History Test series 6

1. The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act was drafted by?

               (a). Lord William Bentick

               (b). Lord Canning

               (c). . Lord Dalhousie

               (d). Lord Hardinge

2. The first census of India was taken under the Viceroy __?

               (a). Lord Hardinge II

               (b). Lord Dalhousie

               (c). . Warren Hasting

               (d). Lord Mayo

3. Prior the Battle of Plassey the Nawab (Governor) of Bengal was

               (a). Siraj-Ud-Daulah

               (b). Shuja – Ud – Daulah

               (c). . Mir Qasim

               (d). Mir Jafar

4. Which of the following events led to the English East India Company gained the Diwani of Bengal

               (a). Battle of Plassey

               (b). Battle of Kannauj

               (c). . Battle of Panipat

               (d). Battle of Buxar

5. The Governor – General of India During the Revolt of 1857 was

               (a). Robert Clive

               (b). Lord Willington

               (c). . Lord Canning

               (d). Warren Hasting

6. _____called the Revolt of 1857 as the First War of Independence

               (a). Mahatma Gandhi

               (b). V.D Savarkar

               (c). . B.K Dutt

               D Gopala Krishna Gokhale

7. The Viceroy of British India during Swadeshi Movement was

               (a). Lord Curzon

               (b). Lord William Bentick

               (c). . Lord Dalhousie

               (d). Lord Lansdowne

8. The Viceroy of British India at the time of the formation of India National Congress(1885) was

               (a). Lord Minto

               (b). Lord William Bentick

               (c). . Lord Dufferin

               (d). Lord Lansdowne

9. _____is called the political guru of Gandhi

               (a). Gopal Krishna Gokhale

               (b). Ram Prasad Bismil

               (c). . Rabindranath Tagore

               (d). Rash Behari Bose

10. Gandhi – Irwin Pact took place in

               (a). 1929

               (b). 1930

               (c). . 1931

               (d). 1932

11. Which of the following Indus site is known as “Little Harappa” or “Little Mohenjo- Daro”?

(a)Banawali                     

(b). Mohenjo-Daro

(c)Lothal                           

(d)Chanhudaro

12. ______excavated Dholavira

(a) R.S. Bisht   

(b). M.S. Vats

(c)S.R. Rao                         

(d)R.E.M Wheeler

13. Which of the following was the oldest tribal assembly?   

(a)Samiti             

(b). Vidhata         

(c)Sa(b)ha             

14. Which of the following Mahajanapadas is Gana-Sangha

(a)Kosala             

(b). Avanti           

(c)Maghadha                    

(d)Vajji

15. Which Mahajanapadas had a confederacy of eight (8) republican clans

(a)Vajji   

(b). Malla            

(c)Maghadha     

16. Who among the following Mauryan rulers earned the title of a “Liberator”?

(a)Chandragupta Maurya           

(b).Bindusara

(c)Ashoka                                          

17Which Rock Edict of Ashoka mentions the Kalinga war

(a)Rock Edict 12               

(b). Rock Edict 13

(c)Rock Edict 14                

18. The Gupta Emperor who defeated the Hunas was

(a)Samudragupta             

(b). Chandragupta-II

(c)Skandagupta               

19. Aryabatta who invented the concept of Zero (0) was contemporary of which dynasty

(a)Muryan Dynasty                         

(b).  Mughal Dynasty

(c)Kushanas Dynasty                      

(d)Gupta Dynasty

20. The jaina monks who wore white clothes were called as

(a)Therapatithis                

(b). Digambatas  

(c)Svetambaras            

(d)Mahtam(b)aras