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Indian History - General Knowledge Questions
A)
Lord Ripan
B)
Lord Wellesley
C)
Lord Dalhousie
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Lord Wellesley

The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into such an alliance in 1798.Tipu Sultan of Mysore refused to do so, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was forced to become a subsidiary state in 1799.The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801.

A)
Mahatma Gandhi
B)
Swami Vivekananda
C)
Periyar
D)
Narayan Guru

Correct Answer :   Narayan Guru

Sree Narayana Guru brought back to the minds of the people the real message of “Advaitha” which he formulated into a powerful practical philosophy of life as “One Caste, One Religion, One God for Man”.

A)
Female education
B)
Female infanticide
C)
Child marriages
D)
Abolition of sati

Correct Answer :   Female education

Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control, had an important effect on spreading English learning and female education in India.

A)
Government of India Act, 1919
B)
Government of India Act, 1922
C)
Government of India Act, 1929
D)
Government of India Act, 1935

Correct Answer :   Government of India Act, 1919

It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy, Lord Chemlsford. The Act covered ten years, from 1919 to 1929. The Act received royal assent on 23 December 1919.

A)
Egyptian
B)
Persian
C)
Indus Valley
D)
Mesopotamian

Correct Answer :   Indus Valley

Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat.

A)
Mound of the Living
B)
Mound of the dead
C)
Mound of the Survivor
D)
Mound of the Great

Correct Answer :   Mound of the dead

Mohenjo-daro, the modern name for the site, has been variously interpreted as "Mound of the Dead Men" in Sindhi, and as "Mound of Mohan" (where Mohan is Krishna).

A)
Mohenjo-Daro
B)
Sindh
C)
Rangpur
D)
Harappa

Correct Answer :   Harappa

The earliest city to be developed in India was Harappa in Punjab, in present day Pakistan. Further down the Indus valley, another city was excavated and this was Mohenjo-Daro in Sind.

A)
16 days
B)
18 days
C)
20 days
D)
22 days

Correct Answer :   18 days

A)
Sanskrit
B)
Apabhramsa
C)
Prakrit
D)
Pali

Correct Answer :   Sanskrit

In India, its Sanskrit name is often written as Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, श्रीमद् भगवद् गीता (the latter two words often written as a single word भगवद्गीता), where the Shrimad prefix is used to denote a high degree of respect.

A)
Vishnu
B)
Pasupati
C)
Indra
D)
Agni

Correct Answer :   Indra

The most prominent deity is Indra, slayer of Vritra and destroyer of the Vala, liberator of the cows and the rivers; Agni the sacrificial fire and messenger of the gods; and Soma, the ritual drink dedicated to Indra, are additional principal deities.