Quiz 117: Indian History for Public Service Examinations May 31, 2009 1. During Freedom Struggle of India, which among the following movements started with Dandi ?Swadeshi MovementNoncooperative MovementCivil Disobedience MovementQuit India Movement2. Who among the following prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?Lord IrwinRamsay MacDonaldWinston ChurchillNone of the above3. Who among the following also launched a Home rule Movement in India, apart from Annie Besant?Arubindo GhoshBal Gangadhar TilakGopal Krishna GokhaleMadan Mohan Malviya4. Which among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate declared himself as Sikandar-I-Sani?BalbanKaiqubadAlauddin KhiljiFiroz Tughlaq5. Which among the following dynasty is known to have constructed the temples at Khajuraho?ChandelasChauhansPratiharasRastrakutas6. Which among the following Buddhist Canon is related to dealing with rules for monks and nuns ?Vinaya PitakaSutta PitakaAbhidhamma PitakaNone of the above7. Savatthi was capital of which among the 16 Mahajanpadas?KasiKosalaMatsyaAnga8. Which organization was formed in Germany in 1914 during World War I by Indian students and political activists residing in the country?Ghadar PartyIndian Independence CommitteeIndian National ArmyCommunist Party of India9. Which among the following acts provided for direct control of Indian Affairs by the British Government?Government of India Act 1858Pitts India Act of 1784Government of India Act 1909Indian Councils Act 189210. During the period of Harshavardhana the fields were watered by the pots which were called Ghati yantra. The writing of which among the following authors records this?Hiuen-tsangSubhandhuDandinBanabhattaSubmit Test « Previous Next »