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50 questions covering every section of the note.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: History of Nepal · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Easy). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
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When did the Kot Parva take place?
- A) 31 Bhadra 1903 BS ✔
- B) 7 Falgun 2007 BS
- C) 15 Jestha 1903 BS
- D) 1 Baisakh 1904 BS
Why: The Kot Parva took place on the night of 31 Bhadra 1903 BS (14 September 1846) in the Kot (armoury) near Hanuman Dhoka.
Whose murder led to the Kot Parva?
- A) Fateh Jung Shah
- B) Gagan Singh Bhandari ✔
- C) Mathbar Singh Thapa
- D) Abhiman Singh Rana
Why: The murder of Gagan Singh Bhandari, a favourite of Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi, made the queen call all courtiers to the Kot, which led to the massacre.
Which queen called the courtiers to the Kot?
- A) Rajendra Laxmi
- B) Rajya Laxmi Devi ✔
- C) Tripura Sundari
- D) Lalit Tripura Sundari
Why: Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi, the junior queen of King Rajendra, called the courtiers to the Kot after Gagan Singh's murder.
Which Prime Minister was killed in the Kot Parva?
- A) Fateh Jung Shah ✔
- B) Bhimsen Thapa
- C) Mathbar Singh Thapa
- D) Ranga Nath Paudyal
Why: Prime Minister Fateh Jung Shah was among the many nobles killed in the Kot Parva, which opened the way for Jung Bahadur.
Who was king during the Kot Parva?
- A) Girvan Yuddha
- B) Rajendra Bikram Shah ✔
- C) Surendra Bikram Shah
- D) Prithvi Bir Bikram
Why: Rajendra Bikram Shah was king at the time of the Kot Parva (1903 BS). He was removed in 1904 BS.
Where did the queen's plot against Jung Bahadur take place?
- A) Kot
- B) Bhandarkhal ✔
- C) Alau
- D) Thapathali
Why: The queen's plot to kill Jung Bahadur and make her son king was uncovered at Bhandarkhal, in the Bhandarkhal Parva of 1903 BS.
Where was King Rajendra defeated when he tried to return?
- A) Alau ✔
- B) Nuwakot
- C) Makwanpur
- D) Gorkha
Why: King Rajendra tried to return from India with support but was defeated at Alau (Parsa) in 1904 BS and was later kept under house arrest.
Who became king after Rajendra was removed?
- A) Surendra Bikram Shah ✔
- B) Prithvi Narayan Shah
- C) Tribhuvan
- D) Girvan Yuddha
Why: After Rajendra was removed in 1904 BS, Crown Prince Surendra Bikram Shah was made king.
Jung Bahadur visited which European countries in 1850?
- A) Germany and Italy
- B) Britain and France ✔
- C) Russia and Austria
- D) Spain and Portugal
Why: In 1850 Jung Bahadur visited Britain and France, becoming the first South Asian ruler to visit Europe.
Muluki Ain was issued in:
- A) 1903 BS
- B) 1910 BS ✔
- C) 1913 BS
- D) 1934 BS
Why: Jung Bahadur issued the Muluki Ain, Nepal's first written national legal code, in 1910 BS (1854 AD).
The Nepal–Tibet war of Jung Bahadur's time ended with the Treaty of:
- A) Sugauli
- B) Betrawati
- C) Thapathali ✔
- D) Kerung
Why: The Nepal–Tibet war of 1855–56 ended with the Treaty of Thapathali (1913 BS), which gave Nepal trade rights and an annual payment.
Jung Bahadur was made Maharaja of:
- A) Gorkha and Lamjung
- B) Kaski and Lamjung ✔
- C) Palpa and Tanahun
- D) Kathmandu and Lalitpur
Why: In 1913 BS (1856) Jung Bahadur was made Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung by royal sanad.
Rana Prime Ministers were given which title?
- A) Shree 5
- B) Shree 3 ✔
- C) Shree 2
- D) Shree 1
Why: Rana Prime Ministers carried the title Shree 3 (Shree Teen), while the Shah kings were Shree 5 (Shree Panch).
Rana succession to the PM post followed a:
- A) Election
- B) Roll of succession ✔
- C) Lottery
- D) Royal choice each time
Why: The Rana Prime Minister's post passed by a fixed roll of succession among the brothers and then the sons of the family.
Jung Bahadur helped the British in:
- A) The Anglo-Sikh war
- B) The Indian revolt of 1857 ✔
- C) The Crimean war
- D) World War I
Why: Jung Bahadur personally led Nepali troops to help the British during the Indian revolt (Sepoy Mutiny) of 1857.
In return for his help, Nepal got back:
- A) Sikkim
- B) Naya Muluk ✔
- C) Kumaon
- D) Darjeeling
Why: For that help, the British returned the Naya Muluk (Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur) to Nepal in 1860.
Jung Bahadur died in:
- A) 1934 BS ✔
- B) 1910 BS
- C) 1960 BS
- D) 2007 BS
Why: Jung Bahadur died in 1934 BS (February 1877) at Pattharghatta in the Terai.
How long did Rana rule last?
- A) 54 years
- B) 84 years
- C) 104 years ✔
- D) 154 years
Why: Rana rule lasted 104 years, from the Kot Parva in 1903 BS to the revolution of 2007 BS.
Which school did Jung Bahadur open?
- A) Tri-Chandra College
- B) Durbar High School ✔
- C) Bhasa Pathshala
- D) Juddhodaya School
Why: Jung Bahadur opened Durbar High School in 1910 BS (1854), Nepal's first modern English school, at first only for Rana children.
Jung Bahadur's original family name was:
- A) Thapa
- B) Kunwar ✔
- C) Pande
- D) Basnyat
Why: Jung Bahadur was born a Kunwar. The family later took the name Rana.
The Kot Parva took place in which year BS?
- A) 1903 ✔
- B) 1904
- C) 1910
- D) 1896
Why: The Kot Parva happened in 1903 BS (1846 AD).
The Kot Parva took place at the:
- A) Kot (armoury) near Hanuman Dhoka ✔
- B) Narayanhiti
- C) Singha Durbar
- D) Thapathali
Why: The massacre took place in the Kot, the royal armoury courtyard near Hanuman Dhoka Durbar in Kathmandu.
Gagan Singh Bhandari was a favourite of:
- A) Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi ✔
- B) King Rajendra
- C) Jung Bahadur
- D) Bhimsen Thapa
Why: Gagan Singh Bhandari was a powerful courtier and a favourite of Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi.
The Prime Minister killed in the Kot Parva was:
- A) Fateh Jung Shah ✔
- B) Mathbar Singh
- C) Bhimsen Thapa
- D) Ranoddip Singh
Why: Prime Minister Fateh Jung Shah was killed in the Kot Parva.
The queen's plot to kill Jung Bahadur is called the:
- A) Bhandarkhal Parva ✔
- B) Alau Parva
- C) Kot Parva
- D) Sati Parva
Why: The queen's failed plot to kill Jung Bahadur is called the Bhandarkhal Parva, after the garden where it was planned.
After the Bhandarkhal Parva, the queen was:
- A) Exiled to Banaras ✔
- B) Made regent
- C) Crowned
- D) Imprisoned in Gorkha
Why: After the Bhandarkhal Parva, Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi was exiled to Banaras (Varanasi).
King Rajendra was defeated at Alau in:
- A) 1904 BS ✔
- B) 1903 BS
- C) 1910 BS
- D) 1934 BS
Why: King Rajendra was defeated at Alau in 1904 BS (1847).
Alau is in which present district?
- A) Parsa ✔
- B) Bara
- C) Rautahat
- D) Chitwan
Why: Alau, where King Rajendra was defeated, is in present-day Parsa district.
After Rajendra, the king became:
- A) Surendra Bikram Shah ✔
- B) Trailokya
- C) Prithvi Bir
- D) Tribhuvan
Why: Surendra Bikram Shah became king after Rajendra was removed in 1904 BS.
Jung Bahadur visited Britain and France in:
- A) 1850 AD (1907 BS) ✔
- B) 1857 AD
- C) 1846 AD
- D) 1877 AD
Why: Jung Bahadur visited Britain and France in 1850 AD (1907 BS).
Muluki Ain was issued in:
- A) 1910 BS ✔
- B) 1903 BS
- C) 1913 BS
- D) 2020 BS
Why: The Muluki Ain was issued in 1910 BS (1854 AD).
The Nepal–Tibet war under Jung Bahadur ended with the Treaty of:
- A) Thapathali ✔
- B) Betrawati
- C) Kerung
- D) Sugauli
Why: The Treaty of Thapathali (1856) ended the Nepal–Tibet war of Jung Bahadur's time.
Jung Bahadur was made Maharaja of:
- A) Kaski and Lamjung ✔
- B) Gorkha
- C) Palpa
- D) Makwanpur
Why: Jung Bahadur received the title Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung in 1856.
Rana prime ministers carried the title:
- A) Shree Teen ✔
- B) Shree Panch
- C) Shree Char
- D) Shree Ek
Why: Rana prime ministers carried the title Shree Teen (Shree 3).
The king's title during Rana rule was:
- A) Shree Panch ✔
- B) Shree Teen
- C) Maharaja
- D) Mukhtiyar
Why: During Rana rule the king kept the higher title Shree Panch (Shree 5), though real power was with the Rana PM.
Rana succession followed the:
- A) Agnatic (brother-to-brother) roll ✔
- B) Eldest son only
- C) Election
- D) King's choice
Why: Rana succession followed the agnatic roll: power passed from brother to brother, then to the next generation.
Jung Bahadur helped the British during the:
- A) Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 ✔
- B) Anglo-Nepal war
- C) WWI
- D) Afghan war
Why: Jung Bahadur helped the British suppress the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
As a reward, Nepal got back the:
- A) Naya Muluk ✔
- B) Kumaon
- C) Sikkim
- D) Darjeeling
Why: As a reward, Nepal got back the Naya Muluk in 1860.
Jung Bahadur died in:
- A) 1934 BS (1877 AD) ✔
- B) 1903 BS
- C) 1957 BS
- D) 1910 BS
Why: Jung Bahadur died in 1934 BS (1877 AD).
Rana rule lasted about:
- A) 104 years ✔
- B) 50 years
- C) 200 years
- D) 30 years
Why: Rana rule lasted about 104 years (1903–2007 BS).
Durbar High School was opened by:
- A) Jung Bahadur ✔
- B) Chandra Shumsher
- C) Bir Shumsher
- D) Juddha
Why: Durbar High School was opened by Jung Bahadur in 1910 BS.
Jung Bahadur's original family name was:
- A) Kunwar ✔
- B) Thapa
- C) Pande
- D) Basnyat
Why: Jung Bahadur's original family name was Kunwar.
The Muluki Ain was Nepal's first:
- A) Written national legal code ✔
- B) Constitution
- C) Newspaper
- D) Treaty
Why: The Muluki Ain of 1910 BS was Nepal's first written national legal code.
The Muluki Ain classified society by:
- A) Caste hierarchy ✔
- B) Income
- C) Education
- D) Province
Why: The Muluki Ain organised society by a caste hierarchy and set different punishments for different castes.
Who was Jung Bahadur's successor as PM?
- A) Ranoddip Singh ✔
- B) Bir Shumsher
- C) Dev Shumsher
- D) Chandra
Why: Jung Bahadur's brother Ranoddip Singh became Prime Minister after his death in 1877.
Thapathali Durbar was the residence of:
- A) Jung Bahadur ✔
- B) Bhimsen Thapa
- C) Chandra Shumsher
- D) King Rajendra
Why: Thapathali Durbar was Jung Bahadur's residence.
The Kot Parva gave Jung Bahadur power as:
- A) Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief ✔
- B) King
- C) Regent
- D) Raj Guru
Why: After the Kot Parva, Jung Bahadur became both Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief.
King Rajendra fled to which place after supporting the plot?
- A) Banaras ✔
- B) Lhasa
- C) Gorkha
- D) Palpa
Why: King Rajendra left for Banaras with the exiled queen and later tried to return, but was defeated at Alau.
The Kot Parva is also called the:
- A) Kot massacre ✔
- B) Alau battle
- C) Sati movement
- D) Bhandarkhal fight
Why: The Kot Parva is also known as the Kot massacre.
Jung Bahadur's visit to Europe was during the reign of Queen:
- A) Victoria ✔
- B) Elizabeth I
- C) Anne
- D) Mary
Why: Jung Bahadur visited Britain in 1850, during the reign of Queen Victoria.