Indian History Quiz 4

1. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons?

a) Gokhale
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Badr-ud-din-Tyabji
d) Romesh Chander Dutt

2. Which one of the following literature was patronized by the Pandya kings?

a) sacred literature
b) secular literature
c) Sangam literature
d) Sanskrit literature

3. At which of the following places did Vasco-da-Gama land on 20th May, 1498?

a) Calicut
b) Masulipatanam
c) Goa
d) Cannanore

4. Why did the Communists in India decide to support the Government of India during the World War II?

a) Gandhiji’s call to the nation
b) Lord Linlithgow’s statement
c) Activities of the Azad Hind Fauj
d) Hitler’s attack on Russia

5. The architectural features of Taj Mahal have resemblance to which of the following?

a) Jama Masjid at Delhi
b) Mecca Masjid at Hyderabad
c) Humayun’s tomb at Delhi
d) Gol Gombaz

6. Which of the following was the capital of the Hoysalas?

a) Warangal
b) Madurai
c) Dwarasamudram
d) Badami

7. Who was the first to describe the great mutiny of 1857 as the first War of Independence?

a) Nehru
b) Tilak
c) VD Savarkar
d) Lajpat Rai

8. Who among the following is referred to as the ‘Father of Local self-government in India’?

a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Rippon
c) Lord Harding
d) Lord Dalhousie

9. With which of the following incidents did Mahatma Gandhi’s entry into national politics start?

a) Champaran movement
b) Dandi March
c) Non-cooperation movement
d) civil disobedience movement

10. In its session held at which place did Indian National Congress declare ‘Complete Independence’ as its goal?

a) Madras in 1927
b) Calcutta in 1928
c) Lahore in 1929
d) Allahabad in 1930

11. Which of the following works state that the society was divided into seven classes in the Mauryan period?

a) Arthashastra
b) Edicts of Asoka
c) Puranas
d) Indica

12. In which language were the Sangam classics written?

a) Tamil
b) Telugu
c) Kannada
d) Malayalam

13. Which of the following dynasties of early medieval India was justly famous for its system of village administration?

a) Cholas
b) Pandyas
c) Rashtrakutas
d) Palas

14. Who popularized Ganesh festival during the freedom struggle?

a) Mahadev Govinda Ranade
b) Gokhale
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) VD Savarkar

15. Which of the following was the greatest achievement of Allauddin Khilji?

a) invasion of South India
b) contribution to art
c) measures to improve the standards of living
d) revenue system and control of inflation

Answers

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Sangam literature
3. Calicut
4. Hitler’s attack on Russia
5. Humayun’s tomb at Delhi
6. Dwarasamudram
7. VD Savarkar
8. Lord Rippon
9. Champaran movement
10. Lahore in 1929
11. Indica
12. Tamil
13. Cholas
14. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
15. revenue system and control of inflation