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History Questions and Answers - Set 4

Q81 :

Who introduced the 'Mansabdari' system?

A
  

Sher Shah

B
  

Alauddin Khalji

C
  

Aurangzeb

D
  

Akbar

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Correct Answer: D

Akbar

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Q82 :

Which of the following treaty ended the first Anglo-Maratha War?

A
  

Treaty of Surat

B
  

Treaty of Manglore

C
  

Treaty of Salbai

D
  

Treaty of Amritsar

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Correct Answer: C

Treaty of Salbai

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Q83 :

Which freedom fighter is called the Hero of Peshawar episode?

A
  

Sridev Suman

B
  

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

C
  

Chandra Singh Garhwali

D
  

Jawahar Lal Nehru

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Correct Answer: C

Chandra Singh Garhwali

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Q84 :

In which, among the following years Tehri Kingdom merged with Independent India?

A
  

1947

B
  

1949

C
  

1950

D
  

1965

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Correct Answer: B

1949

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Q85 :

Who was the first King of the Tehri State?

A
  

Man Shah

B
  

Sudarshan Shah

C
  

Medini Shah

D
  

Yajuvendra Shah

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Correct Answer: B

Sudarshan Shah

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Q86 :

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.

A
  

1 only

B
  

2 and 3 only

C
  

1 and 2 only

D
  

1, 2 and 3

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Correct Answer: C

1 and 2 only

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Q87 :

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.

A
  

1 only

B
  

1 and 3

C
  

2 and 4 only

D
  

1, 2 and 4

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Correct Answer: D

1, 2 and 4

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Q88 :

The term Upari refers to which one of the following?

A
  

A category of proprietary tenure under the Mughal rule

B
  

A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule

C
  

A soldier in the Maratha army

D
  

A village headman in the Mughal period

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Correct Answer: B

A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule

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Q89 :

The main contribution of Jainism to Indian Philosophy was —

A
  

The doctrine of rebirth

B
  

The doctrine of Nirguna Brahma

C
  

The doctrine of immortality

D
  

The doctrine of syadvada

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Correct Answer: D

The doctrine of syadvada

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Q90 :

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'?

A
  

Warren Hastings

B
  

G.B. Macaulay

C
  

Lord Clive

D
  

Henry Dundas

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Correct Answer: B

G.B. Macaulay

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