EPFO APFC Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Movements Questions

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2025 · 10 questions

EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q21The rebellions that broke out at regular intervals against the British authorities in the hill region of Visakhapatnam, popularly known as the Gudem…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q22Consider the following : 1. Deccan Revolt 2. Santhal Rebellion 3. Kherwar Movement 4. Rampa Rebellion Which of the following is the correct…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q23Which of the following statements about Home Rule Movement is/are correct ? 1. The advocates of the Home Rule Movement believed in constitutional…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q24Which of the following statements regarding the Freedom Struggle from 1920 to 1935 is/are correct ? 1. In Bihar and Bengal, the Non-Cooperation…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q25Which of the following statements about Bharata's Natyashastra is/are correct ? 1. It is dated by scholars between the second century BCE and the…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q26Who amongst the following discovered the rock art of Bhimbetka ?
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q27Which of the following is the correct chronological order in the evolution of Indian painting (starting with the earliest) ? 1. Mahajanaka Jataka,…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q28Which one among the following temples in India is referred to as the “Black Pagoda” ?
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q29Which of the following statements with reference to Mahayana (Buddhism) is/are correct ? 1. Female deities are benevolent saviours and protectors who…
EPFO APFC and EO/AO 2025 · Q111Shri Jatin Goswami, a Padma Bhushan awardee in the year 2025, is an exponent of which one of the following dance forms ?

2023 · 10 questions

EPFO APFC 2023 · Q21Which one among the following observations pertaining to the works of Nineteenth-Twentieth Century archaeologists is not correct?
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q22Which one of the following was an important contributing factor in the rise of Magadha as the most powerful Mahajanapada between the Sixth and the…
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q23Which one among the following statements about the Kailashanatha temple at Ellora is not correct?
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q24Which one of the following statements about ancient Indian pottery is correct?
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q25Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (Ancient Text/Term) (Meaning)
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q62Kautilya in his Arthashastra describes the availability of varieties of pearls from the
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q63Which one of the following pairs of Dynasty and King of the Vijayanagara Empire is not correctly matched?
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q64‘Vengi’, the capital city of the Eastern Chalukyas, is identified with which one of the following places?
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q65Who among the following was the first elected King of the Pala Dynasty in Kamarupa?
EPFO APFC 2023 · Q66Freedom fighter Agadhu Samantra (Orissa) served the British-Indian Army. Later on he left the British service to join the Indian National Army (INA)…

2016 · 12 questions

EPFO APFC 2016 · Q11What is the chronological sequence of the following events ? 1. First Battle of Panipat 2. Vietnam War 3. French Revolution 4. First Gulf War 5.…
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q12A branch of scholarship that flourished in Europe, particularly from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and was devoted to the appreciation,…
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q13Which of the following statements are correct in respect of 'Stridhana' ? 1. Various types of movable property gifted to a woman on various occasions…
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q16Ayodhya is located at the bank of which river ?
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q17The Khilafat Committee accepted Mahatma Gandhi's suggestion for a non-violent non-cooperation protest against the Government in its meeting at
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q21Which of the following statements reflect the distinctive features about 6th century BCE Ganas or Sanghas ? 1. The ancient Indian Ganas were…
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q22What is the chronological sequence of the following developments ? 1. Decline in the export of Indian cotton 2. Cotton boom in India 3. Civil War in…
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q30What is Apartheid ?
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q34'The Problem of Rupee' was whose DSc Thesis ?
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q56Which of the following industries were first established during the British Rule in India ?
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q60What was the position held by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, before he became the Vice-President of India ?
EPFO APFC 2016 · Q106Which of the following were the main aspects of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 ? 1. Suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement 2. To take part in…

EPFO APFC Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Movements Questions

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EPFO APFC Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Movements Questions

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