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Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of

A
Morley
B
Minto
C
Northbrook
D
Hastings

Correct Answer

Northbrook

More Questions on History

  • Q. In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?
    A)Sri Lanka
    B)China
    C)France
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
    A)753 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)752 BC
    D)742 BC
    Answer: 753 BC
  • Q. When was the Non-Cooperation Movement got momentum under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress?
    A)1922-1924
    B)1920-1922
    C)1987-1989
    D)1990-1992
    Answer: 1920-1922
  • Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
    A)T N Das
    B)Robert Knight
    C)Ashok Mehta
    D)K M Pannikar
    Answer: Ashok Mehta
  • Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
    A)Government of India Act, 1919
    B)Government of India Act, 1909
    C)Government of India Act, 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
  • Q. Humayun (1530-1540 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Mughal
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Which of the following concept the Bhakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine (Brahman)?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Nirguna and Saguna
    C)Sikkhism
    D)Jainism
    Answer: Nirguna and Saguna
  • Q. Who said Ask not, Say not, Think not caste, Think only Gods
    A)William Logan
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)Connolly
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. “Din-i-Ilahi” was the new religion started by
    A)Jahangir
    B)Humayun
    C)Akbar
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who was Nur Jahan’s son-in-law?
    A)Nazim
    B)Khurram
    C)Abdul
    D)Shahryar
    Answer: Shahryar
  • Q. I. The Ikshvaku rulers of southern India were antagonistic towards Buddhism. II. The Pala rulers of eastern India were patrons of Buddhism. Which of these statement (s) is/are correct?
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
    A)Rashtra Jagriti
    B)Jay He
    C)Bharat Vidhata
    D)Matribhoomi
    Answer: Bharat Vidhata
  • Q. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. Varahamihira is
    A)A space shuttle
    B)An astronaut
    C)A power station
    D)An ancient astronomer
    Answer: An ancient astronomer
  • Q. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
    A)Dutch
    B)Portuguese
    C)The house of Jagat Seth
    D)Mulla Abdul Gaffar
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Who wrote Mrichhakatikam?
    A)Vishnu Sharma
    B)Vishakhadatta
    C)Kalidasa
    D)Shudrak
    Answer: Shudrak
  • Q. How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?
    A)7
    B)6
    C)8
    D)9
    Answer: 7
  • Q. The home of Gargi, Maitrey and Kapila was at
    A)Ujjain
    B)Vidisha
    C)Pataliputra
    D)Mithila
    Answer: Mithila
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the techniques of ‘Satyagraha’ advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
    A)Fasting
    B)Ahimsa
    C)Civil Disobedience
    D)Non-Cooperation
    Answer: Ahimsa
  • Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
    A)1907
    B)1905
    C)1909
    D)1911
    Answer: 1907

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