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Indian History Multiple Choice Questions set 3

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1 Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
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2 By which Act may be the British parliament did Queen Victoria assume the title of ‘the Empress of India’ to emphasize British sovereignty over the whole of British provinces in India and Indian states?
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3 The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
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4 Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
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5 Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
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6 The first Round Table conference was held on:
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7 The first Round Table conference was held on:
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8 The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
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9 With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:
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10 Which report became the basis for enacting the Government of India Act 1935?
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11 The committee headed by Motilal Nehru constituted to draw up a blue print for the future constitution of India published
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12 In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
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13 Who said – “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India?”
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14 The congress policy of prayer and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
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15 In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus.” To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
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16 While delivering the presidential address’ The Congress president who advocated the introduction of Roman Script for Hindi language was
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17 Who founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
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18 Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?
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19 Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
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20 An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
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21 Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
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22 Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
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23 he Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
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24 In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
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25 The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
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26 In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
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27 The most outstanding representative of Militant Nationalist School of thought was
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28 About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
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29 The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
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30 Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagrah came in 1917 in
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31 Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha started in 1851 by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabahi Naroji, S.S. Bengalee and other was a
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32 Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:
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33 The pioneer of Indian communism was
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34 Whom did B.G.Tilak call the “Diamond of India”?
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35 The Battle of Plassey was fought in
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36 The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
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37 Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
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38 are sacred books of
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39 The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
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40 The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
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41 The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
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42 The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
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43 Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
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44 The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work ,, was in
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45 Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
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46 We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
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47 The use of , in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
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48 the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of
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49 The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
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50 To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
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51 To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
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52 The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
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53 Todar Mal was associated with
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54 The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
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55 To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
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56 Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
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57 Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
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58 Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
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59 To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
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60 The use of spinning wheel (,) became common during the
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61 The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
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62 There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
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63 Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
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64 Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
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65 Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were
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66 The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
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67 The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: “Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children.” This statement was made by
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68 The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
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69 To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
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70 There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
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71 The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
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72 Tipu sultan was the ruler of
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73 The term , meant
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74 The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the A.
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75 Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
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76 The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
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77 was interpreted by
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78 The term ,, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
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79 To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
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80 The text of the document called ,, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
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81 Tulsidas, the author of ,, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
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82 To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
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83 The weekly , was founded by
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84 Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
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85 The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
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