Correct Answer : To persuade Indian leaders to support British war efforts
Correct Answer : 1861
The 1861 Act restored the legislative powers of Bombay and Madras Presidencies taken away by the Charter Act of 1833.
Correct Answer : Mr. Miller
American journalist Webb Miller was an eye-witness to the beating of satyagrahis with steel tipped lathis.
Correct Answer : Bikaner
The Jamkhandi State integrated first with Independent India. Some, such as the rulers of Bikaner and Jawhar, were motivated to join India out of ideological and patriotic considerations, but others insisted that they had the right to join either India or Pakistan, to remain independent, or form a union of their own.
Correct Answer : Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Firoz was persuaded to accept the duty by the camp followers after much persuasion. He was the first Sultan in India who started the work of translation of Hindu Religious texts into the Persian Language. Firoz Shah Tughlaq is remembered in part through his 32-page autobiography, Futuhat-e-firozshahi.
Correct Answer : Razia Sultana
Razia Sultana was the first woman Sultanate of India, and ruled the court of Delhi from the end of 1236 to 1240. The only ever woman to do so, she defied all odds to occupy the throne, including overcoming conflicts over her gender and her slave ancestry.
Correct Answer : A history of Kashmir
Rajatarangini, (Sanskrit: “River of Kings”) historical chronicle of early India, written in Sanskrit verse by the Kashmiri Brahman Kalhana in 1148, that is justifiably considered to be the best and most authentic work of its kind.
Correct Answer : a 'Rummindei Pillar' of Ashok Maurya
Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, is marked by a commemorative pillar erected by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka of India during his pilgrimage to the holy site in 249 BC. The inscription on the Ashoka Pillar indentifies the Sacred Garden – spread over 9 sq. km – as the spot where the Enlightened One was born. Lumbini was known as Rummindei in Asoka’s time.
Correct Answer : Champaran
In 1917 the first satyagraha campaign in India was mounted in the indigo-growing district of Champaran. During the following years, fasting and economic boycotts were employed as methods of satyagraha in India, until the British left the country in 1947.
Correct Answer : Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
Qutub-ud-din Aibak was the founder of Muslim rule in Indiaand an able general of Muhammad Ghori. In 1193, after conquering Delhi, Muhammad Ghori returned to Khorāsān and left the consolidation of the Ghūrid conquests in northwest India to Quṭb. Qutb-ud-din Aibak gave large sums of money in charity, thus earning the name LAKH BAKSH or giver of lakhs.
