NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: History MCQs (Practice_Test 31 of 130)
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- The Nidanasutra in ten prapathakas belong to which one of the following?
- Rigveda
- Samaveda
- Yajurveda
- Atharvaveda
- Who among the following wrote satirical poetry during the reign of Aurangzeb?
- Sauda
- Jafar Zatalli
- Gain Kashmiri
- Mulla Daud
- Match List-I (Official With Reference to the Medieval Period) with List-II (Description) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : History MCQs (Practice_Test 31 of 130) List-I List-II - Khuts
- Amir-i-hajib
- Muhtasib
- Nawisandas
- Officer in charge of the Royal Court
- Officer maintaining regulations of municipality
- Clerk
- Village Official
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- The first architectural achievement of Jahangir՚s reign in India was the construction of his father՚s mausoleum. Where was it built?
- Lahore
- Shikohabad
- Surat
- Sikandara
- Consider the following statements: When Mahatma Gandhi moved the noncooperation resolution.
- a special session was held at Calcutta under the Presidentship of C R Das.
- it was passed unanimously in the special session.
- Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Consider the following statements:
- The Nizam of Hyderabad granted Northern Sarkars to the English as the Madras Government agreed to assist him against the French and the Marathas.
- The capture of Mahe, a French settlement by the English acted as one of the most important causes for the outbreak of the second Anglo-Mysore War.
- The immediate provocation for the
- Third Anglo-Mysore war lay in the attempt of Tipu Sultan to tighten his hold on the western coast.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- Who among the following concluded the Treaty of Seringapatam with Tipu Sultan?
- Hastings
- Cornwallis
- Wellesley
- Dalhousie
- During the Anglo-Maratha wars, which one of the following was concluded last?
- Treaty of Gwalior with Sindhia
- Treaty of Mandasor with Holkar
- Treaty of Poona with Baji Rao-II
- Treaty of Surji-Arjangaon with Sindhia
- Which one of the following statements is not correct?
- The Charter Act of 1793 enabled the Governor-General to exercise the same authority in Madras and Bombay Presidencies as he did in Bengal
- The Charter Act of 1813 laid down the undoubted sovereignty of the Crown in and over the possessions of the East India Company
- The Charter Act of 1833 took away from the subordinate Presidencies all powers of making laws
- The Charter Act of 1853 made the approval of the crown unnecessary for the appointment of provincial level councilors
- Consider the following statements in respect of the Regulating Act of 1773:
- The tenure of the council members depended on the pleasure of the Governor-General.
- The Governor-General-in-Council was empowered with casting vote.
- The Governor-General-in-Council was vested with civil and military powers.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- Consider the following statements:
- The Cabinet Mission recommended a basic framework for the Constitution of India.
- The Cabinet Mission laid down the procedure to be followed by the
- Constitution-making body.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Consider the following statements:
- When Warren Hastings took over as the Governor-General, he shifted the treasury to Calcutta.
- In 1780, the manufacture of salt was directly taken up by the government.
- The Decennial Settlement of land revenue was declared permanent in 1790.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1,2 and 3
- Consider the following statements: In the ryotwari (land revenue) system
- the settlement was made with small farmers.
- the farmers enjoyed all rights in the land subject to the payment of a fixed revenue which was collected by the village headman on behalf of the State.
- the settlement was made and renewed for specified periods during which the ryot was not liable to be ousted from the land.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1,2 and 3
- Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyaya՚s novel ‘Ganadevata’ portrays the decline of which one of the following systems?
- Zamindari system
- Ryotwari system
- Jajmani system
- Mahalwari system
- Which one of the following regions was ruled by Mirza Haider Dughlat, the author of Tarikh-I Rashidi, as a Sultan in the medieval period?
- Bengal
- Jaunpur
- Kashmir
- Bijapur