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Indian History - General Knowledge Questions
A)
Vishnu
B)
Brahma
C)
Pashupati
D)
Indra

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Pashupati

The deity Shiva Pashupati have been found on clay seals unearthed. Pashupati Madeva was the chief male diety of people of Indus valley civilization. The Pashupati seal found at Mohanjodaro has an image of Pashupati Mahadeva with three face, two horns, sitting on a low throne.

A)
Shah Jahan
B)
Akbar
C)
Emperor Jahangir
D)
Aurangzed

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Emperor Jahangir

Emperor Jahangir : William Hawkins (fl. c. 1600) was a representative of the English East India Company notable for being the commander of Hector, the first company ship to anchor at Surat in India on 24 August 1608. Hawkins travelled to Agra to negotiate consent for a factory from Emperor Jahangir in 1609.

A)
1860-1861
B)
1876-1878
C)
1896-1897
D)
1899-1900

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 1876-1878

The British had a ruthless economic agenda when it came to operating in India and that did not include empathy for native citizens. Under the British Raj, India suffered countless famines. But the worst hit was Bengal. The first of these was in 1770, followed by severe ones in 1783, 1866, 1873, 1892, 1897 and lastly 1943-44 etc,.

A)
Kalidas
B)
Rajshekhar
C)
Sudraka
D)
Vishakhadutta

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Vishakhadutta

The Mudrarakshasa मुद्राराक्षस(IAST: Mudrārāká¹£asa, The Signet of the Minister) is a Sanskrit-language play by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya (r.  c. 324 – c. 297 BCE) to power in India. The play is an example of creative writing, but not entirely fictional. It is dated variously from the late 4th century to the 8th century CE.

A)
1917
B)
1918
C)
1919
D)
1921

Correct Answer : Option (A) - 1917

When World War I broke out in 1914, she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India, and dominion status within the British Empire. This led to her election as president of the Indian National Congress, in late 1917.

A)
The Indigo Plantations.
B)
The Railways, Banking, Insurance and Shipping.
C)
The Jute Mills
D)
The Tea and Coffee Plantations.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - The Railways, Banking, Insurance and Shipping.

The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was Railways.

A)
Strachey Commission
B)
Hunter Commission
C)
Butler Commission
D)
Campbell Commission

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Butler Commission

Butler Commission Report : Harcourt Butler Committee A three -member committee headed by Harcourt Butler, appointed on December 16, 1927 to examine the relations between the native states and the paramount power, declined to define what paramountcy was but clearly and fortrightly stated that “paramountcy must remain paramount”. The committee fully endorsed that the viceroy, not the governor general should remain the Crown agent in dealing with the native states. In fact the right to protect includes right to internal intervention. Paramountcy is the supreme sovereign power which was kept above the reach of law and interpretation, to be exercised at the appropriate time subject to resiraints of morality and constitutional propriety against an erring ruler of a native statewhen other correctional means had proved to be futile. It is a concept developed into a deterrent in the political relation between the British and the Indian rulers.

A)
Lord Lytton
B)
Lord Mayo
C)
Lord Canning
D)
Lord Ripon

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Lord Mayo

A)
Sedition Act of 1870
B)
Ilbert Bill
C)
Hindu Code Bill
D)
Rowlett Act

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Rowlett Act

Despite the large number of protests, the Rowlatt Act came into effect on 10 March 1919.

A)
Quit India movement
B)
Champaran movement
C)
Non-cooperation movement
D)
Civil Disobedience movement

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Quit India movement