Q. As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of

Correct Answer

Lord Macaulay

More Questions on History

  • Q. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was
    A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
    B)Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
    A)Montesquieu
    B)Voltaire
    C)Diderot
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Voltaire
  • Q. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by
    A)Alauddin Hasan
    B)Ahmad Shah-I
    C)Mahmud Gavan
    D)Firoz shah Bahmani
    Answer: Alauddin Hasan
  • Q. Where did the revolutionaries have their deliberations, which led to the formation of the Hindustan Republican Association?
    A)Kanpur
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Kanpur
  • Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
    A)Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Queen Victoria
    Answer: Lytton
  • Q. With the fall of which among the following the French Revolution began?
    A)Communes
    B)Bastille
    C)Jacobin Club
    D)Pilinitz
    Answer: Bastille
  • Q. Gandhi wanted the students to spend their vacations in
    A)Social service
    B)Studies
    C)Games
    D)Rebellious deeds
    Answer: Social service
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about the Muslim League?
    A)It was established in Calcutta in 1906
    B)It was established by the Nawab Salimullah
    C)The league supported the partition on Bengal
    D)The league opposed the Swadeshi movement
    Answer: It was established in Calcutta in 1906
  • Q. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the __________ Movement
    A)Quit India
    B)Swadeshi
    C)Khilafat
    D)Civil Disobedience
    Answer: Khilafat
  • Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
    A)Attacking the caste system
    B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
    C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
    D)Seperate representation for untouchables
    Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
  • Q. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the pebple’ was made by
    A)Winston Churchill
    B)George Washington
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Theodore Roosevelt
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
    A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
    B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
    C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
    D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
    Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
  • Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Harsha
    C)Akbar
    D)Krishnadeva Raya
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Which is known as book of Melody?
    A)Samveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Atharvaveda
    D)Yajurveda
    Answer: Samveda
  • Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
    A)The right to move from one manor to another
    B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
    C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
    D)All the above
    Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
  • Q. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus?
    A)Arjan Dev
    B)Hari Rai
    C)Tegh Bahadur
    D)Gobind Singh
    Answer: Gobind Singh
  • Q. Muhammad BinTughlaq transferred his capital from
    A)Delhi to Devagiri
    B)Delhi to Warangal
    C)Delhi to Madurai
    D)Delhi to Vijayanagar
    Answer: Delhi to Devagiri
  • Q. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
    A)Chanhudaro
    B)Mohenjo-Daro
    C)Harappa
    D)Lothalmenials
    Answer: Chanhudaro
  • Q. Atala Masjid which was built by Sultan Ibrahim is located at?
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jaunpur
    C)Agra
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Jaunpur
  • Q. Under the Mughals the jizya was collected from
    A)Muhammadans
    B)Persians
    C)Hindus
    D)Foreign visitors
    Answer: Hindus

Leave a Comment