About this quiz
Prithvi Narayan Shah's unification campaign, the Anglo-Nepal war, the Sugauli Treaty and events up to the Kot Parva.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 20 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 20 questions with answers and explanations
In which year was Prithvi Narayan Shah born?
- A) 1775 BS
- B) 1799 BS
- C) 1779 BS ✔
- D) 1801 BS
Why: Prithvi Narayan Shah was born in Gorkha in 1779 BS (1723 AD) to King Nara Bhupal Shah and Queen Kaushalyavati.
Prithvi Narayan Shah became the king of Gorkha in which year?
- A) 1799 BS ✔
- B) 1779 BS
- C) 1825 BS
- D) 1831 BS
Why: He ascended the throne of Gorkha in 1799 BS (1743 AD) after the death of his father Nara Bhupal Shah.
Which place was the first major conquest of Prithvi Narayan Shah's unification campaign?
- A) Kirtipur
- B) Nuwakot ✔
- C) Makwanpur
- D) Bhaktapur
Why: After an initial failed attempt, Gorkha captured Nuwakot, which became the first major victory of the unification campaign.
The Gorkhali commander Kalu Pande was killed during the attack on which place?
- A) Nuwakot
- B) Makwanpur
- C) Sindhuli
- D) Kirtipur ✔
Why: Kalu Pande died in the first Gorkhali attack on Kirtipur, which ended in defeat.
Kirtipur was finally captured by the Gorkhali army on which attempt?
- A) First
- B) Third ✔
- C) Second
- D) Fourth
Why: Gorkha failed twice and captured Kirtipur on the third attempt in 1823 BS.
Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered Kathmandu in 1825 BS during which festival?
- A) Dashain
- B) Gai Jatra
- C) Bisket Jatra
- D) Indra Jatra ✔
Why: Kathmandu fell to the Gorkhali army in Ashwin 1825 BS while the city was celebrating Indra Jatra.
The British expedition led by Captain Kinloch to help Jaya Prakash Malla was defeated at which place?
- A) Nalapani
- B) Makwanpur
- C) Sindhuli ✔
- D) Nuwakot
Why: Kinloch's force was defeated at Sindhuligadhi in 1767 AD (1824 BS).
The army sent by Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, was defeated by the Gorkhalis at which place?
- A) Makwanpur ✔
- B) Sindhuli
- C) Kirtipur
- D) Deuthal
Why: Mir Kasim's force under Gurgin Khan was defeated at Makwanpur after Gorkha had captured Makwanpur Gadhi.
In which work did Prithvi Narayan Shah describe Nepal as "a yam between two stones"?
- A) Muluki Ain
- B) Gopalraj Vamshavali
- C) Sugauli Treaty
- D) Divya Upadesh ✔
Why: The phrase comes from the Divya Upadesh, Prithvi Narayan Shah's teachings given near the end of his life.
In the Divya Upadesh, the "two stones" surrounding Nepal refer to which two powers?
- A) Tibet and Bhutan
- B) China and the British East India Company ✔
- C) Sikkim and Tibet
- D) The Mughal Empire and Bengal
Why: He described Nepal as squeezed between the Chinese empire to the north and the British East India Company to the south.
Where did Prithvi Narayan Shah die in 1831 BS?
- A) Nuwakot ✔
- B) Gorkha
- C) Kathmandu
- D) Kirtipur
Why: Prithvi Narayan Shah died at Devighat in Nuwakot in 1831 BS (1775 AD).
The Shah kingdom of Gorkha was founded by which king?
- A) Ram Shah
- B) Prithvipati Shah
- C) Dravya Shah ✔
- D) Nara Bhupal Shah
Why: Dravya Shah founded the Gorkha kingdom in 1616 BS (1559 AD).
The Treaty of Betrawati (1849 BS) ended Nepal's war with which power?
- A) China and Tibet ✔
- B) The British East India Company
- C) Sikkim
- D) The Kingdom of Awadh
Why: The Treaty of Betrawati in 1792 AD concluded the Nepal-China war, which had begun as a conflict with Tibet.
Who commanded the Nepali defence of Nalapani (Khalanga) fort during the Anglo-Nepal war?
- A) Bhakti Thapa
- B) Amar Singh Thapa
- C) Balbhadra Kunwar ✔
- D) Bhimsen Thapa
Why: Balbhadra Kunwar led a small force that defended Nalapani fort against a much larger British army.
The Anglo-Nepal war was fought during which years?
- A) 1792 to 1793 AD
- B) 1846 to 1847 AD
- C) 1857 to 1858 AD
- D) 1814 to 1816 AD ✔
Why: The war between Nepal and the British East India Company lasted from 1814 to 1816 AD and ended with the Sugauli Treaty.
Who was one of the Nepali signatories of the Sugauli Treaty of 1816 AD?
- A) Bhimsen Thapa
- B) Gajraj Mishra ✔
- C) Amar Singh Thapa
- D) Ranajit Pande
Why: Gajraj Mishra and Chandra Shekhar Upadhyaya signed the Sugauli Treaty on behalf of Nepal.
After the Sugauli Treaty, which river became the western border of Nepal?
- A) Sutlej
- B) Mahakali ✔
- C) Karnali
- D) Yamuna
Why: Nepal lost its territory west of the Mahakali, and the Mahakali river became its western boundary.
Who was the first British Resident in Kathmandu after the Sugauli Treaty?
- A) Edward Gardner ✔
- B) Brian Hodgson
- C) Captain Kinloch
- D) David Ochterlony
Why: The treaty allowed a British Resident in Kathmandu, and Edward Gardner was the first to hold the post.
The Dharahara tower in Kathmandu was originally built by whom?
- A) Jung Bahadur Rana
- B) Rana Bahadur Shah
- C) Pratap Malla
- D) Bhimsen Thapa ✔
Why: Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa built the Dharahara in 1832 AD (1889 BS).
The Kot Parva of 1903 BS was triggered by the murder of which person?
- A) Bhimsen Thapa
- B) Mathbar Singh Thapa
- C) Gagan Singh Bhandari ✔
- D) Fateh Jung Shah
Why: The killing of Gagan Singh Bhandari, a favourite of Queen Rajya Laxmi Devi, led to the Kot massacre, after which Jung Bahadur rose to power.