Name the author of 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'.
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(D) R.C. Dutta
Dadabhai Naoroji wrote the book called "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" where he criticised the economic impact of the British rule.
Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement?
(A) Liaquat Ali Khan
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
There was hostility between the Muslim community and the British due to its participation in the revolt of 1857. Hence, it stayed away from English education. To address this issue, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan started a new movement known as the Aligarh Reformation Movement.
Which revolutionary of the freedom struggle was hanged at the age of 14?
(A) Batukeshwar Dutt
(B) Khudiram Bose
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Sukhdev
Khudiram Bose, at the age of eighteen, was executed on 11 August 1908, making him one of the youngest revolutionaries in India to be hanged by the British.
Which of the following combinations of ‘Ruler – Predecessor’ is correct with respect to the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Alaudddin Khalji – Jalaluddin Khalji
(B) Jalaluddin Khalji – Alauddin Khalji
(C) Muhammad Tughluq – Firuz Shah Tughluq
(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq – Muhammad Tughluq
Key Points Khilji Dynasty (1290-1320) Jalaluddin Khilji (1290-96) He was the founder of the Khilji Dynasty Alauddin Khilji (1296-1316) He was a nephew and son-in-law of Jalaluddin Khilji. Alauddin Khilji killed him and succeeded the throne in 1296. Tughlak Dynasty (1320-1414) Ghiyasuddin Tughlak (1320-25) He was the founder of the Tughlak Dynasty. He was succeeded by Mohammad bin Tughlak. Mohammad bin Tughlak (1325-51) His name was Ulugh Khan and after succeeding Ghiyasuddin Tughlak he was named under the title of Mohammad bin Tughlak. Firoz Shah Tughlak (1351-88) He was the cousin of Mohammad bin Tughlak.
Who said that the Revolt of 1857 was "neither the first, nor a national, nor a war of independence"?
(A) V. D. Savarkar
(B) S.N. Sen
(C) R.C. Mazumdar
(D) Benjamin Disraeli
Dr. R.C. Majumdar, however, considers the revolt of 1857 as neither the first, nor national nor a war of independence as a large part of the country remained unaffected and many sections of the people took no part in the upsurge.
Which Mughal emperor shifted the Mughal capital from Agra to Delhi?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Bahadur Shah
The capital of the Mughal empire was changed from Agra to Delhi by Shah Jahan in the year 1638.
Who was the founder of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty of Ujjaiyani branch in three branches of Gurjara Pratihara dynasty – 'Bhrigukachha Nandipur branch', 'Mahayyapur Medantak branch' and 'The Ujjayini branch'?
(A) Harish Chandra
(B) Nagabhatta
(C) Mihirbhoj
(D) Nagabhatta II
'Nagbhatt I' was the first historical man of Gurjara Pratihara dynasty. It was also known as ‘Harishchandra’. He had two wives - one was a Brahmin and the other a Kshatriya. Information is available about him from the Gwalior inscription, according to which he did not allow the Arabs to move beyond Sindh.
Which among the following practices was used by Nineteenth-century reformers to challenge harmful practices that existed in the society?
(A) Staging a dharna against such practices.
(B) Name calling the people who were following such practices.
(C) Point out a verse or sentence in the ancient sacred texts that supported their point of view.
(D) Eulogizing the practices of the western societies.
The strategy adopted by Ram Mohan Roy was used by later reformers as well in the Nineteenth century. Whenever they wished to challenge a practice that seemed harmful, they tried to find a verse or sentence in the ancient sacred texts that supported their point of view.
People who made copies of the manuscripts in the medieval courts are known as
(A) calligraphers
(B) copiers
(C) scribes
(D) muralists
People who made copies of the manuscripts in the medieval courts are known as scribes.
Which court was considered the highest criminal court of appeal during the rule of the East India Company?
(A) circuit court
(B) provincial court
(C) Sadar Diwan
(D) Sadar Nizamat
The Sadr Diwani Adalat was the Supreme Court of Revenue in British India established at Calcutta by Warren Hastings in 1772.
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