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Indian History multiple choice questions with answers and explanations, 20 per page, for SSC, Banking, UPSC, Railway and state exams.

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Q21.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Alexander Kerensky was

  1. A.the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution
  2. B.a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar was dethroned
  3. C.the head of the Czar's army
  4. D.an advisor of Joseph Stalin
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Correct answer: A. the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Alexander Kerensky led that government until the Bolsheviks overthrew it in October 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 ended the rule of Tsar Nicholas II, a Provisional Government took power.

Q25.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Rakshasa type of marriage is

  1. A.marriage by purchase
  2. B.marriage by capture
  3. C.marriage by giving dowry
  4. D.marriage by seduction
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Correct answer: B. marriage by capture

The Rakshasa form, one of the eight forms of marriage described in the Dharmashastras, meant taking a bride away by force, often after defeating her relatives.

Q27.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the

  1. A.story of Rama
  2. B.Jaina elements in the storyline
  3. C.culture of Sri Lankan Buddhists
  4. D.cult of Shakti worship
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Correct answer: B. Jaina elements in the storyline

Silappadikaram was written by Ilango Adigal, a prince who became a Jaina monk, and Jaina ideas run through its story.

Q28.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

The Economic historian, who has used the data collected by Buchanan-Hamilton to support the thesis of deindustrialization in the 19th century India, is

  1. A.Tirthankar Roy
  2. B.Amiya Kumar Bagchi
  3. C.Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
  4. D.Irfan Habib
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Correct answer: B. Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Bagchi used Francis Buchanan-Hamilton's survey figures for Gangetic Bihar to argue that India went through deindustrialization in the 19th century.

Q29.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

Which of the following statements about the social base of the Arya Samaj in British India is/are correct?

1. It was located mainly in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh.

2. It mainly comprised the trading castes.

3. It was much more limited than that of the Brahmo Samaj.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: A. 1 and 2 only

The Arya Samaj drew its strength mainly from Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh and from the trading castes, and its social base was wider, not narrower, than that of the Brahmo Samaj.

Q31.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

The 'four great needs' of the people as identified by the Guomindang were

  1. A.clothing, food, housing and transportation
  2. B.education, food, housing and health care
  3. C.food, housing, education and employment
  4. D.employment, housing, education and health care
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Correct answer: A. clothing, food, housing and transportation

These were the four great needs of the people that the Guomindang set out to meet, following the ideas of Sun Yat-sen.

Q32.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

In the elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937 in British India

1. only about 10 to 12 percent of the population had the right to vote

2. the untouchables had no right to vote

3. the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces

4. the Muslim League won more than 80 percent of the seats reserved for Muslims

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1, 3 and 4
  2. B.1 and 4 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 3 only

Voting in 1937 was limited by property and education, and the Congress won an absolute majority in five provinces, while statements 2 and 4 are false.

Q33.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKEasy

The 'water frame' of Richard Arkwright was a device for

  1. A.producing a new type of painting
  2. B.irrigating fields for rice cultivation
  3. C.producing strong threads of yarn
  4. D.the faster movement of steamships
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Correct answer: C. producing strong threads of yarn

Richard Arkwright's water frame, patented in 1769, was a spinning machine driven by water power that spun strong cotton thread.

Q34.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about the Salt March : 1. The Salt March was deliberately ignored by the European media. 2. The Salt March was widely covered by the American and European press. 3. The Salt March was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. 4. The Salt March impressed upon the British the urgent need to devolve more power to Indians. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A.1, 2 and 4
  2. B.2, 3 and 4
  3. C.3 and 4 only
  4. D.2 and 3 only
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Correct answer: B. 2, 3 and 4

The Salt March drew wide notice in the American and European press, brought women into the national movement in large numbers, and made the British see that they had to share more power with Indians.

Q36.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

The term Upari refers to which one of the following?

  1. A.A category of proprietary tenure under the Mughal rule
  2. B.A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule
  3. C.A soldier in the Maratha army
  4. D.A village headman in the Mughal period
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Correct answer: B. A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule

In the Maratha villages of the Deccan, an upari was a tenant who cultivated land without any hereditary right to it.

Q37.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKHard

With regard to nature of Mughal State, who among the following scholars argued that "the peculiar feature of the State in Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation"?

  1. A.Irfan Habib
  2. B.Satish Chandra
  3. C.Athar Ali
  4. D.J. F. Richards
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Correct answer: A. Irfan Habib

In his study of the Mughal agrarian system, Habib argued that the Mughal State did not merely protect the exploiting classes but was itself the main instrument for taking the peasants' surplus.

Q38.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKHard

Consider the following statement : "So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs." Who among the following European travellers had made the above statement about the condition of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?

  1. A.Francisco Pelsaert
  2. B.Francois Bernier
  3. C.Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
  4. D.Niccolao Manucci
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Correct answer: A. Francisco Pelsaert

The Dutch traveller wrote these words about the poverty of peasants under the Mughals during the reign of Jahangir.

Q39.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Which of the following statements about the usage of the term 'barbarian' is/are correct? 1. It is derived from the Greek word 'barbaros' which means a non-Greek. 2. Romans used the term for the Germanic tribes, the Gauls and the Huns. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

The word barbarian comes from the Greek barbaros, a name for anyone who was not Greek, and the Romans later applied it to the peoples beyond their frontiers, such as the Germanic tribes, the Gauls and the Huns.