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History Questions and Answers - Set 2
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The inscription of Hathigumpha is the source of information about which king?
Kharvela
Ashok
Harshavardhan
Kanishka
Kharvela
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : In 1946, the Muslim League withdraw its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Reason (R) : The Muslim League joined the interim government formed in 1946.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the Mesolithic period?
Odai
Bori
Bagor
Lakhnia
Bagor
Situated along the Kothari River in Bagor, Rajasthan, this expansive Mesolithic site stands as the largest in India, having undergone horizontal excavation. Notably, within this site, archaeologists have unearthed five human skeletons from the Mesolithic era, carefully interred in a planned fashion. Additionally, Bagor yields the earliest evidence of animal domestication in the region.
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Adina Masjid — Mandu
Lal Darwaza Masjid — Jaunpur
Dakhil Darwaza — Gaour
Tin Darwaza — Ahmedabad
Adina Masjid — Mandu
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Dhruvadas — Bhagat Namawali
Nabhadas — Bhaktamal
Raskhan — Rasik Priya
Usman — Chitrawali
Raskhan — Rasik Priya
Rasik Priya was written by Keshavdas Mishra (1555-1617), which was his pioneering work of the Riti Kaal of Hindi literature.
Arrange the following events in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
I. Hunter Commission
II. Sadler Commission
III. Wood's Despatch
IV. Sargent Plan
I, II, IV, III
III, II, I, IV
I, II, III, IV
III, I, II, IV
III, I, II, IV
Hunter Commission — 1882
Sadler Commission — 1917
Wood's Despatch — 1854
Sargent Plan — 1944
Who among the following leaders founded the revolutionary organization — 'Abhinav Bharat Society'?
Bhagat Singh
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Pulin Bihari
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Which of the following pairs(Rebellion and Year) is not correctly matched?
Santhal — 1855
Kol — 1831
Khasi — 1829
Ahom — 1815
Ahom — 1815
Ahom's rebellion took place in Assam region after the first Anglo Burmese war. The rebellion was against the annexation of the territories under British Empire in 1828. The leader of this movement was Gomdhar Konvar.
Who among the following Governor-Generals ridiculed Congress as representing only a 'microscopic minority' of people?
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
Lord Minto
Lord Lansdown
Lord Dufferin
Match List I (Samudra Gupta's Contemporary Kings of South India) with List II (Kingdom) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I (Samudra Gupta's Contemporary Kings of South India)
(a) Dhananjaya
(b) Nilaraja
(c) Ugrasena
(d) Vishnugopa
List-II (Their Kingdoms)
1. Avamukta
2. Kanchi
3. Kusthalpura
4. Palaka
a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2