Comprehensive History, Dynasties, Praja Mandal and Freedom Movement of Himachal Pradesh (Part 9)

Question 1

The chief military engineer in-charge of constructing the Hindustan-Tibet Road and the historic Sanjauli Tunnel in Shimla was:

Accepted Answer

Major J.T. Briggs

Answer

Henry Irwin

Answer

Swinton Jacob

Answer

Boileau

Question 2

The historic Kalka-Shimla Railway line was opened for commercial traffic by Viceroy Lord Curzon on:

Accepted Answer

9 November 1903 (by Lord Curzon)

Answer

1895

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1910

Answer

1915

Question 3

The Kalka-Shimla Railway was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in which year?

Accepted Answer

2008

Answer

2005

Answer

2010

Answer

2014

Question 4

The Chief Engineer who built the Kalka-Shimla railway with the uncanny alignment assistance of local saint Baba Bhalkhu was:

Accepted Answer

H.S. Harington with local saint Bhalkhu

Answer

Henry Irwin

Answer

Briggs

Answer

Kennedy

Question 5

The longest tunnel on the Kalka-Shimla railway line is:

Accepted Answer

Barog Tunnel (Tunnel No. 33, length 1143.61 m)

Answer

Taradevi Tunnel

Answer

Sanjauli Tunnel

Answer

Dharampur Tunnel

Question 6

Sir John Lawrence officially declared Shimla as the Summer Capital of British India in:

Accepted Answer

1864

Answer

1858

Answer

1871

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1885

Question 7

Lord Dalhousie annexed Baghat princely state under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1850, which was later restored by Lord Canning in:

Accepted Answer

1861

Answer

1858

Answer

1865

Answer

1870

Question 8

The Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) was shifted to its headquarters in Shimla in which year?

Accepted Answer

1956

Answer

1949

Answer

1960

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1971

Question 9

The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) was established in 1965 at which historic colonial mansion in Shimla?

Accepted Answer

Viceregal Lodge (Rashtrapati Niwas), Shimla

Answer

Barnes Court

Answer

Peterhoff

Answer

Gorton Castle

Question 10

Who was the President of India who founded the Indian Institute of Advanced Study at Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla?

Accepted Answer

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Answer

Lord Mountbatten

Answer

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 11

The news of the outbreak of the 1857 Revolt at Meerut reached Shimla on:

Accepted Answer

12 May 1857

Answer

10 May 1857

Answer

15 May 1857

Answer

20 May 1857

Question 12

The soldiers of the Nasiri Battalion at Kasauli revolted under the leadership of:

Accepted Answer

Subedar Bhim Singh

Answer

Ram Singh Pathania

Answer

Pratap Singh

Answer

Wazir Goshaon

Question 13

Subedar Bhim Singh looted the Kasauli treasury of Rs. 7,000 and marched towards:

Accepted Answer

Jutogh Cantt (Shimla)

Answer

Delhi

Answer

Subathu

Answer

Ambala

Question 14

Which ruler of Bushahr state remained neutral and refused to assist the British during the 1857 Revolt?

Accepted Answer

Raja Shamsher Singh

Answer

Raja Padam Singh

Answer

Raja Kehri Singh

Answer

Raja Mohinder Singh

Question 15

The Deputy Commissioner of Shimla who disarmed mutinous Indian soldiers and managed the panic in Shimla during 1857 was:

Accepted Answer

Lord William Hay

Answer

Major Kennedy

Answer

Captain Briggs

Answer

George Barnes