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Indian History Mixed Quiz: Set 133

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Set 133 of the Indian History mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 11 different topics of the subject: World History: Revolutions and the World Wars, World History: Nationalism in Europe and the Unification of Italy and Germany, World History: Renaissance, Reformation and Geographical Discoveries and more. 8 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.

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20 questions with answers and explanations

Q2.Indian HistoryEasy

The German Empire was proclaimed on 18 January 1871 at

  1. A.The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles
  2. B.The Church of St Paul, Frankfurt
  3. C.The Reichstag, Berlin
  4. D.The Hofburg Palace, Vienna
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Correct answer: A. The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles

As the Franco-Prussian War ended, the German princes assembled in the Hall of Mirrors of the French royal palace at Versailles and proclaimed Wilhelm I of Prussia as German Emperor on 18 January 1871.

Q3.Indian HistoryHard

The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 divided the newly discovered lands of the world between which two powers?

  1. A.England and France
  2. B.Spain and Portugal
  3. C.Portugal and the Netherlands
  4. D.Spain and England
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Correct answer: B. Spain and Portugal

The two Iberian kingdoms were the pioneers of oceanic voyages, and after the first voyage of Columbus they agreed by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, with the Pope as arbiter, to divide the non Christian world along a line in the Atlantic: lands to the west of it for…

Q4.Indian HistoryMedium

Harshavardhana shifted his capital from Thanesar to which city?

  1. A.Ujjain
  2. B.Kannauj
  3. C.Mathura
  4. D.Pataliputra
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Correct answer: B. Kannauj

Harshavardhana of the Pushyabhuti or Vardhana dynasty began his reign at Thanesar in Haryana and, after the death of his brother-in-law Grahavarman of the Maukhari house, united the two kingdoms and made Kannauj on the Ganga his capital around the early seventh century.

Q7.Indian HistoryEasy

Who among the following led the Expedition of the Thousand and conquered Sicily and Naples in 1860?

  1. A.Giuseppe Mazzini
  2. B.Count Cavour
  3. C.Giuseppe Garibaldi
  4. D.Napoleon III
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Correct answer: C. Giuseppe Garibaldi

In May 1860 Garibaldi sailed from Genoa with roughly a thousand volunteers, known from their uniform as the Red Shirts, landed in Sicily and then crossed to the mainland and took Naples from the Bourbon rulers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Q8.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 12 July 2015Hard

Which of the following was/were not part/parts of the RIN Mutiny?

1. Indian National Army

2. HMIS Talwar

3. Hunger strike by naval ratings

4. Lord Irwin

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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

The Royal Indian Navy mutiny began on 18 February 1946, when the ratings of HMIS Talwar in Bombay went on a hunger strike against bad food and racial insults.

Q10.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 24 November 2020, Shift 1Easy

The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ______.

  1. A.1948
  2. B.1950
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1963
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Correct answer: A. 1948

The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, refused to sign the Instrument of Accession and signed only a standstill agreement in 1947, so in September 1948 the Indian government sent in the army in a police action code-named Operation Polo and the state joined the Indian Union.

Q11.Indian HistoryHard

Which of the following crops reached Europe and Asia only after the discovery of the Americas?

  1. A.Wheat
  2. B.Sugarcane
  3. C.Potato
  4. D.Rice
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Correct answer: C. Potato

The potato is native to the Andes of South America and reached Europe only after the Spanish conquest of Peru, after which it became a staple that supported a rising population; maize, tomato, chilli, tobacco, groundnut and cocoa travelled the same way, and Indian cooking took the chilli and the…

Q12.Indian HistoryAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · MPPSC Assistant Professor 2022 History PHard

Who is given the credit for the creation weapons like Mahashilakantaka and Rathmoosal?

  1. A.Mahapadmanand
  2. B.Shishunag
  3. C.Ajatshatru
  4. D.Chanda Pradyota
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Correct answer: C. Ajatshatru

The Buddhist text Mahaparinibbana Sutta and the Jaina tradition credit Ajatashatru of the Haryanka dynasty with two engines used in his long war against the Lichchhavis of Vaishali: the Mahashilakantaka, which hurled great stones, and the Rathamusala, a chariot fitted with a mace that swept down ranks of soldiers.

Q17.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Which one of the following developments took place because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

  1. A.The Missouri Compromise was repealed and people of Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to determine whether they should own slaves or not.
  2. B.The Act did not permit the territories the right to vote over the question of slavery.
  3. C.The voice of the majority in regard to the issue of slavery was muzzled.
  4. D.The Federal Government had the sole authority to decide on slavery.
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Correct answer: A. The Missouri Compromise was repealed and people of Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to determine whether they should own slaves or not.

. The Act set aside the Missouri Compromise and let the settlers of the two territories decide on slavery by vote.

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