Indian History Quiz with Answers

The Government of India Act came into force on 4 August 1935. The first political reaction was towards the way, the representation of the princely states was proposed. The delegates were not to be elected by the public but by the rulers. The second important reaction was against the proposed form of dyarchy. The Dyarchy had been a total failure in the provinces, but now there was an experiment coming up at the centre. The safeguards and the special powers vested in the Governor-General was something like a “Charter of Slavery” as mentioned by Jawahar Lal Nehru. He compared it with a “machine with all brakes, no engine“.

Jana Gana Maana, a symbol of India's united culture was composed by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC).

Lala Lajpat Rai conceived on 28th January, 1865. He was an Indian political dissident who assumed an urgent part in the Indian Independence development. He was famously known as Punjab Kesari signifying 'The Lion of Punjab' otherwise called Sher-E-Punjab in Punjabi for his commitment to the opportunity development.

The interim government was formed by the newly elected Constituent Assembly of India. The Congress Party won a majority of seats in the assembly, and its leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, became the prime minister. The Muslim League also joined the interim government, but it refused to accept the Cabinet Mission Plan.

Vijayalaya belonged to the Chola family of Uraiyur. He defeated Muttaraiyar, the ruler of the Kaveri Delta. He built the town of Thanjavur and constructed a temple for the goddess Nishumbhasudini.

The Rig-Veda is the oldest of the four collections of hymns and other sacred texts known as the Vedas. It contains most of the information about the religious and social life of the early Vedic period.

The cotton textiles which the Portuguese took back to Europe, along with the spices, came to be called "calico" (derived from Calicut), and subsequently calico became the general name for all cotton textiles.

India - Mughal Empire, 1526-1857 | Britannica.

Muhammad bin Qasim was the first to impose Jizya tax in Deval of Sindh province in India. After this, the Sultan of Delhi Sultanate who imposed Jizya tax was Firoz Tughlaq. It collected Jizya as a separate tax by taking it out of Kharaj (land revenue). Earlier, Brahmins were kept free from this tax.