History GK Quiz with Answers

Dadabhai Naoroji wrote the book called "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" where he criticised the economic impact of the British rule.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The capital of the Mughal empire was changed from Agra to Delhi by Shah Jahan in the year 1638.

'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.

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 scribes.

The Sadr Diwani Adalat was the Supreme Court of Revenue in British India established at Calcutta by Warren Hastings in 1772.