History Maratha Empire

Q. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?

A
Once
B
Four Times
C
Thrice
D
Twice

Correct Answer

Twice

More Questions on History

  • Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
    A)Mysore
    B)Bangalore
    C)Seringapatam
    D)Hellebid or Halebid
    Answer: Seringapatam
  • Q. The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Madam Blavatsky
    C)Sister Nivedita
    D)Sarojini Naidu
    Answer: Sister Nivedita
  • Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Hastings
    C)Lord metcalfe
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Lord Hastings
  • Q. Who among the following played an important role in Gadhar Movement?
    A)Lala Hardayal
    B)Shyamiji Krishna Verma
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
    Answer: Lala Hardayal
  • Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
    A)1306
    B)1290
    C)1492
    D)1453
    Answer: 1290
  • Q. Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”?
    A)Lenin
    B)Bentham
    C)Marx
    D)Locke
    Answer: Locke
  • Q. Guru died on 20 September, __________
    A)1908
    B)1902
    C)1918
    D)1928
    Answer: 1928
  • Q. Which of the following is not the provision of the government of India Act, 1858?
    A)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
    B)India was to be governed in the Queen's name
    C)Provision for the creation of an Indian Civil Service under the control of the Secretary of State
    D)The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
    Answer: The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
  • Q. Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at __________
    A)Bombay
    B)Madras
    C)Calcutta
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Cold War refers to
    A)Ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
    B)Tension between East and West
    C)Tension between Superpowers
    D)Tension between Superpowers
    Answer: Tension between East and West
  • Q. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
    A)The British became totally demoralized
    B)The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed
    C)The British abandoned their repressive policies
    D)Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
    Answer: Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
  • Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
    A)Mohenjo-Daro
    B)Harappa
    C)Ropar
    D)Kalibangan
    Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
  • Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)V N Mandalik
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
    A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
    B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
    C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
    D)None of the above
    Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
  • Q. The Simon Commission was formed to review
    A)Fitness of India for further reforms
    B)Legislatures in India
    C)The position of the viceroy
    D)A constitution for India
    Answer: Fitness of India for further reforms
  • Q. Which war lord is also known as ‘little corporal’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Alexander
    C)Napoleon Bonaparte
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
    A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
    B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
    C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
    D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
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  • Q. Which of the following are the innovative means used by Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to bring Sanskrit education to all?
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    B)Devised new Bengali primer
    C)Both A & B
    D)Continued the same method without any new innovation
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  • Q. The institution of varna appeared in the
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    B)Rigvedic period
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    D)Period of consolidation of text of the Mahabharata
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    A)Samiti
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    C)Gana
    D)Vidatha
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