Top Questions on History - General knowledge Questions and Answers - Section 1-A

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Top Questions on History - General knowledge Questions and Answers

1. 'Din-i-Illahi', the new religious order, was established by-

A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Aurangzeb
D) Humayun

... Answer : B
Explanation : Dīn-i Ilāhī, (Persian: "Divine Faith"), an elite eclectic religious movement, established by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582 AD.

2. Sir Thomas Roe, the ambassador of English King, came to the Mughal court at Agra during the reign of

A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Aurangzeb
D) Humayun

... Answer : B
Explanation : Sir Thomas Roe presented his credentials to the Mughal emperor Jahangir as the Ambassador of the English King in 1615. The objective of Thomas Roe was to finish what was left unfinished by Captain Hawkins.

3. Who among the following reintroduced Jaziya, the poll tax, on non-muslims?

A) Akbar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Dara Shikoh
D) Shah Jahan

... Answer : B
Explanation : The Jizya, a tax paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers, was reintroduced in 1677 by Mughal emperor Aurangazeb.

4. Nadir Shah of Iran attacked India in

A) AD 1739
B) AD 1761
C) AD 1751
D) AD 1743

... Answer : A
Explanation : Emperor Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia (1736-47) invaded Northern India, eventually attacking Delhi in March 1739. The invasion of India by Nadir Shah brought about a complete destruction of the already weakened Mughal Empire.

5. Prohibition of Sati was enacted in 1829 by -

A) Lord Amherst
B) John Adams
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Lord Auckland

... Answer : C
Explanation : The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in British India was passed on December 4, 1829 by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.

6. Who of the following is associated with "Poverty and un-British Rule in India"?

A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) S N Banerjee
C) B G Tilak
D) Lajpat Rai

... Answer : A
Explanation : Dadabhai Naoroji published "Poverty and un-British Rule in India" which brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.

7. Who of the following repealed the 'Vernacular Press Act'?

A) Lord Lytton
B) Lord Elgin
C) Lord Curzon
D) Lord Rippon

... Answer : D
Explanation : Lord Rippon repealed the vernacular press act in 1881. However, the resentment it produced among Indians became one of the catalysts giving rise to India’s growing independence movement.

8. The first Englishman who presided the Indian National Congress, was

A) George Yule
B) Mr Webb
C) Henry Cotton
D) William Wedderburn

... Answer : A
Explanation : George Yule was a Scottish businessman who became the fourth President of Indian National Congress in 1888,the first non-indian to hold that office. It was Womesh Chunder Bonarjee who convinced Yule to accept the invitation to chair the Allahabad session.

9. Which of the following leader was not a moderate?

A) G K Gokhale
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Ferozeshah Mehta
D) Bipin Chandra Pal

... Answer : D
Explanation : Bipin Chandra Pal (7 November 1858 - 20 May 1932) was an Indian nationalist, a freedom fighter. He was not moderate.

10. Who was the editor of 'Hindu Patriot'?

A) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
B) Aurobindo Ghosh
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Harish Chandra Mukherjee

... Answer : D
Explanation : The Hindoo Patriot was an English weekly published from Kolkata in the later half of the nineteenth century in Bengal. The Hindoo Patriot, under the able editorship of Harish Chandra Mukherjee became the mouthpiece of protest against imperial injustices.

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