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History One Liner QnA

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1. Who is known as the father of Communal Electorate in India? -> LORD

MINTO II
2. When and Where was the Gadhar Party formed? -> 1913, San Francisco

3. Cripps Mission arrived in India on which year? -> March, 1942

4. Which act introduced bicameral legislature in India? Government of

India Act, 1919
5. Which Act introduced 'Dyarchy' at the Centre? Government of India
Act, 1935.
6. Where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India?
Surat
7. The Portfolio System was recognized under which Act? Indian Councils

Act, 1861 by Lord Canning.

8. Who presided the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

9. In which year, Partition of Bengal was annulled? 1911

10. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Cabinet Mission Plan? Lord
Wavell
11. _____________ is known as the “Magna Carta” of English education in

India. -> Wood’s Despatch/Dispatch -> Wood’s despatch (1854)

suggested that primary schools must Adopt vernacular languages. The
despatch suggested that high schools use Anglo-vernacular medium
and that English should be the medium for college-level education.
12. Who introduced the local self-government in India? Viceroy Lord Ripon.

13. The treaty of Sugauli was signed between the British East India

Company and which of following neighboring countries of India? Nepal

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14. The third battle of Panipat was fought in which year? 1761

15. The actual revolt of 1857 was started from which place? Meerut

16. The Congress Socialist Party was established in which year? 1934

17. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of Indian

National Congress? Lord Dufferin

18. When and where was the Muslim League founded? Dhaka, 1906

19. Who established Fort Willian and why? Lord Wellesley, to train British

civilians for administrative purposed in India.

20. Where did Rabindranath Tagore translate the National Anthem from

Bengali to English? Madhanapalle of Andhra Pradesh.

21. Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable

people as its target audience was published by? -> Gopal Baba
Walangkar
22. Quit India Resolution was Adopted by AICC on? 8th August, 1942

23. ‘Ulgulan’ is the description of which of the following events? Birsa

Munda Revolt, 1899-1900

24. Who is associated with ‘Songs from Prison', a translation of ancient

Indian religious lyrics in English? Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

25. Which movement began with Dandi March? Civil Disobedience
Movement.
26. The Partition of Bengal took effect from? 16th October, 1905

27. Which Prime Minister sent the Cripps Mission to India? Winston
Churchill.
28. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the swadeshi

movement? The Partition of Bengal, 1905.

29. Which Act is associated with the Jallianwala Massacre? Rowlatt Act.

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30. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt act was passed? Lord
Chelmsford.
31. ‘Do or Die; is associated with which of the following movements? Quit

India Movement.
32. Who were the official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission? Pandit

Nehru and Maulana Azad.

33. Mahatma Gandhi took fast unto death in 1932 because? Ramsay

Macdonald announced the Communal Award.

34. In which session of INC the ‘Purna Swaraj’ Resolution was passed?

Lahore Session of INC, 1929.

35. Why did Indian people agitate against the arrival of the Simon

Commission? There was no Indian Member in the Commission.

36. Who introduced permanent settlement in India? Lord Cornwallis.

37. Objective of Butler Committee, 1927? Improve the relationship

between Indian States and the Government of India.

38. Who changed their name to Swarajya Sabha in 1920? All India Home
Rule League.
39. Who organized a march on Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April
1930? C.
Rajagopalachari.
40. What did Satyasodhak Samaj organize? An anti-caste movement in
Maharashtra.
41. Radcliff Committee was organized to? Delimit the boundaries between

India and Pakistan.

42. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

43. Neeldarpan was written by whom and when? Dinabandhu Mitra, 1859.

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44. The First Factory act was adopted during which Viceroy’s time? Lord
Ripon.
45. What was the demand for the Tehbhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal?

The reduction of the share of Landlords from one-half of the crop to

one-third.
46. Which Party was founded by Subash Chandra Bose in 1939 after he

broke away from the Congress? Forward Bloc.

47. When was the ‘Pakistan Resolution’ presented? 24 March 1940

48. Which Portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim

Government formed in the year 1946? Food and Agriculture.

49. Raleigh commission, 1902 was the outcome of which conference? Simla

Conference of 1901.
50. Who raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’? Subhas Chandra Bose.

51. During the reign of which Mughal Emperor, Mughal Architecture

reached its zenith? Shahjahan

52. Which traveller has recorded his experiences in “Qitab-ul-Rihla” ? Ibn
Battuta
53. The in-charge of revenue collection in The Delhi Sultanate was known
as? Amil
54. Who founded 'Chalisha', Turk-i-Chahalghani and Chahalgani system?
Iltutmish.
55. Which Mughal ruler introduced the Mansabdari system in India? Akbar

56. Abul Fazl, the author of Akbarnama, started his time in the Mughal

empire as? Mansabdar

57. Mughal emperor that shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to

albums and individual portraits was? Jahangir

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58. Araghatta refers to? Waterwheel used in the irrigation of Land.

59. Mahattara and Pattakila in Medieval India were used for ? Village
headmen
60. Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was? The hall in which Akbar held

discussions with scholars of Various Religions.

61. Where is the Virupaksha temple located? Hampi.

62. Who was the first bhakti saint to use Hindi language for the

propagation of his message? Ramananda.

63. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna was written by which Bhakti
saint?
Raskhan.
64. Who was the first to decipher the edicts of Emperor Ashoka? James
Princep.
65. Who was the founder of Bahmani Kingdom? Hasan Gangu

66. _______________ represents the inward or esoteric, mystical side of

Islam. Sufism.
67. Who wrote Humayun Nama? Gulbadan Begum

68. Nana Sahib was the adopted son of? Peshwa Baji Rao II

69. “Silver Tanka” and “Copper Jital” coins were introduced by: Iltutmish

70. Which ruler earned the title of Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara?

Harihara I
71. The two ways of imaging the nature of the divine during the Bhakti

movement of Hinduism was? Nirguna and Saguna.

72. Who preached Visishtadvaita? Ramanujacharya

73. Which Sufi’s Dargah is at Ajmer? Moinuddin Chisti.

74. Divya Prabandha is ? Collection of Alwar Saint’s Hymns

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75. Which Bhakti Saint’s poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva and Sur

Sarawali? Sur Das.

76. The rulers of which dynasties adopted the title Devaputra ? Kushanas

77. The Neolithic sites Kuchai and Golbai Sasan are located in which
Indian state? Odisha
78. Which is a ritualistic Veda? Yajurveda

79. The earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the Indian subcontinent is

found in? Mehrgarh

80. Satyamev Jayate is mentioned in which Upanishad? Mundaka

81. Dholavira is known for? Elaborate system of water management

82. “Yogavasistha” was translated into Persian by Nizamuddin Panipati

during the reign of: Akbar

83. Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were? Famous Playwrights

84. Kalidasa is associated with which Ruler Chandra Gupta II

85. Pala dynasty was founded by? Gopala

86. Hundi, in the post- Harsha period refers to ?A bill of exchange

87. Upasaka in Buddhism means? Lay follower of Buddhism 88. Deification

of Buddha, Image worship and

rituals are the features of which school of Buddhism? Mahayana
Buddhism
89. Kalyaana Mandapas was noted in temple structure of which Kingdom?

Vijayanagara
90. ___________ is the future Buddha, yet to come and save the world?
Maitreya
91. "Sthanakvasi" sect belongs to? Jainism

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92. The painting of Bodhisattva Padmapani is one of the most famous and

oft illustrated paintings at? Ajanta

93. Arasavalli is famous for? Sun God Temple

94. The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are? Three main styles of

Indian temple architecture

95. In which year Alexander invaded India? 326 BC

96. Which Buddhist council was held during the reign of Kanishka? 4th, 72
AD
97. Who issued the largest number of gold coins in India? The Guptas

98. Which ruler is credited for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka? Chandra

Gupta Maurya
99. Who wrote Malvikagnimitra? Kalidas

100. Which two towns of Indus valley Civilization were located on the
bank of Ghagghar River? Kalibangan and Banawali.

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