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Q. As per the Act of 1853 the Governor-General’s Council was enlarged for the purpose of

A
Legislation
B
Defence
C
Finance
D
Security

Correct Answer

Legislation

More Questions on History

  • Q. Calcutta medical college in__________
    A)1745
    B)1735
    C)1832
    D)1835
    Answer: 1835
  • Q. As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of
    A)Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
    B)East Bengal and West Bengal
    C)Bengal and Assam
    D)Bengal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam
    Answer: Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
  • Q. The correct chronological order in which the given monuments were built is
    A)Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort, Buland Darwaza, Qutab Minar
    B)Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
    C)Qutab Minar, Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort
    D)Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort, Qutab Minar
    Answer: Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
  • Q. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Madras
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
    A)Spain
    B)France
    C)Britain
    D)Germany
    Answer: Britain
  • Q. From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was
    A)establishment of representative institutions
    B)wider employment of Indians in higher public services
    C)self-government to India
    D)Only A and B above
    Answer: Only A and B above
  • Q. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
    A)Lord Wavell
    B)Lord Mountbatten
    C)Lord Linlithgow
    D)Lord Irwin
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow
  • Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
    A)Agnimitra
    B)Pushyamitra Sunga
    C)Vasumitra
    D)Jyesthamitra
    Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
  • Q. __________ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement
    A)Maqsud Ali
    B)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
    C)Abul kalam Azad
    D)Karim Ali
    Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
  • Q. When did Europe captured Jerusalem?
    A)1088
    B)1081
    C)1095
    D)1099
    Answer: 1099
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar’s official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Mohammad Adilshah
    Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
  • Q. On October 16, 1905, when the partition of Bengal was enforced, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, to emphasise the unity of Bengal, suggested the programme of
    A)tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
    B)singing Bande Mataram
    C)composing of patriotic songs
    D)establishing national educational institutions
    Answer: tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
  • Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Leo von Caprivi
    C)Otto von Bismarck
    D)Hans Luther
    Answer: Otto von Bismarck
  • Q. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of __________ when Akbar besieged it
    A)Raja Bhagvan Das
    B)Mansingh
    C)Bahadur Shah
    D)Hemu
    Answer: Bahadur Shah
  • Q. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
    A)Muhammad Ali
    B)Abdul Kalam Azad
    C)Zakir Hussain
    D)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
    Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad
  • Q. The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was
    A)Vasubandhu
    B)Ashvaghosa
    C)Nagarjuna
    D)Nagasena
    Answer: Nagarjuna
  • Q. The first Shivaji festival was held at Raigarh in __________
    A)1892
    B)1890
    C)1895
    D)1899
    Answer: 1895
  • Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
    A)Industrial
    B)Rural
    C)Urban
    D)Capitalist
    Answer: Urban
  • Q. Which Indian literature is a collection of 1028 hymns written in Vedic Sanskrit?
    A)Sama Vedas
    B)Rig Vedas
    C)Brahamans
    D)Aryankas
    Answer: Rig Vedas

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