Quiz 117 Indian History

1.Which among the following movements started with Dandi ?
(A)Swadeshi Movement
(B)Noncooperative Movement
(C)Civil Disobedience Movement

2.Who among the following prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?
(A)Lord Irwin
(B)Ramsay MacDonald
(C)Winston Churchill

3.Other than Annie Besant , who among the following also launched a Home rule Movement in India?
(A)Arubindo Ghosh
(B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale

4.Sikandar-i-sani means second Alexander. Which among the following Sultans declared himself as Sikandar-Isani?
(A)Balban
(B)Kaiqubad
(C)Alauddin Khilji

5.Battle of Khanwa was fought in 1527 between________?
(A)Ibrahim Lodi & Rana Sanga
(B)Babur & Rana Sanga
(C)Humayun & Shershah

6.Khajuraho temples are related to which dynasty ?
(A)Chandellas
(B)Chauhans
(C)Pratiharas

7.Soon after partition India's which industry suffered a major recession?
(A)Iron & Steel
(B)Cotton
(C)Manufacturing Industry

8.Which among the following is related to dealing with rules for monks and nuns ?
(A)Vinaya Pitaka
(B)Sutta Pitaka
(C)Abhidhamma Pitaka

9.Which among the following is a detailed scholastic reworking of doctrinal material appearing in the Suttas, according to schematic classifications?
(A)Vinaya Pitaka
(B)Sutta Pitaka
(C)Abhidhamma Pitaka

10.Savatthi was capital of which among the 16 Mahajanpadas?
(A)Kasi
(B) Kosala
(C)Matsya

11.An organization formed in Germany in 1914 during World War I by Indian students and political activists residing in the country was ?
(A)Ghadar Party
(B)Indian Independence Committee
(C)Indian National Army

12.The Indian Flag was hoisted by Jawahar Lal Nehru in on December 31, 1929 in ________, and followed by the Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930.
(A)Bombay
(B)Lahore
(C)Calcutta

13.The Chamber of Princes was an institution established in 1920 . What was the main objective ?
(A)start a national movement for freedom
(B)enable the prices to meet and discuss matters of their common interest
(C)demand reform in the constitutional system in India

14.Which act provided for direct control of Indian Affairs by the British Government?
(A)Charter act of 1858
(B)Pitts India Act of 1784
(C)Government of India Act 1909

15.In which age human passed from food gathering stage to food producing stage?
(A)Paleolithic
(B)Neolithic
(C)Chalcolithic

16.During the period of Harshavardhana the fields were watered by the pots which were called Ghati yantra. This is known from the writings of _______?
(A)Huen-tsang
(B)Subhandhu
(C)Dandin

17.Harsha Vardhana established a large Biddhist monastery in ____?
(A)Nalanda
(B)patliputra
(C)Vaishali

18.Tulsi Das was the contemporary of ________?
(A)Humayun
(B)Akbar
(C)Jahangir

19.When Mongols appeared for the first time in India's soil , who was the Sultan of Delhi?
(A)Balban
(B)Iltutmish
(C)Jalal Ud Din Firoz

20.Rajputs of Mewar submitted to the Mughals for the first time when Amar Singh son of Rana Pratap accepted the suzerainty of Mughals. Who was the Mughal emperor?
(A)Amber
(B)Jayanti
(C)Saharan