Q. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?

Correct Answer

Lord Wellesley

More Questions on History

  • Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
    A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
    B)the poverty of the Indian people
    C)his identification with the Indian people
    D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
    Answer: his identification with the Indian people
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?
    A)Ibrahim Lodi
    B)Babur
    C)Sher Shah Suri
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao-II?
    A)Convention of Wadgaon
    B)The Treaty of Purandhar
    C)Treaty of Bassein
    D)Treaty of Salbai
    Answer: Treaty of Bassein
  • Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
    A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
    D)C. R. Das
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
    A)Ibrahim Lodi
    B)Bahlol Lodi
    C)Daulat Khan Lodi
    D)Sikandar Lodi
    Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
  • Q. Who among the following initiated reforms among Muslims?
    A)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
    B)Muhammad Iqbal
    C)Naoriji Furdonji
    D)Altaf Husain Hali
    Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
  • Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
    A)Neem
    B)Devdar
    C)Priyangu
    D)Vat
    Answer: Priyangu
  • Q. The main centre of Wahabi Movement during the freedom movement was
    A)Mysore
    B)Lucknow
    C)Patna
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Patna
  • Q. What is ‘Milind panho’?
    A)One of the names of Buddha
    B)A Buddhist place
    C)A Buddhist Specimen of Art
    D)Buddhist text
    Answer: Buddhist text
  • Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
    A)Nakhshabi
    B)Utbi
    C)Amir Khusarau
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Amir Khusarau
  • Q. The capital of Kanishka was
    A)Benares
    B)Puruspura
    C)Allahabad
    D)Sarnath
    Answer: Puruspura
  • Q. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
    A)Menander
    B)Demetrius
    C)Eukratises
    D)Heliocles
    Answer: Menander
  • Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
    A)the state treasury
    B)military affairs
    C)the royal household
    D)the land revenue system
    Answer: military affairs
  • Q. Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty
    A)York
    B)Stuart
    C)Tudor
    D)Normandy
    Answer: Tudor
  • Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
    A)Afghanistan
    B)Iraq
    C)Pakistan
    D)India
    Answer: Afghanistan
  • Q. In which country is Karbala, the holy city of Shia Muslim located?
    A)Iraq
    B)Iran
    C)Jordan
    D)Syria
    Answer: Iraq
  • Q. Mughal presence in the Red fort was ceased by
    A)Lord hording
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Heuroz
    D)John Nicholsan
    Answer: John Nicholsan
  • Q. Whose reign in Indian History was called the Golden Age of India?
    A)Maratha Empire
    B)Mughal Empire
    C)Gupta Empire
    D)Maurya Empire
    Answer: Gupta Empire
  • Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
    A)Hitopdesha
    B)Panchtanra
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Hitopdesha
  • Q. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
    A)1935
    B)1919
    C)1906
    D)1909
    Answer: 1909

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