About this quiz
50 questions covering every section of the note on the unification of Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah, the Divya Upadesh and events after him.
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
The Baise rajya were a group of how many small states, and in which region?
- A) 24 states in the Gandaki region
- B) 22 states in the Karnali region ✔
- C) 22 states in the Koshi region
- D) 24 states in the Kathmandu valley
Why: The Baise (22) states lay in the Karnali region; the Chaubise (24) states lay in the Gandaki region.
To which group of states did Gorkha belong before unification?
- A) Baise rajya
- B) Malla kingdoms
- C) Chaubise rajya ✔
- D) Sen kingdoms
Why: Gorkha was one of the Chaubise (24) states of the Gandaki region.
Which were the three Malla kingdoms of the Kathmandu valley?
- A) Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur ✔
- B) Kathmandu, Kirtipur and Nuwakot
- C) Lalitpur, Makwanpur and Gorkha
- D) Bhaktapur, Banepa and Nuwakot
Why: The valley was divided into the kingdoms of Kathmandu (Kantipur), Lalitpur (Patan) and Bhaktapur.
Who founded the Shah kingdom of Gorkha in 1616 BS?
- A) Ram Shah
- B) Nara Bhupal Shah
- C) Prithvipati Shah
- D) Dravya Shah ✔
Why: Dravya Shah founded the Gorkha kingdom in 1616 BS (1559 AD).
Which king of Gorkha was famous for his fair laws and justice?
- A) Ram Shah ✔
- B) Dravya Shah
- C) Bahadur Shah
- D) Rana Bahadur Shah
Why: Ram Shah was known for justice, giving rise to the saying that those who find no justice elsewhere should go to Gorkha.
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).
Who were the parents of Prithvi Narayan Shah?
- A) Ram Shah and Chandraprabhavati
- B) Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyavati ✔
- C) Dravya Shah and Kaushalyavati
- D) Prithvipati Shah and Rajendra Laxmi
Why: He was the son of King Nara Bhupal Shah and Queen Kaushalyavati.
Prithvi Narayan Shah became king of Gorkha in which year?
- A) 1779 BS
- B) 1825 BS
- C) 1831 BS
- D) 1799 BS ✔
Why: He became king in 1799 BS (1743 AD) after his father's death.
Before starting his campaign, Prithvi Narayan Shah visited which city to buy weapons?
- A) Lhasa
- B) Banaras (Varanasi) ✔
- C) Patna
- D) Lucknow
Why: He went to Banaras to buy arms as part of his preparations.
Which place was the first major victory of the unification campaign?
- A) Nuwakot ✔
- B) Kirtipur
- C) Makwanpur
- D) Sindhuli
Why: Gorkha captured Nuwakot in 1801 BS after an earlier failed attempt.
Why was the capture of Nuwakot so important?
- A) It was the capital of the Malla kings
- B) It had the largest army in Nepal
- C) It controlled the trade route between Kathmandu and Tibet ✔
- D) It was the birthplace of Prithvi Narayan Shah
Why: Holding Nuwakot let Gorkha block the valley's trade with Tibet.
Which Gorkhali commander was killed in the first attack on Kirtipur?
- A) Bhimsen Thapa
- B) Amar Singh Thapa
- C) Balbhadra Kunwar
- D) Kalu Pande ✔
Why: Kalu Pande died in the first, unsuccessful attack on Kirtipur.
On which attempt was Kirtipur finally captured?
- A) First
- B) Second
- C) Third ✔
- D) Fifth
Why: Gorkha failed twice and captured Kirtipur on the third attempt in 1823 BS.
The army of Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal, was defeated near which place?
- A) Makwanpur ✔
- B) Kirtipur
- C) Nuwakot
- D) Sindhuli
Why: Mir Kasim's army, led by his general Gurgin Khan, was defeated near Makwanpur in Magh 1819 BS (January 1763 AD).
The British force under Captain Kinloch was defeated at which place?
- A) Nalapani
- B) Makwanpur
- C) Sindhuli ✔
- D) Kirtipur
Why: Kinloch's expedition, sent to help Jaya Prakash Malla, was defeated at Sindhuli in 1824 BS (1767 AD).
Kathmandu was captured in 1825 BS during which festival?
- A) Dashain
- B) Bisket Jatra
- C) Gai Jatra
- D) Indra Jatra ✔
Why: The Gorkhali army entered Kathmandu while the city was celebrating Indra Jatra.
Who was the last Malla king of Kathmandu?
- A) Pratap Malla
- B) Jaya Prakash Malla ✔
- C) Ranajit Malla
- D) Tej Narsingh Malla
Why: Jaya Prakash Malla fled when Kathmandu fell to Gorkha in 1825 BS.
Which kingdom of the Kathmandu valley was conquered last, in 1826 BS?
- A) Kathmandu
- B) Lalitpur
- C) Bhaktapur ✔
- D) Kirtipur
Why: Bhaktapur fell in 1826 BS (1769 AD), completing the conquest of the valley.
In the Divya Upadesh, Nepal is described as a yam between two stones. What do the two stones mean?
- A) China and the British East India Company ✔
- B) Tibet and Bhutan
- C) Sikkim and Bengal
- D) The Malla kings and the Sen kings
Why: Nepal lay between the Chinese empire to the north and the British East India Company to the south.
Which idea about the economy is part of the Divya Upadesh?
- A) Import as many foreign goods as possible
- B) Use local products and keep wealth inside the country ✔
- C) Hand trade over to foreign merchants
- D) Stop all farming
Why: Prithvi Narayan Shah advised using local products and discouraging foreign goods and traders.
The phrase common garden of four castes and thirty-six sub-castes expresses which idea?
- A) Foreign policy
- B) Military planning
- C) National unity of all the people ✔
- D) Tax collection
Why: It shows that all the different groups of people together make up one nation.
Where did Prithvi Narayan Shah die in 1831 BS?
- A) Gorkha Durbar
- B) Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu
- C) Kirtipur
- D) Devighat, Nuwakot ✔
Why: He died at Devighat in Nuwakot in 1831 BS (1775 AD).
National Unity Day (Rastriya Ekata Diwas) is marked on which date?
- A) Poush 27 ✔
- B) Falgun 7
- C) Jestha 15
- D) Asoj 3
Why: Poush 27, the birth anniversary of Prithvi Narayan Shah, is marked as National Unity Day.
Which treaty fixed Nepal's borders at the Mechi in the east and the Mahakali in the west?
- A) Treaty of Betrawati
- B) Sugauli Treaty ✔
- C) Treaty of Thapathali
- D) Treaty of 1923
Why: After the Anglo-Nepal War, the Sugauli Treaty of 1816 AD reduced Nepal to the land between the Mechi and the Mahakali.
Which districts make up the Naya Muluk returned to Nepal in 1860 AD?
- A) Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari and Saptari
- B) Parsa, Bara, Rautahat and Sarlahi
- C) Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur ✔
- D) Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Dang and Banke
Why: The British returned this western Tarai area after Jung Bahadur Rana helped them in 1857.
Who founded the Shah dynasty of Gorkha?
- A) Drabya Shah ✔
- B) Ram Shah
- C) Nara Bhupal Shah
- D) Prithvi Narayan Shah
Why: 1559 AD (1616 BS).
The saying 'If justice is not found, go to Gorkha' is linked to:
- A) Ram Shah ✔
- B) Drabya Shah
- C) Prithvi Narayan Shah
- D) Rana Bahadur Shah
Why: Ram Shah's fair rule.
Prithvi Narayan Shah was born in:
- A) 1779 BS (1723 AD) ✔
- B) 1799 BS
- C) 1825 BS
- D) 1743 BS
Why: 27 Paush 1779 BS.
Prithvi Narayan Shah's father was:
- A) Nara Bhupal Shah ✔
- B) Ram Shah
- C) Drabya Shah
- D) Bahadur Shah
Why: Nara Bhupal Shah.
Prithvi Narayan Shah became king at about what age?
- A) 20 ✔
- B) 12
- C) 30
- D) 5
Why: In 1799 BS at about 20.
Before his campaign, Prithvi Narayan Shah went to Banaras mainly to:
- A) Buy weapons ✔
- B) Study
- C) Marry
- D) Pray
Why: To get arms and learn.
Nuwakot was conquered in:
- A) 1801 BS ✔
- B) 1825 BS
- C) 1814 BS
- D) 1790 BS
Why: 1744 AD.
Capture of Nuwakot was important because it:
- A) Controlled the trade route to Tibet ✔
- B) Had gold mines
- C) Had sea access
- D) Was the capital
Why: It cut off the valley's northern route.
Kalu Pande was killed in the first attack on:
- A) Kirtipur ✔
- B) Nuwakot
- C) Makwanpur
- D) Sindhuli
Why: 1814 BS.
Kirtipur was conquered in which attempt?
- A) Third ✔
- B) First
- C) Second
- D) Fourth
Why: 1823 BS.
Mir Kasim's army was defeated at:
- A) Makwanpur ✔
- B) Sindhuli
- C) Kirtipur
- D) Nuwakot
Why: 1820 BS.
Captain Kinloch's force was defeated at:
- A) Sindhuli ✔
- B) Makwanpur
- C) Kirtipur
- D) Belkot
Why: 1824 BS.
Kathmandu was captured during which festival?
- A) Indra Jatra ✔
- B) Dashain
- C) Tihar
- D) Holi
Why: 1825 BS.
Which Malla kingdom fell last to Gorkha?
- A) Bhaktapur ✔
- B) Kantipur
- C) Lalitpur
- D) Kirtipur
Why: 1826 BS.
In the Divya Upadesh, Nepal is called:
- A) A yam between two boulders ✔
- B) A garden of flowers
- C) Switzerland of Asia
- D) Land of Buddha
Why: Between China and British India.
'Asal Hindustan' in the Divya Upadesh means:
- A) Real Hindustan (land of Hindus) ✔
- B) India
- C) Tibet
- D) Bengal
Why: Nepal as true Hindu land.
Prithvi Narayan Shah supported which economic idea?
- A) Use of domestic products, limit imports ✔
- B) Free import
- C) Foreign loans
- D) Only trade with Britain
Why: Self-reliance.
'Char jat chhattis barna ko phulbari' means Nepal is:
- A) A common garden of all castes ✔
- B) A land of 36 kings
- C) A kingdom of four rivers
- D) A mountain kingdom
Why: Unity in diversity.
Prithvi Narayan Shah died in:
- A) 1831 BS ✔
- B) 1825 BS
- C) 1846 BS
- D) 1814 BS
Why: At Devighat, Nuwakot.
National Unity Day falls on:
- A) 27 Paush ✔
- B) 7 Falgun
- C) 3 Asoj
- D) 1 Baisakh
Why: PNS's birthday.
The Naya Muluk was returned by Britain after helping in the:
- A) Indian Sepoy Mutiny (1857) ✔
- B) WWI
- C) Anglo-Nepal war
- D) WWII
Why: Jung Bahadur's help in 1857.
The Naya Muluk includes:
- A) Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur ✔
- B) Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Saptari
- C) Dang, Deukhuri
- D) Parsa, Bara
Why: Western Terai.
Which treaty fixed Nepal's present borders?
- A) Sugauli Treaty ✔
- B) Treaty of Titalia
- C) Betrawati Treaty
- D) Treaty of 1950
Why: 1816 AD.
The Gorkha capital before unification was:
- A) Gorkha ✔
- B) Nuwakot
- C) Kathmandu
- D) Pokhara
Why: Gorkha durbar.
After the conquest of Kathmandu, the Gorkha capital moved to:
- A) Kathmandu ✔
- B) Nuwakot
- C) Gorkha
- D) Bhaktapur
Why: Kathmandu.