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Indian History Mixed Quiz: Set 137

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Set 137 of the Indian History mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 15 different topics of the subject: Vijayanagara and Bahmani Kingdoms, World History: Nationalism in Europe and the Unification of Italy and Germany, Ancient Literature and Inscriptions and more. 13 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

Q4.Indian HistoryEasy

The city of Jaipur was founded in 1727 by which ruler?

  1. A.Maharana Udai Singh II
  2. B.Sawai Jai Singh II
  3. C.Rao Jodha
  4. D.Rao Bika
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Correct answer: B. Sawai Jai Singh II

The Kachhwaha ruler Sawai Jai Singh II moved his capital down from the hill fort of Amer and founded Jaipur in 1727, laying it out on a grid of nine rectangular blocks with the help of the scholar and planner Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, which makes it the first planned city of…

Q5.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following was primarily associated with 'Dadni' system?

  1. A.Textile production
  2. B.Warfare
  3. C.Payment to officials
  4. D.Revenue collection
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Correct answer: A. Textile production

Under the dadni system, European companies gave cash advances to weavers through middlemen to secure cloth for export. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the English, Dutch and French companies bought huge quantities of cotton and silk cloth in Bengal and other regions.

Q6.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC MTS · 7 Oct 2021, Shift 1Easy

When did the Indian Army liberate Goa from the Portuguese and declare it a Union Territory?

  1. A.1967
  2. B.1961
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1969
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Correct answer: B. 1961

Indian forces entered Goa in December 1961 in Operation Vijay, ending four and a half centuries of Portuguese rule. The Portuguese had held Goa since 1510, when Afonso de Albuquerque took it, and they refused to leave after 1947 even though the French had handed over their settlements.

Q7.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2019, GATEasy

The treaty of Yandabo was signed in

  1. A.1826
  2. B.1825
  3. C.1824
  4. D.1823
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Correct answer: A. 1826

The Treaty of Yandabo was signed on 24 February 1826 and ended the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826). The war began in 1824 after Burmese expansion into Assam, Manipur and Cachar brought Burma into conflict with the East India Company's Bengal frontier; Lord Amherst was the Governor-General.

Q8.Indian HistoryEasy

Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty of Magadha?

  1. A.Dhana Nanda
  2. B.Mahapadma Nanda
  3. C.Shishunaga
  4. D.Kalashoka
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Correct answer: B. Mahapadma Nanda

Mahapadma Nanda founded the Nanda dynasty in about the middle of the fourth century BCE after displacing the Shishunagas, and the Puranas call him Ekarat, the sole sovereign, and Sarva-kshatrantaka, the destroyer of all Kshatriyas, because he is described as a ruler of low birth who uprooted the older ruling…

Q9.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKHard

Prithivimahadevi, Dharmamahadevi, Dandimahadevi and Vakulamahadevi, who became rulers due to the absence of a male heir, belonged to the

  1. A.Eastern Chalukya dynasty
  2. B.Kadamba dynasty
  3. C.Bhauma-Kara dynasty
  4. D.Gonanda dynasty
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Correct answer: C. Bhauma-Kara dynasty

Prithivimahadevi, Dharmamahadevi, Dandimahadevi and Vakulamahadevi were queens of the Bhauma-Kara dynasty of Odisha, which is known for several women ruling in their own right.

Q10.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 9 Nov 2022, Shift 1Medium

The Battle of Buxar was fought between the forces under the command of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of ______.

  1. A.Mir Jafar, Siraj-ud-Daulah and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
  2. B.Mir Qasim, Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Shuja-ud-Daulah of Awadh
  3. C.Mir Jafar, Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II and Shuja-ud-Daulah
  4. D.Siraj-ud-Daulah, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
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Correct answer: B. Mir Qasim, Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Shuja-ud-Daulah of Awadh

At Buxar on 22 October 1764 Hector Munro defeated this alliance of the deposed Nawab of Bengal, the reigning Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Awadh, and the Treaty of Allahabad of 1765 followed.

Q12.Indian HistoryHard

The resolution on Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programme was passed at which Congress session?

  1. A.Lahore, 1929
  2. B.Karachi, 1931
  3. C.Faizpur, 1936
  4. D.Haripura, 1938
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Correct answer: B. Karachi, 1931

The Karachi session, presided over by Vallabhbhai Patel, endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and adopted the resolution on Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programme, which promised free speech, free press, equality before law, a living wage and state ownership of key industries; the draft is attributed to Jawaharlal Nehru.

Q13.Indian HistoryMedium

Consider the two statements about the unification of Germany and choose the correct option. Statement I: Bismarck described his method as a policy of blood and iron. Statement II: He became Minister-President of Prussia in 1862.

  1. A.Only Statement I is correct
  2. B.Only Statement II is correct
  3. C.Both statements are correct
  4. D.Neither statement is correct
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Correct answer: C. Both statements are correct

Otto von Bismarck was appointed Minister-President of Prussia in 1862 by Wilhelm I to break a deadlock with the liberal parliament over army spending, and he told that parliament that the great questions of the day would be settled not by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron.

Q14.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 3 Dec 2020, Shift 1Easy

Who among the following founded the Forward Bloc in 1939?

  1. A.Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. C.Subhas Chandra Bose
  4. D.Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct answer: C. Subhas Chandra Bose

After winning the Tripuri presidential election of 1939 against Pattabhi Sitaramayya and then resigning in April that year, Bose founded the Forward Bloc on 3 May 1939 as a left wing within the Congress, meant to gather all radical and anti-imperialist forces for an immediate struggle.

Q17.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKHard

Which one of the following statements on the issue of ownership, according to Smriti literature, is not correct?

  1. A.The paternal estate was to be divided equally amongst sons.
  2. B.Women were allowed to retain the gifts they received on the occasion of their marriage.
  3. C.The gifts to women on the occasion of their marriage were known as Stridhana.
  4. D.Stridhana was not inherited by the children without the permission of the husband.
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Correct answer: D. Stridhana was not inherited by the children without the permission of the husband.

. According to the Manusmriti and other Dharmashastras, the paternal estate was to be divided equally among the sons after the death of the parents, with a special share for the eldest, while women could not claim a share of it.

Q18.Indian HistoryEasy

Who won the Second Battle of Tarain fought in 1192?

  1. A.Prithviraj Chauhan III
  2. B.Muhammad Ghori
  3. C.Mahmud of Ghazni
  4. D.Qutbuddin Aibak
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Correct answer: B. Muhammad Ghori

Ghori had been defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan at the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 and returned the next year with a better organised army of mounted archers; the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192 ended in the defeat and death of Prithviraj and opened north India to Turkish rule.

Q19.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GATEasy

The Treaty of Yandabo was concluded as part of which one of the following wars ?

  1. A.First Anglo-Burmese War
  2. B.Second Anglo-Burmese War
  3. C.Anglo-Kuki War
  4. D.Anglo-Maratha War
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Correct answer: A. First Anglo-Burmese War

The Treaty of Yandabo, signed on 24 February 1826, ended the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826. The war broke out when Burmese expansion into Manipur, Assam and the Cachar region brought Burma into conflict with the East India Company; Lord Amherst was Governor-General.

Q20.Indian HistoryMedium

The female allegory Germania, used in nineteenth century art, wore a crown of

  1. A.Oak leaves, standing for heroism
  2. B.Olive branches, standing for peace
  3. C.Laurel, standing for learning
  4. D.Wheat, standing for plenty
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Correct answer: A. Oak leaves, standing for heroism

Nineteenth century artists gave nations the form of a woman: Marianne for France, carrying the red cap and the tricolour, and Germania for the German nation, wearing a crown of oak leaves because the German oak was the symbol of heroism.

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