Indian History Objective Question

Q16. Rajatarangini gives a reliable history of
(a) Kashmir
(b) Punjab
(c) Odisha
(d) Karnataka

Q17. Who was the first Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly of India
(a) B. N. Rau
(b) H.C. Mukherjee
(c) J. B. Kripalani
(d) V. T. Krishnamachari

Q18. Who among the following described the Non-cooperation Movement as a "State of peaceful rebellion"
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q19. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
(a) Magadhi
(b) Prakrit
(c) Mythili
(d) Sanskrit

Q20. Who described dams as ‘pilgrim centres of development’
(a) Rajiv Gandhi
(b) Gulzarilal Nanda
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Q21. "My strongest bulwark is gone" lamented Gandhiji on the death of
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q22. Who is regarded as "the Mother of the Indian Revolution"
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Madam Bhikaji Cama

Q23. The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the
(a) Landholder's Society of Calcutta
(b) Indian Association
(c) British Indian Association
(d) Madras Native Association

Q24. Todarmal is associated with the revenue system known as
(a) Kankut
(b) Ghalla Bakshi
(c) Zabti or Zabt
(d) Nasaq

Q25. In the Bhakti tradition, who popularized kirtans
(a) Tukaram
(b) Surdas
(c) Chaitanya
(d) Namdev

Q26. Where the last sermon was delivered by Gautama Buddha
(a) Kushinagar
(b) Vaishali
(c) Bodh Gaya
(d) Sarnath

Q27. Who delivered "Dharmachakra Pravartana"
(a) Harsha
(b) Ashoka
(c) Mahavira
(d) Gautama Buddha

Q28. Harsha was defeated by
(a) Sasanka
(b) King of Valabhi
(c) Bhaskarvarman
(d) Pulkesin II

Q29. In which among the following is considered as the First Political Speech of Gandhiji
(a) Banaras Hindu University Speech
(b) Dandi March Speech
(c) Quit India Speech
(d) First Round Table Conference Speech

Q30. Which one ruler composed poetry under the pen-name of Gulrukhi
(a) Baz Bahadur
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Mohammed Bin Tughlaq

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