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Indian History - General Knowledge Questions
A)
removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian magistrates with regard to the trial of the Europeans
B)
imposition of restrictions on newspapers and magazines published in Indian languages
C)
imposition restrictions the Indians of certain to carry arms by Indians
D)
removal of a duty on imported cotton cloth

Correct Answer : Option (A) - removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian magistrates with regard to the trial of the Europeans

Ilbert Bill, in the history of India, a controversial measure proposed in 1883 that sought to allow senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British subjects in India. The bill, severely weakened by compromise, was enacted by the Indian Legislative Council on Jan. 25, 1884. The bitter controversy surrounding the measure deepened antagonism between British and Indians and was a prelude to the formation of the Indian National Congress the following year.
 
British subjects in 1873 had been exempted from trial by Indian magistrates, and in cases involving death or transportation they could only be tried by a high court. But by 1883 the viceroy, Lord Ripon, proposed to make British subjects amenable to sessions courts, over which Indians were now senior enough in the civil service to preside.

A)
Making Zamindar's position stronger vis-a-vis the ryot
B)
Making judicial system more efficient
C)
Making East India Company an overlord of Zamindars
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (D) - None of the above

A)
1900
B)
1907
C)
1915
D)
1925

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 1915

Composed, expanded and redacted between the 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE, the Arthashastra was influential until the 12th century, when it disappeared. It was rediscovered in 1905 by R. Shamasastry, who published it in 1909. The first English translation was published in 1915.

A)
Lord Dalhousie
B)
D.C. Rajagopalachari
C)
Lord Mountbatten
D)
Lord Canning

Correct Answer : Option (B) - D.C. Rajagopalachari

Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma became governor-general and oversaw the transition of British India to independence. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) became the only Indian and last governor-general after independence.

A)
NB War
B)
Nepal underdogs war
C)
Anglo-Gorkha
D)
East -West war

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Anglo-Gorkha

The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Gorkha (present-day Nepal) and the British forces of the East India Company (EIC, present-day India).

A)
Prakrit
B)
Ardhamagadhi
C)
Sanskrit
D)
Brahmi

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Ardhamagadhi

The oldest surviving material is contained in the canonical Jain Agamas, which are written in Ardhamagadhi, a Prakrit (Middle-Indo Aryan) language. Various commentaries were written on these canonical texts by later Jain monks. Later works were also written in other languages, like Sanskrit and Maharashtri Prakrit.

A)
Sikandar Lodhi
B)
Balban
C)
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)
Alauddin Khilji

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Alauddin Khilji

Malik Muhammad Jayasi completed his work Padmavat during Sher Shah's reign. He wrote it in 1540 in the Hindustani language of Awadhi. It relates a fictional story about the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji's desire for the titular Padmavati, the Queen of Chittor.

A)
Nadir Shah
B)
Taimur Lang
C)
Changez Khan
D)
Ahmed Shah Abdali

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Nadir Shah

Emperor Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia (1736–47) and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Persia, invaded Northern India, eventually attacking Delhi in March 1739. His army had easily defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and would eventually capture the Mughal capital in the aftermath of the battle.

A)
Guru Angad
B)
Guru Gobind Singh
C)
Guru Nanank Dev
D)
Guru Amardas

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Guru Angad

According to Sikh tradition, Gurmukhi (literally, “from the mouth of the Guru”) was invented in the mid-16th century by Angad, the second Sikh Guru (head of the Sikh religion), in order to correct certain inadequacies in the Lahnda script so that sacred literature might be accurately recorded.

A)
Sir John Simon
B)
M.O' Dwyer
C)
J.P. Saunders
D)
Jackson

Correct Answer : Option (C) - J.P. Saunders

In December 1928, Bhagat Singh and an associate, Shivaram Rajguru, fatally shot a 21-year-old British police officer, John Saunders, in Lahore, Punjab, in what is today Pakistan, mistaking Saunders, who was still on probation, for the British police superintendent, James Scott, whom they had intended to assassinate.