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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

A
Raja Rammohan Roy
B
Lord Benttick
C
Lord Macaulay
D
Lord Dalhousie

Correct Answer

Lord Macaulay

More Questions on History

  • Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by __________ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal
    A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
    A)Sevagram
    B)Wardha
    C)Sabarmati
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Sabarmati
  • Q. When did the Battle of Plassey take place?
    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1757
    D)1765
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. Where is the longest corridor of the temple?
    A)Madurai
    B)Shreerangam
    C)Tiruchendur
    D)Rameshwaram
    Answer: Rameshwaram
  • Q. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
    A)Calcutta
    B)Lucknow
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. Who was the last great ruler of Gupta dynasty?
    A)Kumaragupta I
    B)Skandagupta
    C)Chandragupta Ii
    D)None Of these
    Answer: Skandagupta
  • Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
    A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
    B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
    C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
    D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
    Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
  • Q. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came to each other in 1916 at
    A)Amritsar
    B)Lahore
    C)Lucknow
    D)Haripura
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
    A)Jodhpur
    B)Haryana
    C)Kashmir
    D)Ludhiana
    Answer: Ludhiana
  • Q. Who wrote the book ‘Oliver Twist’
    A)Mark Twain
    B)William Shakespeare
    C)Charles Dickens
    D)Christopher Marlowe
    Answer: Charles Dickens
  • Q. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
    A)Turkey
    B)Afghanistan
    C)Mongolia
    D)Persia
    Answer: Mongolia
  • Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
    A)Gladstone
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)W.W Hunter
    D)Hastings
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
    A)William Bentinck
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Warren Hasting
    D)Col. Sanders
    Answer: Warren Hasting
  • Q. In which year Russo-Japanese war was started
    A)1898
    B)1894
    C)1904
    D)1907
    Answer: 1904
  • Q. Which of the following are two works of Kalidasa?
    A)Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
    B)Raghuvamsha and Kiratarjuniya
    C)Malti Madhava and Kumara Sambhava
    D)Malti Madhav and Kumara Sambhava
    Answer: Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
  • Q. Porus was defeated by Alexander at the battle of __________
    A)Kabul
    B)Herat
    C)Hydaspes
    D)Arbela
    Answer: Hydaspes
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the recommendations of the Cabinet Minion (1946) about the Constitution of India?
    A)The Muslim majority provinces should be separately constituted into a Union of Pakistan
    B)There should be a Union of India embracing both British India and the States
    C)The provinces should enjoy autonomy for all subjects and should be free to form groups
    D)Three basic Groups proposed by the Mission were Group A (Hindumajority Provinces) Group B (Muslim-majority Provinces) and Group C (Bengal and Assam)
    Answer: The Muslim majority provinces should be separately constituted into a Union of Pakistan
  • Q. From which language, has the term ‘democracy’ been derived?
    A)Hebrew
    B)Greek
    C)English
    D)Latin
    Answer: Greek
  • Q. Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act 1794?
    A)Andrew Frazer
    B)Charles Metcalfe
    C)Lord Wellesly
    D)Lord Auckland
    Answer: Lord Wellesly
  • Q. The Greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
    A)Virna
    B)Kujala
    C)Kanishka
    D)Kadphises
    Answer: Kanishka

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