Thursday, March 17, 2011

Quiz 22 | History Questions 101-200

101. Who made regular broadcast on Congress Radio operated during Quit India Movement?

A. Jaya Prakash Narayan
B. Ram Manohar Lohia

Answer : B

102. Indian National Congress had launched the Non Co-operation Movement in the year?

A. 1918
B. 1919
C. 1920
D. 1921

Answer : C

103. The annual session of Muslim League in the year 1970 was held at ?

A. Dhaka
B. Karachi
C. Aligarh
D. Lucknow

Answer : B

104. The Maratha power reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of ?

A. Narayan Rao
B. Madhav Rao I
C. Bajirao I
D. Balaji II

Answer : D

105. The Maratha Kingdom was founded by Shivaji during the reign of ?

A. Shahjehan
B. Aurangzeb
C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D. Akbar

Answer : B

106. Who introduced a new calendar, a new system of coinage & new scales of weight and measures?

A. Tipu Sultan
B. Murshid Quli Khan

Answer : A

107. Tipu Sultan was defeated in Third Mysore War in 1790 by ?

A. Lord Cornwallis
B. Sir John Macpherson
C. John Shore

Answer : A

108. Bombay was taken by the English East India Company from ?

A. Charles I
B. The Dutch
C. Charles II
D. The Portuguese

Answer : C

109. The tax collected by Marathas was known as ?

A. Chauth
B. Pilgrim Tax
C. Jazia
D. Sardeshmukhi

Answer : A

110. Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India ?

A. Affonso De Albuquerque
B. Vasco da Gama
C. Bartholomew Dias

Answer : A

111. The first Europeans to come to India were ?

A. Dutch
B. French
C. Portuguese
D. British

Answer : C

112. The Dutch first established their hold in India in 1605 at ?

A. Gujrat
B. Surat
C. Masulipatnam
D. Goa

Answer : C

113. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the ?

A. Stuarts
B. Normans
C. Tudors
D. Hanovarians

Answer : A

114. Who among the following rulers belonged to the Holkar dynasty ?

A. Ahalyabai
B. Shivaji
C. Tukoji
D. Prithviraj

Answer : C

115. Maratha power reached zenith of its glory during the reign of?

A. Shivaji
B. Baji Rao II
C. Balaji Vishwanath
D. Balaji Baji Rao

Answer : D

116. The Finance Minister under Shivaji was ?

A. Mantri
B. Samanta
C. Pandit Rao
D. Amatya

Answer : D

117. The final defeat of the Maratha confederacy came during the time of ?

A. Wellesley
B. Cornwallis
C. Minto
D. Hastings

Answer : D

118. Who was the ruler of an Indian state who allied himself with the French ?

A. Tipu Sultan
B. Saadat Khan
C. Alivardi Khan

Answer : A

119. Goa was captured by the Portuguese in ?

A. 1510 A.D.
B. 1610 A.D.
C. 1470 A.D.
D. 1570 A.D.

Answer : A

120. What was the capital of Shivaji's kingdom ?

A. Raigarh
B. Karwar
C. Pune
D. Purandhar

Answer : A

121. The Maratha Chief, Sambhaji, was executed during the reign of ?

A. Aurangzeb
B. Mahabat Khan
C. Jehangir
D. Shahjahan

Answer : A

122. As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt ?

A. Taxila
B. Kalinga
C. Ujjain
D. Deccan

Answer : A

123. The wheel of Sarnath pillar denotes ?

A. Revolution
B. Justice
C. Dharmachakra Pravartan
D. Dhamma

Answer : C

124. Which is the most important source of Ashoka's invasion of Kalinga ?

A. Mahavansha
B. Divyavadan
C. Thirteen Rock edict

Answer : C

125. Yelu thampi, the Dewan of Travancore revolted in ?

A. 1800
B. 1805
C. 1809
D. 1811

Answer : C

126. A popular movement of 19th century, which was much better planned than 1857 revolt, was?

A. The Wahabi Movement
B. The Kuka revolt

Answer : A

127. Which national movement was supported by Indian capitalist class?

A. Non-cooperation Movement
B. Civil Disobedience Movement

Answer : B

128. First tribal leader inspired by Gandhi and his ideology, was?

A. Thakkar Bapa
B. Alluri Sitaram Raju
C. Rani Gaidinliu
D. Jadonang

Answer : D

129. Gandhi gave title of Sardar to Patel for his great organisational skill in?

A. Salt Satyagraha
B. Bardoli Satyagraha

Answer : B

130. Morley-Minto reforms mainly aimed at?

A. Delegating more power 2 Indians
B. Wooing Moderates in INC
C. Expansion of legislature

Answer : C

131. Which Act introduced principle of 'constitutional autocracy' ?

A. Indian Council Act of 1909
B. GoI Act of 1919
C. Act of 1935

Answer : C

132. By which Act the Viceroy was empowered to raise the strength of his Executive Council ?

A. 1858
B. 1861
C. 1892
D. 1909

Answer : B

133. Which factor did 'not' help in growth of Indian nationalism in 19th century ?

A. Western education
B. Russophobia

Answer : B

134. Who wrote 'Unhappy India' ?

A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. Annie Besant
D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer : A

135. Which factor caused greatest racial cleavage in India before 1885 ?

A. The Arms Act of 1878
B. The Ilbert Bill controversy

Answer : B

136. The Kheda peasants grievance was against ?

A. European planters
B. Moneylenders
C. The Government
D. All of the above

Answer : C

137. The 'fourteen points' put forward in 1929 came from?

A. Gandhi
B. Moti Lal Nehru
C. Ballabhbhai Patel
D. Mohd. Ali Jinnah

Answer : D

138. What was not a recommend for Simon Commission Report?

A. Reservation of seats 4 depressed class
B. Establishment of Responsible Govt

Answer : B

139. The Act of 1935 provided for?

A. A unicameral legislature
B. A disproportionate representation to princely states in legislature

Answer : B

140. The 'no-changers' did not include?

A. N.C. Kelkar
B. Bithalbai Patel
C. C. R. Das
D. Ballabhbhai Patel

Answer : D

141. What gave an impetus to growth of militant nationalism on a widespread scale?

A. Partition of Bengal
B. Lytton's oppressive rule

Answer : A

142. Which Act empowered the Governor General of India to issue ordinances?

A. Charter Act of 1833
B. Indian Council Act of 1861

Answer : A

143. The Act of 1909 is also popular as?

A. Montageau-Chelmsford Reform
B. Morley-Minto Reforms
C. Balkan plan
D. None of these

Answer : B

144. In which movement 'Vande Matram' was adopted as slogan for agitation?

A. Revolt of 1857
B. Partition of Bengal in 1905

Answer : B

145. Who left the Congress to form the Indian Liberal Federation and give the 1919 Act a chance?

A. C.R. Das
B. S.N. Bannerjee

Answer : A

146. Only member of Constituent Assembly who could not speak English was?

A. Hasrat Mohani
B. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
C. Maulana Azad

Answer : A

147. The Constituent Assembly of India held its first session on?

A. 15th August, 1947
B. 6th December, 1946
C. 26th November, 1949

Answer : B

148. Gandhi finally accepted partition of India because?

A. Congress had already accepted it
B. It seemed unavoidable in the circumstances

Answer : B

149. Which was Mountbatten's declaration on the freedom of India and its partitions?

A. June 3rd Plan
B. August Offer
C. Viceroy's Plan

Answer : A

150. The Cabinet Mission came to India in?

A. 1944
B. 1945
C. 1946
D. 1947

Answer : C

151. Who was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?

A. A.V. Alexander
B. Lord Birkenhead

Answer : B

152. Wavell plan failed mainly because of?

A. League's stand over getting Pakistan
B. Non-agreement between Muslim League & Congress

Answer : B

153. Which Viceroy convened the 'Simla Conference' in 1945 ?

A. Lord Willingdon
B. Lord Linlithgow
C. Lord Wavell

Answer : C

154. Which Congress leader was fully in favor of Cabinet Mission Plan?

A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Answer : A

155. "It was a post dated cheque on a crashing bank". This statement about Cripp's proposal was made by?

A. M.K. Gandhi
B. M.A. Jinnah

Answer : A

156. Which one supported Congress on the boycott of Simon Commission ?

A. Muslim League
B. The Hindu Mahasabha
C. The Justice Party

Answer : B

157. What was not included in Nehru Committee Report?

A. Rejection of separate electorate for Muslims
B. Proposed a Federal structure for India

Answer : B

158. Who was the Guru of Shivaji ?

A. Namdev
B. Ramdas
C. Eknath
D. Tukaram

Answer : B

159. 'Bull' in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha's life ?

A. Birth
B. Enlightenment

Answer : A

160.Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by—

A. The Sayyed Brothers
B. Jahandar Shah

Answer : A

161. Where was 1st Madarsa set up by the British in India ?

A. Madras
B. Bombay
C. Aligarh
D. Calcutta

Answer : D


162.Shahu was granted the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan during the reign of—

A. Farrukh Siyar
B. Jahandar Shah

Answer : A

163. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood ?

A. Ajaya
B. Chanakya
C. Vishnugupta
D. Deogupta

Answer : C

164. Four mathas established by Adi Shankaracharaya are at?

A. Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
B. Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag, Kanchi

Answer : A

165. Who was the founder of the 'Satya Shodhak Samaj' ?

A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B. Jyotiba Phule
C. Narayan Guru
D. Ramaswamy Naicker

Answer : B

166. The Third Sangam was held at ?

A. Tuticorin
B. Arrikkamedu
C. Madurai
D. Ernakulam

Answer : C

167. Ashtadhayi was written by?

A. Vedavyas
B. Panini
C. Shukadeva
D. Balmiki

Answer : B

168. What was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji ?

A. Truth
B. Non-violence
C. Untouchability
D. Heavy industrialization

Answer : D

169. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of ?

A. Sheikh Alauddin Sabir
B. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
C. Baba Farid

Answer : C

170. Who wrote "Ganit Saar" ?

A. Shridhar
B. Bhaskar II
C. Aaryabhatt II
D. Brhamgupt

Answer : A

171. Which incident marked the beginning of the Turkish rule in India?

A. Attack of Muhammad Ghori
B. Defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan

Answer : A

172.Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association in the 19th century ?

A. Vishnu Shastri Pandit
B. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer : A

173. Which scientists and mathematicians belonged to the Gupta period?

A. Aryabhatta
B. Varahamihira
C. Both of them

Answer : C

174. The Jataka tales are Stories about the lives of ?

A. The Bodhisattvas
B. The lain teachers
C. The Vedic saints
D. All

Answer : A

175. Which one of the following is a language of Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian ?

A. Brahui
B. Kui
C. Parji
D. Pengo

Answer : A

176. Earliest evidence of silver in India is found in ?

A. Harappan culture
B. Chalcolithic cultures of Western India
C. Vedic texts

Answer : A

177. Which city is considered as one of the oldest surviving cities in the world?

A. Mathura
B. Varanasi
C. Hardwar
D. Ayodhya

Answer : A

178. Which monument was constructed by Sher Shah?

A. Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
B. Atala Masjid at Jaunpur
C. Barasona Masjid at Gaur

Answer : A

179. The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is ?

A. Priyadarsi
B. Dharmadeva
C. Dharmakirti

Answer : A

180. The earliest rock cut caves in western India are those at ?

A. Nasik, Ellora and Ajanta
B. Junnar, Kalyan and Pitalkhora

Answer : A

181. The last in succession of Jaina Tirthankaras was ?

A. Parsvanatha
B. Rishabha
C. Mahavira
D. Manisubrata

Answer : C

182. Buddhist Sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of ?

A. Ajatashatru
B. Ashoka
C. Dharmapala
D. Kanishka

Answer : D

183. Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the British in the ?

A. Bengal Presidency
B. Madras and Bombay Presidencies

Answer : B

184. Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of the ?

A. Prarthana Samaj
B. Satya Shodhak Samaj
C. Arya Samaj

Answer : B

185. The foundation of modern education system in India was laid by?

A. The Charter Act of 1813
B. Macaulay's Minutes of 1835

Answer : B

186.First political organisation established in India in 1838 was known as?

A. British India Society
B. Zamindary Association

Answer : B

187. Among the for works mentioned below which one is encyclopaedic in nature ?

A. Amarakosa
B. Siddhantasiromani
C. Brhat Samhita

Answer : A

188. Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by ?

A. Buhler
B. Robert Sewell
C. James Prinsep
D. Codrington

Answer : C

189. Who among following is NOT associated with medicine in ancient India ?

A. Dhanvantri
B. Bhaskaracharya
C. Charaka
D. Susruta

Answer : B

190. In Jainism 'perfect knowledge' is referred to as ?

A. Jina
B. Ratna
C. Kaivalya
D. Nirvanas

Answer : C

191. A lot of details regarding village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at?

A. Uttaramerur
B. Uraiyur

Answer : A

192. Chanakya was known as ?

A. Bhattasvamin
B. Rajasekhara
C. Vishnugupta
D. Visakhadatta

Answer : C

193. Founder of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides movement was?

A. Charles Andrews
B. Robert Montgomery
C. Richard Temple
D. Baden Powell

Answer : D

194. Term 'nishka' which meant an ornament in the Vedic period was used in later times to denote a ?

A. Coin
B. Weapon
C. Script

Answer : A

195. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by ?

A. The Portuguese
B. The French
C. The Danish
D. The British

Answer : A

196. The word 'Hindu' as reference to the people of Hind (India) was 1st used by?

A. The Greeks
B. The Romans
C. The Chinese

Answer : A

197. Which territory was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?

A. Jhansi
B. Jagdishpur
C. Lucknow
D. Chittor

Answer : D

198. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by ?

A. Mahayana Buddhism
B. Hinayana Buddhism
C. Jainism
D. The Lokayata School

Answer : C

199. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers ?

A. In the Gupta administration
B. In the Maratha administration

Answer : B

200. Which one has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world ?

A. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
B. Jama Masjid, Delhi

Answer : A

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