History Maratha Empire

Q. Shivaji’s administration owed its origin to the principles laid down by

A
Sher Shah
B
Kautilya
C
Akbar
D
Adi Granth

Correct Answer

Kautilya

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: Both II and III
  • Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    A)I,II,V,IV,III
    B)II,V,I,III,IV
    C)II,V,I,IV,III
    D)IV,II,I,V,III
    Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
    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. The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the
    A)10th Century AD
    B)9th Century AD
    C)12th Century AD
    D)14th Century AD
    Answer: 14th Century AD
  • Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
    A)England and France
    B)Turkey and Austria
    C)Palestine and Israel
    D)Germany and Russia
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833
  • Q. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Ramananda
    C)Tukaram
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Mirabai
  • Q. Servants of India Society was founded in
    A)India
    B)England
    C)America
    D)Burma
    Answer: India
  • Q. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
    A)T. R. Holmes
    B)V A Smith
    C)J K Hikki
    D)Sir Ahmed Khan
    Answer: T. R. Holmes
  • Q. The worship of Mother goddess was related
    A)With the Mediterranean Civilization
    B)With the Aryan Civilization
    C)With the Indus Valley Civilization
    D)With the Vedic Civilization
    Answer: With the Indus Valley Civilization
  • Q. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
    A)Akbar
    B)Shajahan
    C)Humayun
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between
    A)The British and the Nizam
    B)The British and the Peshwa
    C)The British and Sikh
    D)The British and Nawab of Arcot
    Answer: The British and the Peshwa
  • Q. The greatest Kushana ruler whose contribution to Buddhism was even greater than that of Ashoka, was
    A)Kanishka I
    B)Kadphises
    C)Vasishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka I
  • Q. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
    A)Raja Raj Chola
    B)Aditya Chola
    C)Rajendra Chola
    D)Karikala Chola
    Answer: Raja Raj Chola
  • Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
    A)1937
    B)1947
    C)1927
    D)1917
    Answer: 1917
  • 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. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from the British Monarch
    A)Queen Elizabeth
    B)Queen Mary
    C)James I
    D)Queen Anne
    Answer: James I
  • Q. The Market Regulation system was introduced by
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    Answer: Alauddin Khalji
  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
    D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
    Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
  • 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

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