History Medieval India - MCQs – Set 5

Q.1. Which one of the following dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate following Timur’s invasion?

(a) Sayyid dynasty

(b) Lodi dynasty

(c) Tughlaq dynasty

(d) Khalji dynasty

Q.2. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had set up employment exchanges for the unemployed?

(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(d) Iltutmish

Q.3. Which of the following rulers of the Delhi Sultanate is called “Father of Indian Irrigation”?

(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(d) Sikandar Lodi

Q.4. Which of the following battles took place between Sher Shah and Humayun?

(a) Battle of Ghaghra

(b) Battle of Bilgram

(c) Battle of Surajgarh

(d) None of the above

Q.5. The Mughal empire under Akbar was divided into 15 provinces. They were called --------.

(a)  Parganas

(b)  Subahs

(c)  Sarkars

(d)  None of these

Q.6. What was the name of the war that took place between Sher Shah Suri and  the Mughal Governor of Bihar, Jalal Khan,  in 1534 ?

(a) Battle of Surajgarh 

(b) Battle of Bilgram

(c) Battle of Ghaghra

(d) Battle of Kannauj

Q.7. Which of the following works narrates the ascent of the Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq to power?

(a) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri

(b) Tajul-Ma'asir

(C) Tughlaqnama

(d) None of the above

Q.8. Who was the founder of Tughlaq Dynasty?

(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq

(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(d) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq

Q.9. What was the name of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq before his ascension to the throne?

(a) Ghazi Malik 

(b) Juna Khan

(c) Nizam Khan

(d) None of the above

Q.10. Who among the following transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri renamed by him as Daulatabad?

(a) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq 

(b) Mohammad-bin Tughlaq 

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq

Answers

Q.1.- a

Khizr Khan was appointed governor of Multan, Lahore and DIpalpur by Timur Lang or Tamerlane who won these places after invading India and sacking Delhi in 1398-99. In June 1414, Khizr Khan invaded Delhi and founded a new dynasty named Saiyid Dynasty.

Q.2.- a

Firuz Shah Tughlaq, the third Tughlaq Sultan, had established employment exchanges for the unemployed.

Q.3.- a 

Firoz Shah Tughlaq, the third Tughlaq Sultan, is known as “Father of Indian Irrigation” because of the many irrigation canals that he built in his empire.

Q.4.- b 

The Battle of Kannauj took place at Kannauj in present day Uttar Pradesh between Mughal emperor Humayun and Afghan leader Sher Shah Suri on May 17, 1540. This battle is also known as the battle of Bilgram. Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the battle.

Q.5.- b 

Initially Akbar had divided the Mughal empire into 12 subahs which were later expanded to 15 by the end of his reign.

Q.6.- a 

Battle of Surajgarh (1534) was fought between the combined forces of Jalal Khan and Bengal Sultan Mahmud Shah and the forces of Sher Shah.

Q.7.- c 

Tughlaq Nama (Book of the Tughlaqs) was written by Amir Khusrau. Tughlaq Nama describes the reign of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.

Q.8.- b

Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty. He was succeeded by Juna Khan who assumed the title of Muhammad bin Tughlaq whose reign marked the highest point of territorial expansion of the Delhi Sultanate.  

Q.9.- a

Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq was called Ghazi Malik before his ascension to the throne of Delhi Sultanate. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq was succeeded by Juna Khan who assumed the title of Muhammad bin Tughlaq. 

Q.10.- b

In 1327 a rebellion by his cousin Bahauddin Gurshasp, prompted Muhammad bin Tughluq to transfer his capital from Delhi to centrally located Devagiri, which he named Daulatabad. However, this experiment of his did not go down well with the Delhi populace. This forced the Sultan to retransfer the capital to Delhi.    

History Medieval India - MCQs – Set 4

 Q.1.- Ibrahim Lodhi was defeated by Rana Sanga in which of the following battles?

(a) Battle of Khatoli

(b) Battle of Gagron

(c) Battle of Khanwa

(d) None of the above

Q.2.- Who among the following Delhi Sultanate rulers was first to have coins inscribed with the name of Abbasid caliph of Baghdad?

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Ruknuddin Firoz

(c) Razia 

(d) None of the above

Q.3.- Chintamani Bhatta’s Suka-saptati (Parrot’s Seventy) was the first Sanskrit work to be translated into Persian by the name Tutinama. Who translated the work during the time of Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq?

(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi 

(b) Amir Khusrau 

(c) Zia Nakhshabi 

(d) Zain-ul-Abidin  

Q.4.- The Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi is the earliest example of Islamic architecture in India. What was the original construction at the site of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque?

(a) A Jain temple

(b) A Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu

(c) A Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva

(d) None of the above

Q.5.- Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate created the department of Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture? 

(a) Firoz Shah Tughluq

(b) Muhammd Bin Tughlaq

(c) Allaudin Khilji

(d) Jalauddin Khilji

Q.6.- Who among the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had appointed lbn Batuta as the Chief Oazi of Delhi?

(a) Balban

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq

(d) Muhammad bid Tughluq 

Q.7.- Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate had maximum number of slaves in his court?

(a) Balban

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(c) Mohammad bin Tughlaq

(d) Feroz Shah Tughlaq

Q.8. - Who among the following was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Hari Har and Bukka founded the Vijayanagar Empire in the South India?

(a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

(c) Alauddin Khilji

(d) Khizr Khan

Q.9. -Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi has been written by

(a) Ziauddin Barani 

(b) Shams Siraj Afif

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of the above

Q.10. -During the reign of which Tughlaq ruler, India faced invasion from Amir Timur, the terrible Mongol military leader of Central Asia?

(a) Ghiyasud-din Tughlaq

(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq

(d) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah Tughluq

Answers

Q.1.- (a)

Battle of Khatoli was fought between Rana Sanga and Ibrahim Lodi in 1518. Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Khatoli.

Q. 2.- (a)

In 1229, Iltutmish received a deed of investiture from the Abassid Caliph of Baghdad, becoming the first Sultan of Delhi to secure this recognition. The names of Abbasid caliph of Baghdad are inscribed on his coins.

Q. 3.- (c)

Zia Nakhshabi (d.1350) was a famous Sufi saint and scholar during the reign of Tughlaq Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq. He is credited with translating Chintamani Bhatta’s Sanskrit work Suka-saptati (Parrot’s Seventy) into Persian. The text translated by him is known as Tutinama (Stories from a Parrot) which was in time translated into Turkish and other European languages.

Zia Nakhshabi had also translated Koka-shastra (also known as Rati-rahasyam: Mysteries of Passion), a popular early medieval Sanskrit work on erotica written by Kukkoka (Kokapandita).

Q. 4.- (a)

Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi is considered to be India's oldest mosque.

Q.5.- (b)

The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi was introduced by Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.

Q.6.- (d)

Arab traveller Ibn Battutah arrived in India in 1333 during the rule of second Tughlaq ruler Muhammad bid Tughluq who appointed him the Qazi (judge) of Delhi. After serving for eight years as the Qazi (judge) of Delhi, he was dismissed from the post by the Tughlaq Sultan.

Q.7.- (d)

Feroz Shah Tughlaq is known to have as many as 180,000 slaves. According to Shams Siraj Afif, their rise brought disaster to the Tughlaqs. They annihilated Firuz's sons and played roles in destroying the Tughlaq dynasty. Firuz's eunuch named Malik Sarwar founded the Sharqi dynasty of Jaunpur.

Q.8.- (a) 

During his reign Muhammad bin Tughluq had to encounter as many as thirty four rebellions, twenty seven of them in the south. Vijayanagar Empire came into existence at the cost of Sultanate territory during the rule of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.

Q.9.- (c) 

Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi is a contemporary account of Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq by medieval historian Ziauddin Barani. Another contemporary chronicle, also known as Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi, written by Shams Siraj Afif, gives a detailed account of his reign.

Q.10.- (d) 

It was during the reign of last Tughluq ruler Nasiruddin Mahmud (reigned 1394-1413) in the years 1398-99 that Amir Timur, the terrible Mongol military leader of Central Asia, invaded India creating havoc in the forms of massacres and plunders.

Madhavrao I

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Madhav Rao I was appointed the 9th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire on 23 June in 1761 upon the death of his father, Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao, also known as Nana Saheb, who had lost his eldest son and heir Vishwas Rao in the third battle of Panipat in 1761. 

Madhav Rao's claim to fame lies in his being instrumental in restoring the Maratha supremacy which was dented by their defeat in the third battle of Panipat. 

Since Madhav’s age at the time of his ascension to the Peshwaship was 16 years, his uncle Raghunath Rao, the eldest surviving member of the Peshwa family, took upon himself the regency of the Maratha empire and became its de facto ruler. This led to acrimonious differences between Madhav Rao and  Raghunath Rao who entered into wars against each other. 

In 1765 Raghunath Rao called for the partition of the Maratha State between himself and the Peshwa.

Madhav Rao I had defeated Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore, in each of the campaigns the Peshwa undertook against him. Madhav Rao was a great administrator.

Madhav Rao I died an untimely death on 18 November 1772 at the temple premises of  Ganesha Chintamani, Theur. It is said that had he lived longer, he might have averted the downfall of the Maratha Empire. 

 

History Medieval India - MCQs – Set 3

Q.1. Malik Kafur was the lieutenant of which Delhi Sultanate ruler?

(a) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq 

(b) Alauddin Khilji 

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 

(d) Jalaluddin Khilji

Q.2. Which of the following Mughal emperors was a proficient Veena player?

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Q.3. Thomas Roe was sent to the court of Mughal emperor Jahangir as an official ambassador of which British monarch?

(a) James I

(b) King George V

(c) Queen Mary

(d) Queen Elizabeth 

Q.4. Who of the following reigned the longest?

(a) Akbar

(b) Babur

(c) Shah Jahan

(d) Jehangir

Q.5. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from where?

(a) Afghanistan

(b) Turkey

(c) Persia

(d) Mongolia

Q.6. Which of following Sultans of Slave (Mamluk) dynasty was the first to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of Delhi Sultanate? 

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Balban

(c) Aram shah

(d) Nasiruddin mahmud

Q.7. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate was the first to introduce the practice of Sajda (Sijdah) and Paibos (kissing feet) befor the Sultan? 

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Balban

(c) Jalauddin Khilji

(d) Muhammad Tughlaq

Q.8. In which year did Shah Jahan, the sixth Mughal emperor, ascend to the throne?

(a) 1627

(b) 1628

(c) 1629

(d) 1639

Q.9. During the rule of which Delhi Sultanate ruler did Ibn Batuta (Battutah) visit India?

(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(b) Alauddin Khilji

 (c) Muhammad bid Tughluq 

 (d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq

Q.10. Who was the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?

(a) Ibrahim Lodi

(b) Bahlul Khan Lodi

(c) Barbak Shah Lodi

(d) Sikandar Lodi

Answers

Q.1. - (b)

Malik Kafur was Alauddin’s lieutenant and Man Friday. He successfully executed his master’s expeditions to the South India and brought immense wealth from the South Indian kingdoms after demolishing many temples.

 Q.2. - (d)

The 6th Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had banned music in the tenth year of his reign, i.e. 1668, even though he personally enjoyed it.

Q.3. - (a) 

Sir Thomas Roe stayed at Jahangir's court from the end of 1615 till the end of 1618.

Q.4. - (a) 

Akbar reigned from 1556 to 1605 

Q.5. - (d) 

Mansabdari system, a unique feature of the administrative system of the Mughal empire, was introduced by Akbar with a view to organizing his nobility as well as army. It was borrowed from Mangolia. 

Mansabdar (holder of a rank, or an officer) is a title derived from the word Mansab which is of Arabic origin and means a rank or a position.  

Q.6. - (a) 

Iltutmish was the first Sultan of Delhi who issued regular currency and declared Delhi as the capital of his empire.

Q.7. - (b) 

Those who attended the court of Mamluk (Slave) Sultan were supposed to observe sizda (prostration before the sultan) and paibod (kissing his feet). These practices were considered un-Islamic. Balban was also the first Indian ruler to introduce the celebration of the Persian new year (Nao-roz or Navroz) in India.

Q.8. - (b) 

Shah Jahan ascended the Mughal throne at Agra in February 1628. 

Q.9. - (c) 

A native of Morocco, Ibn Battutah was an Arab traveller who arrived at Multan in 1333 during the rule of second Tughlaq ruler Muhammad bid Tughluq. After serving for eight years as the Qazi (judge) of Delhi, he was dismissed from the post by the Tughlaq Sultan.

Q.10. - (a) 

Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Lodi rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, is a famous personality in the Indian history whose defeat by Babur, the founder of the Mughal empire, in the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 led to the foundation of a new dynasty, named the Mughal empire, in India which lasted till 1857.

History Medieval India - MCQs – Set 2

Q.1. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had prohibited Muslim women from worshipping the graves of saints?

(a) Alauddin Khilji

(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d) Sikander Lodhi

Q.2. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had earned the sobriquet of ‘Lakh Baksh’? 

(a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

(b) Balban

(c) Jalaluddin Khilji

(d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq

Q.3. Zain-ul-Abidin who forbade cow slaughter in his Sultanate was a ruler of 

(a) Bengal

(b) Kashmir

(c) Khandesh

(d) Madurai

Q.4. Which battle was declared by Babur a Jihad (holy war)?

(a) First Battle of Panipat

(b) Battle of Chanderi

(c) Battle of Khanwa 

(d) Battle of Ghagra

Q.5. The architectural raw material most widely used in Akbar's period was_________

(a) Redstone

(b) Marble

(c) Brick

(d) Limestone

Q.6. Abdur Razzaq was sent to the court of Vijayanagar ruler Dev Raya II as an ambassador of 

(a) Sultan Shah Rukh of Persia

(b) Sultan Bahzad of Turkey

(c) Sultan Alauddin of Iraq

(d) Sultan Bahaman of Egypt

Q.7. Who was the first ruler of Delhi Sultanate who paid his soldiers in cash?

(a) Iltutmish 

(b) Allauddin Khilji

(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Q.8. Which of the following monuments has Alai Darwaja as its gateway?

(a) Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra 

(b) Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque

(c) Zamat Khana Masjid 

(d) Firoz Shah's tomb 

Q.9. Who was the only converted Muslim ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi Sultanate? 

(a) Kaiqubad

(b) Khusrav Khan

(c) Kayumars

(d) Ala-ud-din Masud Shah

Q.10. This Delhi Sultanate ruler was told by his theologian Qazi Mughisuddin that his acts were violation of the Shariat. Yet the Sultan went out of his way to defy the shariat. Who was he?

(a) Alauddin Khalji

(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban 

(d) Sikandar Lodi

Answers

Q. 1. - (c) 

Firoz Shah Tughlaq was a religious bigot. He had prohibited Muslim women from worshipping the graves of saints?

Q. 2. - (a) 

According to the contemporary Muslim historians, Qutub-ud-din Aibak was famous for his generosity and was known as ‘lakh-baksh’ (giver of lakhs).      

Q. 3. - (b) 

Zain-ul-Abidin is known to be the greatest Kashmiri Muslim ruler. He was given the title of Budshah (the Great king)

Q. 4. – (c) 

The Battle of Khanwa was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga of Mewar in 1527. 

Q. 5. – (a)

Redstone was the most widely used architectural raw material in Akbar's times. 

Q. 6. – (a)

Abdur Razzaq was a Persian who was sent by Timur's son and successor Shah Rukh as ambassador to the Zamorin of Calicut. In April 1443, Abdur Razzaq also visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Devaraya II.

Q. 7. – (b)

Alauddin Khilji was the first Delhi Sultan to pay his soldiers in cash.

Q. 8. – (b)

Alai Darwaza (Gateway of Alauddin) was built in 1311 by Alauddin Khalji, the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty. It is the southern gateway to the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi. 

The material used in the construction of Alai Darwaza  is red sandstone and white marble, with inlays of black marble and blue schist.

Q. 9. – (b)

Khusrav Khan was a low-caste (Hindu) Baradu convert from Gujarat who was made the wazir, malik naib and Commander in Chief of the Khilji dynasty by the Khilji Sultan Mubarak Shah against the advice of his nobles.

In April 1320, Mubarak Shah was murdered by Khusrav Khan bringing the Khilji dynasty to an end. Khusrav Khan ascended the throne of Delhi under the title of Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah and tried to strike a veritable reign of terror by murdering the relatives, friends and those loyal to the Khilji Sultan.

Q. 10. – (a)

“I decree what I think is in the best interest of the state; I do not care whether it conforms to the shariat or not”, said Alauddin Khalji in a conversation to Qazi Mughisuddin.

History Quiz - 1

 Q. 1. Which Mughal Emperor had conferred the title of 'Raja' on Ram Mohan Roy?

(a) Shah Alam II 

(b) Akbar II

(c) Shah Jahan III 

(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Q. 2. Which organization was founded by Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore in 1828?

(a) Brahmo Sabha

(b) Tattwabodhini Sabha

(c) Prarthna Samaj

(d) None of these

Q. 3. Who had called Raja Ram Mohan Roy the Father of Modern India?

(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(b) Mahatma Ghandhi

(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Q. 4.  Who was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Guru Nanak was born?

(a) Khizr Khan

(b) Mubarak Shah

(c) Bahlol Lodhi 

(d) Sikandar Lodhi 

Q. 5. What was the capital of Mahajanapada of Anga?

(a) Ujjayini

(b) Champa

(c) Suktimati 

(d) Ayodhya

Q. 6. Who is the author of Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri?

(a) Muhammad Saleh 

(b) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad

(c) Mirza Muhammad Kazim

(d) Jahangir

Q. 7. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler introduced the system of auditing the accounts?

(a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq 

(b) Sikandar Lodhi

(c) Alau-ud-din Khiliji

(d) Balban

Q. 8. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler was a Sunni Muslim and ordered the idol at the Jwalamukhi temple at Nagarkot to be?  

(a) Sikandar Lodhi

(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

(c) Alau-ud-din Khiliji

(d) Qutab- d-din Aibak

Q. 9. Who was the founder of Lodhi Dynasty?

(a) Sikandar Lodhi 

(b) Bahlol Lodhi

(c) Ibrahim Lodhi

(d) Daulat Khan Lodhi

Q. 10. Which Delhi sultanate ruler transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra?

(a) Sikandar Lodhi

(b) Bahlol Lodhi

(c) Ibrahim Lodi

(d) Mubarak Khilji

Answers

Q-1-(b)

In 1830 Raja Ram Mohan Roy went to England as an envoy of the penultimate Mughal Emperor, Akbar II, to the court of King William IV. It was Akbar II, also known as Akbar Shah II, who gave him the title of Raja. 

Q-2-(a)

The Brahmo Samaj was founded on 20 August, 1828 in Kolkata by Rammohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore

Q-3-(a)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale called Roy the ‘Father of Modern India’. 

Q-4-(c)

Nanak was born on 15 April 1469 at Talwandi, near Lahore, then ruled by Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. At that time Lodi dynasty was ruled by its founder Buhlul Lodi who was its ruler from 1451 to 1489. 

Q-5-(b)

Situated in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, Champa was the capital of Anga, one of the 16 Mahajanapadas in the sixth century BC. It was of great commercial importance.

Q-6-(d)

Written in Persian, Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri (or Jahangirnama) is the autobiographical account of fourth Mughal Emperor Jahangir who ruled from 1605 to 1627. 

Q-7- (b)

Sikandar Lodhi introduced the system of auditing of accounts and tightened the espionage system.

Q- 8- (a)

Firuz Shah Tughlaq  

Q-9- (b)  

Bahlul (also written as Buhlol, Bahlol and Buhlul) Khan Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty, the last of the five dynasties, the combination of which is known as Delhi sultanate.

Q- 10- (a) 

Sikandar Lodi, the second ruler of the Lodi dynasty, transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra.

History MCQs – Set 6 - Modern India

Q. 1. Who planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam?

(a) Tipu Sultan

(b) Hyder Ali

(c) Chikka Krishnaraja

(d) Devraj

Q. 2. Which battle put an end to the French challenge to British supremacy in India? 

(a) The Battle of Plassey

(b) The Battle of Buxar

(c) The Battle of Wandiwash

(d) The Battle of Seringapatam

Q. 3. Who among the following had introduced the revenue collection method Ryotwari System in India? 

(a) Thomas Munro 

(b) Lord Cornwallis

(c) Holt Mackenzie

(d) None of these

Q. 4. Where did Moplah Uprising break out in 1921?  

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka

(d) Tamil Nadu

Q. 5. Who among the following was/were associated with the organization “Servants of India Society”?

(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhle

(b) Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar

(c) Both a and b 

(d) None of these

Q. 6. Who has authored the book 'The Light of Asia' ?

(a) Charles Wilkins

(b) Sir Edwin Arnold 

(c) Edwin Lester Arnold

(d) None of these

 

Q. 7. Who among the following leaders attended the inaugural meeting of Indian National Congress?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) Kashinath Trimbak Telang

(c) Pherozeshah Mehta

(d) All of the above

Q. 8. Who had taken potshots at Indian National Congress as representing only microscopic minority of the people?

(a) Lord Dufferin

(b) Lord Elgin

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Hardinge

Q. 9. “(The Indian National) Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” To whom is this statement attributed?

(a) Lord Dufferin

(b) Lord Elgin

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Hardinge

Q. 10. Who had called Indian National Congress a 'begging institute'?

(a) Aurobindo Ghosh

(b) Bipin Chandra Pal

(c) Chittaranjan Das

(d) Madan Mohan Malviya 

Answers

Q. 1 – (a) 

Tipu Sultan had planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam. 

Q. 2 – (c)

The Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in India between the French and the British in 1760. 

Q. 3 – (a) 

The Ryotwari system was introduced in 1820 by Thomas Munro when he was governor of Madras. It was introduced in Madras (Chennai), Bombay, parts of Assam and Coorg provinces of British India.

Q. 4 – (b) 

Mappila or Moplah Rebellion took place in the southern taluks of Malabar in Kerala in 1921. It as an armed uprising against British authority and Hindu landlords, called  janmis , in Malabar, Kerala in 1921. The leader of the Moplah Rebellion was Variamkunnath Ahmad Haji. Moplah rioters were severely dealt with by the British authorities. 

Variamkunnath Ahmad Haji was shot dead on January 20, 1922. 

Q. 5- (a) 

Gopal Krishna Gokhle had founded Servants of India Society in 1905. Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar

was a devout member of the Servants of India Society 

Q. 6- (b) 

Sir Edwin Arnold is the author of the book 'The Light of Asia' . 

Q. 7- (d) 

During the viceroyalty of Lord Dufferin the Indian National Congress (INC) was founded by A. O. Hume and S. N. Banerjee  in 1885.

Q. 8- (a)

Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy and Governor-General of India from 1884 to 1888. 

Q. 9- (c)

In 1900 in a letter to the British Secretary of State, Lord Curzon wrote, “(The Indian National) Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” Curzon was the youngest Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. 

Q. 10- (a)

Aurobindo Ghosh was defended in the Alipur Bomb Conspiracy case by Cittaranjan Das who had founded the Swaraj Party.