INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ-2

1. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following?
[A]Ramanujacharya
[B]Ramananda
[C]Vallabhacharya
[D]Gyaneshwar

2. During the reign of Krishnadev Raya which of the following famoustemples were built in Vijaynagar empire?
[A]Hampi
[B]Hazura
[C]Belgaum
[D]None of them,

3. Who among the following is considered to be the teacher of Amir Khusro?
[A]Moinuddin Chishti
[B]Baba Farid
[C]Nizamuddin Auliya
[D]Bakhtiyar KakiShow

4. Which among the following sectswas founded by Sant Tukaram?
[A]Pranami Sampraday
[B]Varkari Sect
[C]Rudra Sampradaya
[D]Sri Sampradaya

5. Who among the following composed Ananga?
[A]Kabir
[B]Gyaneshwar
[C]Tukaram
[D]Raidasa

6. Who among the following was the immediate successor of Guru Nanak?
[A]Guru Angad
[B]Guru Arjun
[C]Guru Amardas
[D]Guru Ramdas

7. " Muazzama" was the title of which of the following Mughal Emperors?
[A]Shah Alam II
[B]Mohammad Shah
[C]Bahadur Shah Zafar
[D]Jahandar Shah

8. After the death of Aurangzeb , which of the following Mughals abolished jazia tax for the first time?
[A]Jahandar Shah
[B]Rafi Ul Darjat
[C]Mohammad Shah Rangila
[D]Farrukhsiyar

9.All India Harijan Sangha established by Mahtama Gandhi, inthe year
(a) 1935            
(b) 1932
(c) 1920            
(d) 1927

10. Who is consider as the chief architect of Tajmahal
(a) Mir Abd-ul Karim        
(b) Ahmad Lahauri
(c) Makramat Khan           
(d) UstadIsa

11. Goa was captured by Portuguese
(a) 1479 AD             (b) 1575 AD
(c) 1510 AD             (d) 1600 AD

12.First Governor-General of Bengal
(a) Robert Clive                    
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Wellesley                         
(d) Warren Hastings

13.First Governor-General of India
(a) Lord Amherst                
(b) Lord William Bentinck
(c) Sir Charles Metcalfe      
(d) Robert Clive

14. Sati was declared illegal and punishable by
(a) Lord William Bentinck                 (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Canning                                (d) Lord Dalhousie

15.The first session of the All IndiaCongress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by
(a) J L Nehru                            
(b) VVGiri
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai                 
(d) MM Joshi

16. Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885
(a) Decan Educational Society         (b) Bharatiya Sewak Samaj
(c) Samaj Sewa Sangh                       (d) Theosophical Society

17.First English newspaper in India
(a) The Bengal Gazette            
(b) The Calcutta Gazette
(c) The Bengal Journal             
(d) The Bombay Herald

18.Who wrote the book Babuvivah
(a) Raja Rammohan Rai                  (b) Pandit Rambai
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar    
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

19.Who first translated Bhagvad Gita to English
(a) William Jones                    
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) Alexander Cunningham    
(d) John Marshall

20. First census in India was conducted at the time of
(a) Lord Dufferin                
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Auckland              
(d) Sir John Napier

ANSWERS

1) C      2) B      3) C       4) B
5) B      6) A      7) C       8) A
9) B      10) B    11) C    12) D
13) B    14) A    15) C    16) A
17) A    18) C    19) B    20) A