Set 6 of the Indian History mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 15 different topics of the subject: Indus Valley Civilisation, Constitutional Developments 1858–1947, Delhi Sultanate and more. 18 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.
20 questions with answers and explanations
Which of the following metals was NOT known to the people of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
The Harappan Civilisation is a Bronze Age culture, and no iron object has been recovered from any of its levels.
Read the full explanation →By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?
This Act turned the Governor-General of Bengal into the Governor-General of India, with full civil and military powers over all British territory in India.
Read the full explanation →The earliest description of Bakhtiyar Khilji's invasion of Bihar is in
Minhaj-us-Siraj wrote this Persian history in Delhi around 1260 and gave the first account of Bakhtiyar Khilji's raid on Bihar.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following headed the two Boundary Commissions set up to delineate the international frontiers between India and Pakistan in 1947?
The British lawyer Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired both the Punjab and the Bengal Boundary Commissions in 1947. Each commission had four judges, two named by the Congress and two by the Muslim League, and when they could not agree the final decision fell to Radcliffe.
Read the full explanation →Who stated that five thousand to twenty thousand men worked for forty years to build the palace of forty pillars at Allahabad in Akbar's time?
Finch was the English traveller who described Akbar's palace of forty pillars in the Allahabad fort and the huge labour force behind it.
Read the full explanation →Kalhana's Rajatarangini in Sanskrit language covers the history of kings who ruled over _____.
Rajatarangini, meaning the river of kings, is a Sanskrit verse chronicle of the rulers of Kashmir written by Kalhana around 1148–1150 CE.
Read the full explanation →Which Governor General of Bengal underwent impeachment proceedings in the British Parliament?
Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal under the Regulating Act of 1773 and held office from 1773 to 1785.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following works was composed by Krishnadevaraya on statecraft in Telugu?
Krishnadevaraya wrote this Telugu poem, and a part of it sets out his ideas on how a king should rule.
Read the full explanation →In 1873, he founded the Satya-Shodhak Samaj. Who is referred to as 'he' here?
Jyotirao (Jyotiba) Phule founded the Satya-Shodhak Samaj, the 'Society of Seekers of Truth', on 24 September 1873 in Pune. The Samaj fought caste discrimination and worked for the education and rights of Shudras, Dalits and women, without the help of priests.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was the founder of the Virashaiva Movement in Karnataka?
Basavanna led the Virashaiva or Lingayat movement in Karnataka in the twelfth century. He served as a minister at the court of King Bijjala at Kalyana.
Read the full explanation →In which session was the Congress divided into Moderates and Extremists?
The Congress split into Moderates and Extremists at its Surat session of December 1907. The two groups had clashed over the choice of president and over how far to push the Swadeshi and boycott programme started after the Partition of Bengal in 1905.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following war ended with the treaty of Salbai?
The Treaty of Salbai, signed in May 1782, closed that war between the English East India Company and the Marathas.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following years was the civil disobedience campaign completely ceased?
Gandhi formally withdrew the Civil Disobedience Movement in April 1934, after it had lost momentum under heavy repression. The movement had begun on 12 March 1930 with the Dandi March and the breaking of the salt law on 6 April 1930.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following rulers of medieval Gujarat surrendered Diu to the Portuguese?
The Sultan of Gujarat let the Portuguese take Diu in return for their help against the Mughal emperor Humayun. By the Treaty of Bassein (1534) Bahadur Shah handed Bassein to the Portuguese, and in 1535, with Humayun invading Gujarat, he allowed them to build a fort at Diu.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not true regarding Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)? Choose the correct option:
This is the untrue statement, because the HSRA was founded at Firozeshah Kotla in Delhi, not at Amritsar. In 1928 Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and other young revolutionaries met at the Firozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi and turned the Hindustan Republican Association into the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
Read the full explanation →The Kingdom of Ballabhgarh was annexed by the British after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Who was its last ruler?
Raja Nahar Singh was the last ruler of Ballabhgarh, a small Jat state in what is now Faridabad district of Haryana, just south of Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1919 :
1. It divided the subjects of administration into two categories—central and provincial.
2. The central subjects were divided into 'reserved' and 'transferred' subjects.
3. Provincial Governments were granted the power to make their own budgets and levy taxes.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
The Act split subjects between the Centre and the provinces, but the reserved and transferred split applied only to provincial subjects.
Read the full explanation →Who prepared “C.R. Formula” to remove the political deadlock between Muslim League and Indian National Congress?
C. Rajagopalachari, known as C.R. or Rajaji, drew up the formula in 1944 to end the Congress–League deadlock over Pakistan.
Read the full explanation →When were the rights of the tenants on land in Bengal and Bihar recognized by the Bengal Tenancy Act?
The Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in 1885, under Viceroy Lord Dufferin, to protect tenants in Bengal and Bihar from their zamindars.
Read the full explanation →Daimabad, the southernmost site of the Harappan Civilisation, is located in which present-day state?
Daimabad lies on the Pravara, a tributary of the Godavari, in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, and it marks the southern limit of the Harappan world.
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