History set 2 MCQs

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Q.181 Mahatma Gandhi called a halt to the Non Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident. Where among the following places is Chauri Chaura located?
A Meerut
B Gorakhpur
C Lucknow
D Mathura
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Q.182 Who among the following is associated with the Theosophical Society?
A Savitri Bai Phule
B Sarojini Naidu
C Tarabai Shinde
D Annie Besant
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Q.183 In December 1929, Jawaharlal Nehru, president of Indian National Congress, formally demanded from the British Government ___.
A fundamental rights
B dominion status
C civil rights
D complete freedom
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Q.184 Who among the following got defeated by Babur at Chanderi in 1528?
A Prithviraj Chauhan
B Durgadas Rathore
C Medini Rai
D Chandrasen Rathore
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Q.185 The historic Salt March was started by Mahatma Gandhi and his followers from ___.
A Dandi
B Gandhinagar
C Sabarmati Ashram
D Kheda
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Q.186 In the reference of the Delhi Sultanate, what was the 'Group of Forty'?
A They were forty banjara leaders who transferred military supplies in times of war.
B They were a powerful faction of forty Turkic slave nobles who wielded immense power during the Slave dynasty.
C They were forty Rajput nobles who planned a coup to dethrone Qutb ud Din Aibak in 1210.
D They were forty military archers who distinguished themselves by their bravery in the Delhi Sultanate.
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Q.187 Which of the following kings took the title of 'Dakshinapatheshvara' (lord of the south) after defeating Harshvardhan?
A Mahendravarman
B Narasimhavarman I
C Pulakeshin II
D Rudrasena II
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Q.188 Which of the following cities was the capital of the Pallavas?
A Rameshwaram
B Hampi
C Orugallu
D Kanchipuram
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Q.189 Identify the Mughal emperor who was imprisoned for the rest of his life in Agra after the war of succession among his sons.
A Aurangzeb
B Bahadur Shah I
C Shah Jahan
D Jahadar Shah
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Q.190 Which of the following Pacts succeeded the Communal Award of 1932?
A Ambedkar-CR Das Pact
B Gandhi-Ambedkar Pact
C Gandhi-Jinnah Pact
D Jinnah-Nehru Pact
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Q.191 Who among the following revolutionaries was one of the co-founders of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) which got established in 1928 at Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi?
A Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B Aurobindo Ghosh
C Bhagat Singh
D Mahatma Gandhi
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Q.192 Which of the following statements about the Kushana dynasty is INCORRECT?
A The First Buddhist Council was organised by Kanishka.
B The Kushanas were a major ruling group in the post-Mauryan period.
C Asvaghosha, the author of the Buddhacharita, was the court poet of Kanishka.
D Many Kushana rulers also adopted the title 'devaputra', or 'son of god'.
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Q.193 Which of the following Indo-Greek kings was mentioned in the Buddhist text Milindapanho as Milinda?
A Demetrius I
B Menander I
C Antiochus II
D Strato II
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Q.194 In 1908 Khudiram Bose along with ___ was involved in throwing a bomb at a carriage believing it to be occupied by Kingsford, the then sitting judge of Muzaffarpur.
A Bhagat Singh
B Prafulla Chaki
C Sukhdev
D Rajguru
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Q.195 What was the name of the first dynasty that ruled over Magadh kingdom?
A Nanda dynasty
B Mauryan dynasty
C Shishunga dynasty
D Haryanka dynasty
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Q.196 Through an Act passed in which year was the post of Governor-General removed and replaced with the Viceroy?
A 1833
B 1935
C 1858
D 1853
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Q.197 Which of the following Sultans of Delhi set up the officers like Barid (intelligence officer) and Munhiyans (secret spies) to control the market?
A Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B Ghiyasuddin Balban
C Alauddin Khalji
D Shamsuddin Iltutmish
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Q.198 Who among the following was one of the founders of the Swaraj Party?
A Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B Chittaranjan Das
C Jawahar Lal Nehru
D Subhas Chandra Bose
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Q.199 Under the Governor Generalship of ___, the Permanent Settlement was introduced in 1793.
A Dalhousie
B Willian Bentinck
C Charles Cornwallis
D Warren Hastings
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Q.200 Who among the following rulers was defeated in the battle for Pataliputra by Chandragupta Maurya?
A Megasthenes
B Seleucus Nicator
C Dhana Nanda
D Elara
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Q.201 Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, a teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta, in the 1820s, promoted radical ideas and encouraged his pupils to question all authority. Referred to as the ___, his students attacked tradition and custom, demanded education for women and campaigned for the freedom of thought and expression.
A Young Radical Movement
B Young Christian Movement
C Young Men's Movement
D Young Bengal Movement
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Q.202 Which of the following Acts provided the title of the Viceroy to the Governor-General of India?
A Government of India Act, 1858
B Charter Act of 1853
C Charter Act of 1833
D Regulating Act of 1773
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Q.203 Kalidasa was a famous poet in the court of .........
A Pushyamitra Shunga
B Harshavardhana
C Chandragupta II
D Kanishka
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Q.204 Which of the following kings of Tuluva dynasty assumed the title of 'Yavanarajya Sthapanacharya'?
A Rama Raya
B Krishnadevaraya
C Sadasiva Raya
D Achyuta Deva Raya
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Q.205 In 1883, which of the following allowed Indians to try Europeans in courts of law?
A Christian Personal Law
B Ilbert Bill
C Indian Penal Code
D Murderous Outrage Regulation
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Q.206 Gupta emperor Chandragupta I was the first ruler to adopt which of the following titles?
A Mahendraditya
B Maharajadhiraja
C Vikramaditya
D Parmeshvara
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Q.207 Which of the following dynasties of Delhi Sultanate founded Agra city?
A Lodi dynasty
B Sayyid dynasty
C Khalji dynasty
D Tughluq dynasty
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Q.208 In the context of British rule in India, who among the following became the first Governor-General after the post of Governor was elevated to Governor General of Bengal?
A Warren Hastings
B Lord William Bentinck
C Lord Cornwallis
D Lord Canning
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Q.209 Who among the following was chosen by Shahjahan as his successor to the Mughal throne?
A Dara Shikoh
B Aurangzeb
C Murad Bakhsh
D Shah Shuja
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Q.210 Who among the following Kushana kings was the founder of the Kushana dynasty?
A Huvishka
B Kujula Kadphises
C Vima Kadphises
D Vasudeva I
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