the announcement in 1981 BS.
Tri-Chandra College, the first college of Nepal, was founded in which year?
- A) 1946 BS
- B) 1975 BS ✔
- C) 1994 BS
- D) 1958 BS
Why: Chandra Shumsher founded Tri-Chandra College in 1975 BS (1918 AD).
What was the main importance of the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923 AD?
- A) Britain formally recognised Nepal as an independent country ✔
- B) Nepal gave up the Naya Muluk to Britain
- C) Britain agreed to build Singha Durbar
- D) It ended the war between Nepal and Tibet
Why: The 1923 treaty, signed under Chandra Shumsher, gave formal British recognition of Nepal's independence.
Nepal Bank Limited, the first bank of Nepal, was opened under which prime minister?
- A) Padma Shumsher
- B) Chandra Shumsher
- C) Mohan Shumsher
- D) Juddha Shumsher ✔
Why: Nepal Bank Limited opened in 1994 BS (1937 AD) during the rule of Juddha Shumsher.
The Government of Nepal Act 2004 BS, the first written constitution of Nepal, was issued by whom?
- A) Mohan Shumsher
- B) Padma Shumsher ✔
- C) King Tribhuvan
- D) Juddha Shumsher
Why: Padma Shumsher issued the Government of Nepal Act in 2004 BS (1948 AD), though it was never really put into practice.
Who led the Nepal Praja Parishad, regarded as the first political party of Nepal, founded in 1993 BS?
- A) B.P. Koirala
- B) Pushpa Lal Shrestha
- C) Tanka Prasad Acharya ✔
- D) Matrika Prasad Koirala
Why: Praja Parishad was founded in 1993 BS under the leadership of Tanka Prasad Acharya.
Shukraraj Shastri was hanged in Magh 1997 BS at which place?
- A) Pachali Bhairav, Teku ✔
- B) Sifal
- C) Shobha Bhagwati
- D) Tundikhel
Why: Shukraraj Shastri was hanged at Pachali Bhairav near Teku; Dharma Bhakta Mathema was hanged at Sifal.
Which two martyrs were shot at Shobha Bhagwati in 1997 BS?
- A) Shukraraj Shastri and Dharma Bhakta Mathema
- B) Tanka Prasad Acharya and Ramhari Sharma
- C) Dharma Bhakta Mathema and Dashrath Chand
- D) Gangalal Shrestha and Dashrath Chand ✔
Why: Gangalal Shrestha and Dashrath Chand were shot at Shobha Bhagwati.
Nepali Congress was formed in 2006 BS by the merger of which two parties?
- A) Praja Parishad and Communist Party of Nepal
- B) Nepali Rashtriya Congress and Nepal Prajatantrik Congress ✔
- C) Nepali Rashtriya Congress and Praja Parishad
- D) Nepal Prajatantrik Congress and Gorkha Parishad
Why: The Nepali Rashtriya Congress and Nepal Prajatantrik Congress merged in Kolkata in 2006 BS to form the Nepali Congress.
On 21 Kartik 2007 BS, where did King Tribhuvan take refuge?
- A) Narayanhiti Palace
- B) Gorkha Durbar
- C) The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu ✔
- D) The British Residency in Lucknow
Why: King Tribhuvan entered the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and later flew to New Delhi.
Who was the last Rana prime minister of Nepal?
- A) Mohan Shumsher ✔
- B) Padma Shumsher
- C) Juddha Shumsher
- D) Matrika Prasad Koirala
Why: Mohan Shumsher stayed prime minister until he resigned in Kartik 2008 BS; Matrika Prasad Koirala then became the first non-Rana prime minister.
Who was the first Rana PM after Jung Bahadur's brothers' line was broken by the Shumsher coup?
- A) Bir Shumsher ✔
- B) Ranoddip Singh
- C) Chandra Shumsher
- D) Dev Shumsher
Why: 1942 BS coup killed Ranoddip.
Dev Shumsher ruled for only about:
- A) 114 days ✔
- B) 5 years
- C) 2 years
- D) 1 month
Why: He was ousted in 1958 BS.
Gorkhapatra was started under:
- A) Dev Shumsher ✔
- B) Chandra Shumsher
- C) Juddha Shumsher
- D) Bir Shumsher
Why: 1958 BS.
Singha Durbar was built by:
- A) Chandra Shumsher ✔
- B) Jung Bahadur
- C) Juddha Shumsher
- D) Bir Shumsher
Why: 1960 BS.
Sati was abolished by Chandra Shumsher in:
- A) 1977 BS ✔
- B) 1981 BS
- C) 1910 BS
- D) 2007 BS
Why: 1920 AD.
Slavery was abolished in:
- A) 1981 BS ✔
- B) 1977 BS
- C) 1990 BS
- D) 2004 BS
Why: 1924 AD.
Tri-Chandra College was established in:
- A) 1975 BS ✔
- B) 1990 BS
- C) 2016 BS
- D) 1958 BS
Why: 1918 AD.
The 1923 AD treaty with Britain recognised:
- A) Nepal's independence ✔
- B) Rana rule
- C) Naya Muluk
- D) Tibet trade
Why: Full sovereignty.
Nepal Bank Limited was established in:
- A) 1994 BS ✔
- B) 2013 BS
- C) 1981 BS
- D) 2007 BS
Why: 1937 AD, under Juddha.
The great earthquake during Juddha Shumsher's rule was in:
- A) 1990 BS ✔
- B) 1960 BS
- C) 2045 BS
- D) 2072 BS
Why: 1934 AD.
New Road (Juddha Sadak) was built after the:
- A) 1990 BS earthquake ✔
- B) Kot Parva
- C) 2007 revolution
- D) Sugauli treaty
Why: Rebuilt by Juddha.
Biratnagar Jute Mill, Nepal's first big industry, was set up in:
- A) 1993 BS ✔
- B) 2007 BS
- C) 1958 BS
- D) 2013 BS
Why: 1936 AD.
Nepal Praja Parishad was formed in:
- A) 1993 BS ✔
- B) 2006 BS
- C) 1990 BS
- D) 1997 BS
Why: 1936 AD.
Shukraraj Shastri was hanged at:
- A) Teku ✔
- B) Sifal
- C) Shobha Bhagwati
- D) Tundikhel
Why: Pachali, Teku.
Dharma Bhakta Mathema was hanged at:
- A) Sifal ✔
- B) Teku
- C) Shobha Bhagwati
- D) Thankot
Why: Sifal.
Which four are called the martyrs of 1997 BS?
- A) Shukraraj, Dharma Bhakta, Dasharath Chand, Gangalal ✔
- B) Tanka Prasad, BP, Ganeshman, Pushpa Lal
- C) Jung, Bir, Dev, Chandra
- D) Bhimsen, Amar Singh, Bhakti, Balbhadra
Why: National martyrs.
The Government of Nepal Act 2004 was issued by:
- A) Padma Shumsher ✔
- B) Mohan Shumsher
- C) Juddha Shumsher
- D) Chandra Shumsher
Why: First constitution.
Nepali Congress was formed in 2006 BS in:
- A) Kolkata ✔
- B) Kathmandu
- C) Banaras
- D) Patna
Why: Merger of NNC and NDC.
King Tribhuvan took refuge in the Indian embassy on:
- A) 21 Kartik 2007 ✔
- B) 7 Falgun 2007
- C) 1 Baisakh 2007
- D) 3 Asoj 2007
Why: November 1950.
The last Rana Prime Minister was:
- A) Mohan Shumsher ✔
- B) Padma Shumsher
- C) Juddha Shumsher
- D) Babar Shumsher
Why: Until 2007/08 BS.
Rana rule ended on:
- A) 7 Falgun 2007 ✔
- B) 21 Kartik 2007
- C) 1 Baisakh 2008
- D) 15 Jestha 2065
Why: Democracy Day.
Bir Hospital was founded in:
- A) 1946 BS ✔
- B) 1990 BS
- C) 1960 BS
- D) 2013 BS
Why: 1889 AD.
Pharping hydropower was built under:
- A) Chandra Shumsher ✔
- B) Juddha Shumsher
- C) Bir Shumsher
- D) Jung Bahadur
Why: 1968 BS.
Which Rana PM opened many Bhasa Pathshalas (vernacular schools)?
- A) Dev Shumsher ✔
- B) Chandra
- C) Juddha
- D) Mohan
Why: Liberal reformer.
Rana rule is often called a period of:
- A) Family autocracy ✔
- B) Democracy
- C) Panchayat
- D) Federalism
Why: Hereditary Rana PMs ruled.