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Q. The Battle of Plassey was fought in

A
1782
B
1757
C
1748
D
1764

Correct Answer

1757

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following is not the “Tri Ratna” of Jainism?
    A)Right knowledge
    B)Right faith
    C)Right view
    D)Right conduct
    Answer: Right view
  • Q. Assertion (A): The Mughals, particularly Akbar, established a uniform pattern of administration in all provinces. Reason (R): Akbar is greatly indebted to Sher Shah Sur not only in local administration but also in provincial administration
    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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
    A)Dakhma
    B)Tripitaka
    C)Khanjah
    D)Synagogue
    Answer: Khanjah
  • Q. Baba Ram Singh passed away on November 29, __________
    A)1887
    B)1885
    C)1889
    D)1923
    Answer: 1885
  • Q. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?
    A)M. K. Gandhi
    B)Morarji Desai
    C)Mahadev Desai
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Q. Which Ottoman Sultan defeat Byzantine Empire and capture Constantinople city in 1453
    A)Bayezid II
    B)Mehmed II
    C)Murad II
    D)Mehmed IV
    Answer: Mehmed II
  • Q. The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
    A)1575
    B)1475
    C)1675
    D)1775
    Answer: 1775
  • Q. The Dandi March undertaken by Gandhi was
    A)A part of the Quit India Movement
    B)A routine March
    C)A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)A demonstration of Congress power
    Answer: A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
    A)Harshavardhana
    B)Banabhatta
    C)Baskarvardhana
    D)Bindusara
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
    A)Max Muller
    B)Lord Lytton
    C)S. N. Banerjee
    D)Gokahale
    Answer: Max Muller
  • Q. In 1920 under her leadership the__________, the Ahmedabad textile mill workers union was established
    A)Ushabai Dange
    B)Majoor Mahajan
    C)Parvati Bhore
    D)Maniben Kara
    Answer: Majoor Mahajan
  • Q. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
    A)Sind
    B)Bihar
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Sind
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The ‘Three Jewels’ (Triratnas) of Jainism are
    A)right action, right livelihood and right effort
    B)right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
    C)right thoughts, non-violence and non-attachment
    D)right speech, right thinking and right behaviour
    Answer: right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
  • Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
    A)1887
    B)1885
    C)1888
    D)1895
    Answer: 1885
  • Q. What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
    A)Administrative reforms
    B)Social reforms
    C)Educational reforms
    D)Political consolidation
    Answer: Educational reforms
  • Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
    A)Foreign accounts
    B)Literary works
    C)Numismatic evidence
    D)Epigraphic sources
    Answer: Numismatic evidence
  • Q. Who was the Mughal Prince who was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanakrit?
    A)Prince Salim
    B)Prince Akbar
    C)Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
    D)Prince Dara Shukoh
    Answer: Prince Dara Shukoh
  • Q. In a message to the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam in 1926 __________ declared, no community can make progress except through organization
    A)Dr. Palpu
    B)Chattambi Swamikal
    C)Narayana Guru
    D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    Answer: Narayana Guru
  • Q. The first to invade India were the
    A)Greeks
    B)Aryans
    C)Persians
    D)Arabs
    Answer: Aryans

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