Indian History

Jamaat Khana Masjid, Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi / Image Credit   Jamat Khana Masjid in the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah complex in Delhi is said to be built by Khizr Khan , eldest son of Khilji Sultan Sultan Alauddin Khilji. Also known as Khilji mosque, this 14th century mosque is a living mosque still in use for prayers.

Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut, May 20, 1498 Q.1. Renowned Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in  _____. (a) 1490 (b) 1492 (c) 1496 (d) 1498 Q.2. To whom the statement “The soul of India lives in villages” has been attributed? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave (c) Gopalakrishna Gokhale (d)     Lala Lajpat Rai Q.3. Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Pherozeshah Mehta Q.4. The first Governor-General of Bengal was________. (a) Warren Hastings (b) Robert Clive (c) Canning (d) William Bentinck Q.5. The last Governor-General and the first Viceroy of India under the British crown was (a) Lord Canning (b) Warren Hastings (c) William Bentinck (d) Lord Dalhousie Q.6. On what pretext, Lord Dalhousie annexed the state of Oudh to the British Empire in India? (a) Doctrine of Lapse (b) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance (c) Maladministation of

Q.1. Who passed the Indian Universities Act? (a) Lord Dufferin (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Hardinge Q.2. Who among the following is the founder of the “Azad Hind Fauj”? (a) Ras Behari Bose (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Motilal Nehru (d) Lala Har Dayal Q.3. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Unrest”? (a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Bipin Chandra pal Q.4. Who were the first to discover the sea route to India? (a) Portugal (b) Dutch (c) French (d) Danes  Q.5. The concept of Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution) was advocated by____.  (a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Lokmanya tilak (d) Jai Prakash Narayan Q.6. When did the British Government set up Sadler University Commission for reforms in education? (a) 1917 (b) 1919 (c) 1921 (d) 1918 Q.7. Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement? (a) Udaygiri (

  Q.1. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Salt March from his Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to. (a) Dandi  (b) Kheda (c) Kuttch (d) Somnath Q.2. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ? (a) Warren Hastings-The Battle of Buxar  (b) Lord Cornwallis-The Permanent Settlement of Bengal (c) Lord Wellesley-The Prohibition of Sati (d) Lord Dalhousie-Local Self- government Q.3. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched? (a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah-Khilafat Movement (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhle-Servants of India Society (c) Syed Ahmed Khan-Mohammadam Anglo Oriental Defence Association (d) Moti Lal Nehru-Nehru Report Q.4. Who among the following was associated with the newspaper 'The Commonweal'? (a) John Bright (b) Raja Rammohan Roy  (c) William Wedderburn (d) Annie Besant Q.5. Which of the following is the writer of Geeta Rahasya ? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (d) Aurobindo Ghosh Q.6. Who was the founder of the 'Asiatic Society

 Q.1. “Only mad men outside lunatic asylums could think or talk of independence”. Who among the following had made this remark in the backdrop of nascent idea of Swarajya? (a) Lord Hardinge (b) Lord Curzon (c) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (d) Pheroz Shah Mehta  Q.2. Who among the following was the only British king to visit India during the British Rule?   (a) Edward VII (b) George V (c) James II (d) Edward VI Q.3. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood to protest which among the following? (a) Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre  (b) Partition of Bengal  (c) Execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev  (d) Execution of Khudiram Bose Q.4. Which one of the following Muslim leaders was not a part of the Non-cooperation movement started by Gandhiji? (a) M.A.Jinnah (b) M.A.Ansari (c) Hakim Ajmal Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad Q.5. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on _______. (a) 13 April 1919 (b) 13 April 1920 (c) 13 April 1921 (d) 13 April 1922 Q.6. Where did the Jalianwala Bagh mass

One of the most famous figures of Indian history, Shivaji was the founder of the Maratha kingdom. The rise of Marathas is considered to be a revival of Hinduism in the seventeenth century. A brilliant leader, Shivaji was a just ruler and a statesman of consummate craft. He always respected the religion of his adversaries. Belonging to the Bhonsle clan, Shivaji was born in the hill-fort of  Shivneri  near Junnar (in the Pune district of Maharashtra) in 1630. According to one school of thought, he was born in 1627. His grandfather Maloji was employed with the  Nizam Shahi  rulers of Ahmednagar. Shahji, eldest son of Maloji and father of Shivaji, was initially in the service of the Ahmednagar kingdom as a trooper in the army. Shahji was married to Jijabai, daughter of a noble in the service of Nizam Shahi Kingdom.   Jijabai, who was a virtuous lady and had a profound impact on Shivaji, was the daughter of Lakhuji Jadav Rao, who claimed descent from the Yadavas of Devagiri. Shahji  was soo