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BPSC PYQ Analysis: A Complete Breakdown of the 60-62nd CCE for 2025-26

Paper Conducted on 12 Feb 2017

In this blog we will discuss BPSC PYQ Analysis and all other details like explanation and answer of 60-62nd BPSC.

BPSC PYQ Analysis

1. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Namdar Khan

(b) Babu Kunwar Singh

(d) Shankar Shah

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

(b) Babu Kunwar Singh

Explanation:

Babu Kunwar Singh, the zamindar of Jagdispur, led the revolt in Bihar and was one of the most effective leaders of the entire 1857 rebellion.

2. Birsa was captured, while asleep, on :

(a) 1 February, 1900

(b) 2 February, 1900

(d) 4 February, 1900

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

Birsa Munda was captured by British forces on February 3, 1900, from the Jamkopai forest in Chakradharpur. He died in Ranchi jail on June 9, 1900.

3. “The Muslims , if contented and satisfied, would become the greatest bulwark of British power in India”. Who wrote it ?

(a) Herbert Risley

(b) Lord Lytton

(d) H.N.Brailsford

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

This statement was made by William Wilson Hunter in his 1871 book, “The Indian Musalmans,” where he advocated for a policy of reconciliation with Muslims. He also pointed out that how Muslim have been suppressed under the British Government. He urged that the chronic sense of wrong which had grown in heart of Muslim under the British rule must be removed.

4. “In my belief, Congress is to tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” Who wrote it?

(a) Lord Lytton

(b) Lord Dufferin

(d) Lord Minto

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

This was written by Viceroy Lord Curzon in a letter to the Secretary of State for India in 1900, expressing his disdain for the Indian National Congress.

5. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention towards the exploitation of the peasants by the European Indigo planters?

(a) Baba Ram Chandra

(b) Raj Kumar Shukla

(d) Sri Krishna Sinha

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

(b) Raj Kumar Shukla

Explanation:

Raj Kumar Shukla, a local peasant leader from Champaran, met Gandhiji at the Lucknow session of Congress in 1916 and persuaded him to visit Champaran to see the plight of the indigo cultivators.

6. Who was elected the first President of All India Kisan Sabha at Lucknow in 1936?

(a) N.G. Ranga

(b) E.M.S. Namboodripad

(d) Acharya Narendra Dev

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, a prominent peasant leader from Bihar, was elected as the first President of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) in 1936.

7. Sir Michael O’Dwyer was shot dead on 13 March, 1940 in London by :

(a) Madal Lal Dhingra

(b) M.P.T. Acharya

(d) Udham Singh

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

(d) Udham Singh

Explanation:

Udham Singh assassinated Michael O’Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, at Caxton Hall in London to avenge the 1919 atrocity.

8. Who was the Prime Minister of England when the Montague-Chelmsford Act was passed in 1919?

(a) Lloyd George

(b) George Hamilton

(d) Lord Salisbury

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

(a) Lloyd George

Explanation:

David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922, the period during which the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (Government of India Act 1919) were passed.

9. Who left Patna College with just 20 days remaining for his examination during the Non Cooperation Movement?

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Braj Kishore

(d) Sri Krishna Sinha

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

Inspired by Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad’s call to boycott British education, Jai Prakash Narayan left Patna
College shortly before his final exams to join the Non-Cooperation Movement in
1921. He joined Bihar Vidya Peeth, a college run by congress.

10. Who became champion of socialism and wanted to overthrow of British rule, Princely states, Landlordism and Capitalism in 1933?

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Sardar Patel

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer:

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

Explanation:

During the 1930s, Jawaharlal Nehru was heavily influenced by socialist ideas and became the leading voice within the Congress party advocating for radical economic and social change, including the overthrow of these systems. He believed that like Britain, Princely states, Landlordism, and Capitalism need to be overthrown

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