Indian History Question Answer
Q46. In which year Prime Minister's Secretariat was renamed as Prime Minister's Office
(a) 1975
(b) 1977
(c) 1979
(d) 1982
Answer: (b) 1977
Q47. The ancestors of Shungas originated from
(a) Magadha
(b) Prayag
(c) Ujjain
(d) Saurashtra
Answer: (c) Ujjain
Q48. Who coined the slogan "Quit India"
(a) Yusuf Meherally
(b) Asoka Mehta
(c) Achyut Patwardhan
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: (a) Yusuf Meherally
Q49. Who had composed epic poem "Prithviraj Raso", which is about the life of King Prithviraj Chauhan
(a) Somadeva
(b) Chand Bardai
(c) Jinadattasuri
(d) Rudrabhatta
Answer: (b) Chand Bardai
Q50. The battle of Dharmat was fought between
(a) Babar and Afghans
(b) Aurangazeb and Raja Jaswant Singh
(c) Mohammad Ghori and Jai Chander
(d) Ashok and Babar
Answer: (b) Aurangazeb and Raja Jaswant Singh
Q51. In which year, the English East India company annexes the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab
(a) 1835
(b) 1841
(c) 1849
(d) 1855
Answer: (c) 1849
Q52. Under whose Viceroyalty the Archaeological Survey of India was established
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Ripon
Answer: (a) Lord Curzon
Q53. Who are the following officer, according to Arthasastra was entrusted with the collection of revenue
(a) Samaharta
(b) Sannidhata
(c) Sitadhyaksa
(d) Sansthadhyaksa
Answer: (a) Samaharta
Q54. Who built the tomb of Itimad-ud-daulah at Agra
(a) Akbar
(b) Nurjahan
(c) Jahangir
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: (b) Nurjahan
Q55. Which English missionary is also known as the "father of modern missions" in India and as "India's first cultural anthropologist."
(a) William Carey
(b) Nathan Brown
(c) Robert Caldwell
(d) Arthur Margoschis
Answer: (a) William Carey
Q56. Which one of the organisation was a precursor to the Indian National Congress
(a) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(b) Sathyashodhak Samaj
(c) Theosophical Society
(d) Brahmosamaj
Answer: (a) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Q57. Where the Darbar was held for Queen Victoria’s Proclamation in 1958 to officially hand over the power of India from East India Company to the British Queen
(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Merut
(d) Allahabad
Answer: (d) Allahabad
Q58. Who was the first to excavate Kalibangan
(a) Hiranand Sastri
(b) Amalananda Ghosh
(c) M. S. Nagaraja Rao
(d) Bhagwan Lal Indraji
Answer: (b) Amalananda Ghosh
Q59. "Nritya Ratna Kosha" was written by
(a) Vigraharaj III
(b) Mahendrapal II
(c) Amoghavarsha
(d) Kumbha
Answer: (d) Kumbha
Q60. Which designation was created to run the Indian administration after the Revolt of 1857
(a) Secretary of State for India
(b) Lieutenant Governor
(c) Chief Commissioner
(d) External Affairs Minister
Answer: (a) Secretary of State for India
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