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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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Q63.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2017, GATMedium

Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi saint?

  1. A.Khwaja Moinuddin
  2. B.Baba Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar
  3. C.Nizamuddin Auliya
  4. D.Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya
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Correct answer: D. Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya

He belonged to the Suhrawardi order, not the Chishti order. Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya founded the Suhrawardi order in India at Multan in the thirteenth century.

Q64.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATMedium

Which one of the following was NOT a feature of the Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesley?

  1. A.The British were responsible for protecting the ally from any external threats
  2. B.All internal threats were to be handled by the ally alone, with no help from the British
  3. C.The ally was to provide resources for maintaining a British armed contingent stationed in its territory
  4. D.The ally could not enter into any agreement with other rulers without the permission of the British
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Correct answer: B. All internal threats were to be handled by the ally alone, with no help from the British

Under the Subsidiary Alliance the British promised to protect the ally from internal threats as well as external ones, so B was not a feature.

Q65.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2017, GATEasy

Which one of the following travelogues has given an insight on the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq ?

  1. A.Ibn Battuta's Rihla
  2. B.Francois Bernier's Travels in the Mogul Empire
  3. C.Niccolao Manucci's Storia do Mogor
  4. D.Tavernier's Travels in India
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Correct answer: A. Ibn Battuta's Rihla

Ibn Battuta lived at the court of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and described his reign at first hand. Ibn Battuta, a traveller from Tangier in Morocco, reached India in 1333.

Q66.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATMedium

Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolt of 1857 ?

  1. A.The rumour that the British had mixed the bone dust of cows and pigs into the flour being sold in the market
  2. B.The prophecy that British rule would come to an end on the centenary of the Battle of Plassey on 23rd June, 1857
  3. C.Popular discontent with British rule
  4. D.The prophecy that the end of British rule would lead to the end of the Kali Yuga and the return of Ram Rajya
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Correct answer: D. The prophecy that the end of British rule would lead to the end of the Kali Yuga and the return of Ram Rajya

No such prophecy is recorded among the causes of the revolt. Rumours and prophecies spread fast in the months before May 1857 and stirred fear and anger.

Q67.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKHard

Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir have been compiled in which of the following traditions? 1. Bijak in Varanasi 2. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan 3. Adi Granth Sahib Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Kabir's verses survive in three separate but overlapping traditions: the Bijak, the Kabir Granthavali and the Adi Granth Sahib. Kabir, a weaver of Varanasi who lived around the fifteenth century, spoke of a formless God and mocked empty ritual in both Hindu and Muslim practice.

Q68.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Consider the following events : 1. Muslim League Resolution for Pakistan 2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 3. Dandi March 4. Second Round Table Conference Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events (earliest to latest) ?

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

The Dandi March came first in 1930, then the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Second Round Table Conference in 1931, and the Lahore Resolution for Pakistan in 1940.

Q69.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATMedium

Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishnadevaraya is NOT correct ?

  1. A.He was a great scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit
  2. B.Foreign travellers Paes and Nuniz visited his court
  3. C.Barbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire
  4. D.He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit
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Correct answer: D. He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit

Amuktamalyada is a Telugu work, not a Sanskrit one, so this statement is wrong. Krishnadevaraya (ruled 1509–1529) was the greatest king of the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagara.

Q70.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

Which of the following statements about the Ilbert Bill (1883) is/are correct?

1. It proposed to grant limited criminal jurisdiction to native officials.

2. It proposed to grant complete civil and criminal jurisdiction to native officials.

3. The proposed Bill generated opposition from England's European subjects in India.

4. In spite of opposition to the Bill, it was passed without any modifications.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

The Bill proposed only a limited criminal jurisdiction for Indian officials over Europeans, and it met fierce European opposition that forced a diluted version.

Q71.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Who among the following founded the Hindu Dharma Sabha in the 19th century?

  1. A.Radhakanta Deb
  2. B.Ram Mohan Roy
  3. C.Dwarkanath Tagore
  4. D.Keshab Chandra Sen
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Correct answer: A. Radhakanta Deb

The orthodox Calcutta leader founded the Dharma Sabha in 1830 to defend traditional Hindu practices against the reformers. Raja Radhakanta Deb (1784–1867) was a scholar who compiled the Sanskrit encyclopaedia Shabdakalpadruma and was a leading figure of Calcutta society.

Q72.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Which of the following statements relating to the Government of India Act, 1858 is/are correct?

1. The British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company.

2. The British Parliament enacted the first statute for the governance of India under the direct rule of the British.

3. This Act was dominated by the principle of absolute imperial control without any popular participation in the administration of the country.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

All three statements describe the Act of 1858 correctly: it ended Company rule and placed India directly under the Crown, governed from London with no Indian voice.

Q73.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements about Bipin Chandra Pal is correct?

  1. A.He was a member of the moderate group of Congress.
  2. B.He was a member of the extremist group of Congress.
  3. C.He was the Minister of Defence in the first Government of independent India.
  4. D.He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
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Correct answer: B. He was a member of the extremist group of Congress.

Bipin Chandra Pal was one of the leading Extremists, the "Pal" of the famous trio Lal-Bal-Pal. The trio were Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal.

Q74.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

The Theosophical Society was led by

  1. A.A. O. Hume
  2. B.Arthur Griffith
  3. C.Annie Besant
  4. D.Lord Dufferin
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Correct answer: C. Annie Besant

Annie Besant became the international president of the Theosophical Society in 1907 and led it until her death in 1933.

Q75.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Statement I : King Ashoka abolished capital punishment and disbanded his army.

Statement II : After Kalinga War, Ashoka was remorseful and became a Buddhist.

  1. A.Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
  2. B.Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  3. C.Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. D.Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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Correct answer: D. Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Ashoka turned to Buddhism after the Kalinga war, but he neither abolished the death penalty nor disbanded his army. The Kalinga war, fought around 261 BCE in the eighth year of his reign, left over a lakh dead, and in Rock Edict XIII Ashoka records his deep remorse.

Q77.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

The Hunter Commission (1882) appointed to survey the state of education in India

  1. A.deprecated University education
  2. B.overruled the Despatch of 1854
  3. C.endorsed the Despatch of 1854 with greater emphasis on primary education
  4. D.criticized the grants-in-aid system of schooling
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Correct answer: C. endorsed the Despatch of 1854 with greater emphasis on primary education

The commission upheld Wood's Despatch but asked the state to give special care to the spread of primary education. The Indian Education Commission was appointed in 1882 by Lord Ripon under the chairmanship of Sir William Wilson Hunter, to review how far the Despatch of 1854 had been carried out.

Q79.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

Statement I : The Zamindars were an exploitative class in Mughal India.

Statement II : The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in a large number of agrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

  1. A.Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
  2. B.Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  3. C.Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. D.Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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Correct answer: B. Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

The zamindars did exploit the peasants, and yet peasants often backed them against the Mughal state. Zamindars held rights over land and collected revenue on behalf of the state, keeping a share for themselves.