GK Objective History General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which one of the following statements regarding Abul Fazl's Akbarnama is not
true ?(A) He usually does not refer to his sources
(B) He makes some crude observations
(C) He does not make generalizations
(D) He is never secular
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2. What was the title of the British Museum Baburnama manuscript translated into English by Mrs. A. S. Beveridge ?
(A) Baburnama (B) Waqyat-i-Baburi
(C) Tuzuk-i-Baburi (D) None of the above
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3. The 'Black Hole' event was sensationalized by whom ?
(A) Robert Clive (B) Verelest
(C) Holwell (D) Watson
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4. The confederates against Tippu Sultan in the Third Mysore War included–
(A) Travancore Raja, Nizam of Hyderabad and the English
(B) The English, Marathas and the Nawab of Carnatic
(C) The English, Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad
(D) The English, Nawab of Carnatic and the Nizam of Hyderabad
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5. Which Princely State was not annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse in spite of not having natural heir ?
(A) Satara (B) Karauli
(C) Pudukottai (D) Baroda
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6. Legislative powers were restored back to the provinces in the Act of–
(A) 1833 (B) 1853
(C) 1861 (D) 1892
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7. The policy announcement regarding the 'progressive realization of responsible Government in India as an integral part of the British Empire' was made by–
(A) Lord Morley (B) Lord Montague
(C) Lord Ripon (D) Lord Irwin
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8. Paramountcy is paramount was declared to define the relations of Indian States with British-Government by which Commission ?
(A) Hunter Commission (B) Strachey Commission
(C) Butler Commission (D) Campbell Commission
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9. The Governor General who visited Allahabad to review the working of Mahalwari Land Revenue System was–
(A) Lord William Bentinck (B) Lord Auckland
(C) Lord Dalhousie (D) Lord Canning
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10. The land revenue demand under the Ryotwari in Madras was finally fixed to fifty per cent of the rental and the settlement was made for thirty years in the year–
(A) 1820 (B) 1855
(C) 1864 (D) 1878
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11. Policy of tariff holiday was practised by the British during–
(A) 1858 to 1870 (B) 1870 to 1880
(C) 1882 to 1894 (D) 1898 to 1905
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12. The worrisome aspect of the drain of wealth in the late nineteenth century according to Dadabhai Naoroji was–
(A) transfer of India's accumulated gold (B) unrequited exports
(C) depletion of urban wealth (D) British investments in India
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13. The Scheme of Local Finance was introduced by–
(A) Lord Canning (B) Lord Mayo
(C) Lord Lytton (D) Lord Ripon
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14. First factory legislation was passed to improve the working conditions of the labour in–
(A) 1880 (B) 1881
(C) 1884 (D) 1893
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15. Which Gandhian movement has been called a 'Spontaneous Revolution' ?
(A) Champaran movement (B) Non-cooperation movement
(C) Civil Disobedience movement (D) Quit India movement
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16. The inspirational leader behind the founding of the All India Women's Conference was–
(A) Durga Bai Deshmukh (B) Margaret Cousins
(C) Madam Cama (D) Matthulaxmi Reddy
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17. Name the First Indian selected to Indian Civil Service–
(A) Surendranath Banerjee (B) Anandamohan Bose
(C) Gurudas Banerjee (D) Satyendra Nath Tagore
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18. The Arya Samaj movement believed in–
(A) Idolatory (B) Polytheism
(C) Pantheism (D) Vedic ritualism
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19. Which foreign journalist reported about the British brutality perpetrated against peaceful Satyagrahis at Dharasana Salt Depot during the Civil Disobedience Movement ?
(A) Wels Miller (B) C. F. Andrews
(C) Palmer (D) Fischer
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20. Who was the first President of All India Depressed Class Assodation ?
(A) B. R. Ambedkar (B) Shahu Maharaj
(C) E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker (D) M. C. Rajah
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21. The resignation by the Congress led ministries on 1st November, 1939 was celebrated by the Muslim League as–
(A) Fulfilment Day (B) Emancipation Day
(C) Deliverance Day (D) Freedom Day
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22. The First President of the All India Congress Socialist Party was–
(A) Achyut Patwardhan (B) Ram Manohar Lohia
(C) Jay Prakash Narayan (D) Sampumanand
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23. Which Commission was entrusted the task of demarcating the line of India and Pakistan in 1947 ?
(A) Wavell (B) Redcliffe
(C) Alexander (D) Marshall
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24. The First Indian Princely State which signed the Instrument of Accession to join the Indian Union was–
(A) Jaipur (B) Patiala
(C) Bikaner (D) Bhopal
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25. Who among the following historians is well known for his contributions to subaltern studies ?
(A) Sumit Sarkar (B) Bipin Chandra
(C) Ranjit Guha (D) K. N. Panicker
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