Indian History problems
- 1. Todar Mal was associated with
Options- A. music
- B. literature
- C. finance
- D. law Discuss
Correct Answer: finance
Explanation:
Raja Todar Mal was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire during Akbar's reign. He was one of the Navaratnas in Akbar's durbar.
- 2. The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
Options- A. 1848 AD
- B. 1856 AD
- C. 1858 AD
- D. 1862 AD Discuss
Correct Answer: 1858 AD
- 3. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
Options- A. Hyderabad
- B. Madurai
- C. Mysore
- D. Vijayanagar Discuss
Correct Answer: Mysore
- 4. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of
Options- A. Shajahan
- B. Akbar
- C. Humayun
- D. Jahangir Discuss
Correct Answer: Jahangir
- 5. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
Options- A. Chandragupta
- B. Ashoka
- C. Kanishka
- D. Harsha Discuss
Correct Answer: Ashoka
- 6. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
Options- A. Cartius
- B. Trajan
- C. Nero
- D. Brutus Discuss
Correct Answer: Trajan
- 7. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
Options- A. 1757
- B. 1782
- C. 1748
- D. 1764 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1757
Explanation:
The Battle of Plassey, 23 June 1757, was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company rule in South Asia which expanded over much of the Indies for the next 190 years. The battle took place at Palashi, Bengal, on the river banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta, near Murshidabad, then capital of undivided Bengal. The belligerents were Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, and the British East India Company.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey
- 8. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
Options- A. Athanasius Nikitin
- B. Nicolo de Conti
- C. Ibn Batuta
- D. Ferishta Discuss
Correct Answer: Nicolo de Conti
- 9. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
Options- A. Sutlej and Beas
- B. Jhelum and Chenab
- C. Ravi and Chenab
- D. Ganga and Yamuna Discuss
Correct Answer: Jhelum and Chenab
- 10. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
Options- A. Ghurids
- B. Arabs
- C. Karkotakas
- D. Hindushahis Discuss
Correct Answer: Hindushahis
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