Indian history

Indian history-objective

126. The Governor-General associated with the prohibition of Sati was—

(A) Cornwalis

(B) Bentinck

(C) Wellesley

(D) Amherst

127. The capital of Shasanka was—

(A) Karnasubana

(B) Mahabalipuram

(C) Kamlhipuram

(D) Kannauj

128. The book written by Hieun Tsang is called—

(A) Shakuntala

(B) Indica

(C) Si-yu-ki

(D) Yeun-chi

129. Who wrote ‘Rajtarangini’ ?

(A) Kalhan

(B) Kalidas

(C) Abul Fazl

(D) Ibn Batuta

130. The first battle of Panipat took place in—

(A) 1526

(B) 1528

(C) 1626

(D) 1628

131. The oldest Veda is—

(A) Rig Veda

(B) Sama Veda

(C) Yajur Veda

(D) Atharva Veda

132. Pseudonym of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was—

(A) Bhanu Singh

(B) Anila Devi

(C) Nillohit

(D) Kalkut

133. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in the year—

(A) 1790

(B) 1793

(C) 1799

(D) 1801

134. Which one of the following may be regarded as the first labour association in India ?

(A) The Bombay worker's Association

(B) The Bombay millhands' Association

(C) The Indian workers' Union

(D) The Printer's Union Calcutta

135. Who was the Sikh Guru to be salughtered by Aurangzeb ?

(A) Ramdas

(B) Teg Bahadur

(C) Arjundev

(D) Gobind Singh

136. The All-India Kisan Sabha was formed in—

(A) 1926

(B) 1936

(C) 1946

(D) 1956

137. Who wrote ‘Akbarnama’ ?

(A) Aul Fazl

(B) Faizi

(C) Shaik Mubarak

(D) Tanse

138. Who was called ‘Chanakya of Maratha Politics’ ?

(A) Baji Rao II

(B) Balaji Viswanath

(C) Nana Pharnabis

(D) Mahadaji Sindia

139. Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Zizyaon Hindus ?

(A) Babar

(B) Akbar

(C) Jahangir

(D) Shah Jahan

140. “I am giving you a Muslim province”—who said ?

(A) Fazlul Haque

(B) Lord Curzon

(C) Stafford Cripps

(D) Lord Mountbatten

141. Who converted Sikhs into a martial race ?

(A) Arjundev

(B) Gobind Singh

(C) Hargovind

(D) Teg Bahadur

142. Who was called ‘The Akbar of Kashmir’ ?

(A) Zainul Abedin

(B) Hussain Shah

(C) Balban

(D) Sujauddoullah

143. Which one of the following was an émigré Communist Journal of M.N. Roy ?

(A) Kishan Sabha

(B) The worker

(C) Vanguard

(D) Anushilan

144. Who founded All India Harijan Singh ?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Gandhiji

(C) Jayprakash Narayan

(D) Raj Narayan

145. Who was known as ‘the parrot of Hindustan’ ?

(A) Amir Khusro

(B) Malik Muhammad Jaisy

(C) Roy Vonmal

(D) Purandar Khan

146. Who was the Muslim General to have conquered Bengal in 13th Century A.D. ?

(A) Afzal Khan

(B) Iktiaruddin-bin-Baktiar Khilji

(C) Chenghiz Khan

(D) Temuchin

147. Who was the Chola king to have conquered Bengal?

(A) Rajaraja

(B) Rajendra Chola I

(C) Rajendra Chola II

(D) Rajadhiraja

148. Who was the Hindu Saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims ?

(A) Sre Chaitanya

(B) Ramanuja

(C) Rabidas

(D) Namdev

149. Who was among the Mughal Emperors, the ‘Zinda Pir’ to the Sunnis ?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Akbar

(C) Babar

(D) Humayun

150. Aim of the Swarajya Party was to—

(A) Agitate for total freedom

(B) Baycott the Congress moves

(C) Enter the legislature and wreck the Government from within

(D) Resort toextremism

Answers :

126. (A) 127. (A) 128. (C) 129. (A) 130. (A) Babur (1526-30) defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the 1st Battle of Panipat in 1526 to lay the foundation of the Mughal dynasty. 131. (A) 132. (B) Pseudonym of Rabindra Nath Tagore—Bhanusingha Pseudonym of Sarat Chandra — Anila Devi Pseudonym of Sunil Gangopadhyay — Nillohit Pseudonyam of Sararesh Basu — Kalkut. 133. (B) 134. (B) 135. (B) 136. (B) 137. (A) 138. (C) 139. (B) 140. (B) 141. (B) 142. (A) 143. (C) 144. (B) 145. (A) 146. (B) 147. (B) 148. (D) 149. (A) 150. (C)..