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History Questions and Answers - Set 4
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History Questions and Answers - Set 4 (100 Questions)
Who introduced the 'Mansabdari' system?
Sher Shah
Alauddin Khalji
Aurangzeb
Akbar
Akbar
Which of the following treaty ended the first Anglo-Maratha War?
Treaty of Surat
Treaty of Manglore
Treaty of Salbai
Treaty of Amritsar
Treaty of Salbai
Which freedom fighter is called the Hero of Peshawar episode?
Sridev Suman
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Chandra Singh Garhwali
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Chandra Singh Garhwali
In which, among the following years Tehri Kingdom merged with Independent India?
1947
1949
1950
1965
1949
Who was the first King of the Tehri State?
Man Shah
Sudarshan Shah
Medini Shah
Yajuvendra Shah
Sudarshan Shah
The All India Census was—
1. First attempted in 1872
2. Regularly undertaken since 1881
3. Always undertaken as a five-year exercise
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
1 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 2 only
1, 2 and 3
1 and 2 only
Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/ are true?
1. The Deccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.
2. The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.
3. The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.
4. The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoverishment of the peasants.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
1 only
1 and 3
2 and 4 only
1, 2 and 4
1, 2 and 4
The term Upari refers to which one of the following?
A category of proprietary tenure under the Mughal rule
A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule
A soldier in the Maratha army
A village headman in the Mughal period
A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule
The main contribution of Jainism to Indian Philosophy was —
The doctrine of rebirth
The doctrine of Nirguna Brahma
The doctrine of immortality
The doctrine of syadvada
The doctrine of syadvada
Who remarked about the East India Company that 'The Company is an anomaly, but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly'?
Warren Hastings
G.B. Macaulay
Lord Clive
Henry Dundas
G.B. Macaulay