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Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to

A
commercialisation of agriculture
B
overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
C
poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
D
unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production

Correct Answer

poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices

More Questions on History

  • Q. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
    A)Sunga
    B)Mauryan
    C)Kushana
    D)Gupta
    Answer: Kushana
  • Q. The Akbar of Kashmir who reconstructed and rehabilitated all the temples and asked Jonaraja to continue further Kalhana’s Rajatarangini was
    A)Shah Mir Samsuddin
    B)Sikandar
    C)Zain-ul-Abidin
    D)Saifuddin
    Answer: Zain-ul-Abidin
  • Q. Vaishakha Purnima has a great significance because it was on this day
    A)Buddha got enlightened
    B)Buddha was born
    C)Buddha died
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces 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, 1919
  • Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
    A)Kavindra Acharya
    B)Kavi Kalash
    C)Kavi Bhusan
    D)Kavi Martanda
    Answer: Kavi Kalash
  • Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
    A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
    B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
    C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
    D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
    Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
  • Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
    A)Gwalior
    B)Baghat
    C)Sambalpur
    D)Satara
    Answer: Gwalior
  • Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Elgin
    C)Sadler
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Macaulay
  • Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
    A)Baroda
    B)Travancore
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
    A)Burma, Sri Lanka, Combodia and Indonesia
    B)Burma (now Myanmar), Combodia, Indonesia and UAR
    C)Burma, Indonesia, Ghana and Sri Lanka
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
    A)the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    B)the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
    C)Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
    D)the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    Answer: the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
  • Q. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Lytton
    C)Lord Ripon
    D)Lord Hardinge-I
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The Act of 1833 concentrated the legislative powers in the hands of
    A)Governor-General in Council
    B)Parliament
    C)Board of Control
    D)Crown
    Answer: Governor-General in Council
  • Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
    A)Wellesley
    B)William Bentinck
    C)Wavell
    D)Mountbatten
    Answer: Mountbatten
  • Q. Who among the following British Officials suppressed the Revolt of Jhansi?
    A)Henry Havelock
    B)Colin Campbell
    C)Henry Lawrence
    D)Hugh Rose
    Answer: Hugh Rose
  • Q. Which was the oldest University?
    A)Kanauj
    B)Gandhara
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Dupleix
    D)Lord Macaulay
    Answer: Robert Clive
  • Q. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the __________ age
    A)Paleolithic
    B)Megalithic
    C)Neolithic
    D)Chalcolithic
    Answer: Chalcolithic
  • Q. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
    A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    B)Humayun's Tomb
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Red Fort Complex
    Answer: Mahabodhi Temple Complex

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