886.By whom was the state of Hyderabad founded under the Mughals?
Hussain Ali Khan
Chin Kilich Khan
Abdullah Khan
None of the Above
887.Who invaded India during the period of A.D. 1738–1739? He was the ruler of which country?
Hussain Ali Khan, Mughal
Nadir Shah, Iran
Abdullah Khan, Mysore
None of the Above
888.The single most important power which came into view after the decline of Mughal dynasty was ______.
The Marathas
The Gurghas
The Hindu Raja
Cholas
889.Who was referred as Peshwa during the Maratha rule in India?
Chief Minister
Ruler
Caption
Group of Ministers in Court
890.In Maratha Confederacy during the region of Shahu, name the Peshwa who held power
Between 1720 – 1740.
Between 1720 – 1740.
Baji Rao I
Baji Rao II
Baji Rao III
None of the Above
891.In the context of the Marathas what did the terms Chauth and Sardeshmukhi mean?
Tributes collected by the Marathas
Tributes collected by the Gurgas
Tributes collected by the Mysore
Tributes collected by the Masulipatinam
892.The important Portuguese trade centres in the Western coast of India were ______.
Goa
Nagpur
Mangalore
Mysore
894.The widowed daughter-in-law of the Holkar ruler Malhar Rao was ______.
Ahalya Bai
Catherine Marry
Jullee
None of the Above
895.Under whose support the dance form- kathak evolved in the region of Lucknow?
Nawabs of Awadh
Nawabs of Mysore
Nawabs of kasi
Nawabs of Marathas
897.Who was the sultan of Mysore who faced the challenge of the British East India Company?
Muttuswami Diksitar
Tipu Sultan
Nawab of Bengal
Marathas
898.The major social and widespread evils in 18th Century India were ______.
Child marriage
Dowry
Polygamy, Sati
All the Above
899.What were the mediums of higher education till 18th Century?
Sanskrit and Persian
English and Persian
Hindi and Urdu
All the Above
900.Karnatak tradition of Indian classical music developed in the region of ______.
Madras
Thanjavur
Kancheepuram
Mysore
901.The original compositions of what is today known as the Karnatak tradition of Indian classical music came to be written by ______.
Tyagaraja
Muttuswami Diksitar
Syma Sastri.
All the Above
902.In the Battle of Plassey, in 1757 who was defeated by the East India Company?
Nawab of Bengal
Nawabs of Mysore
Nawabs of kasi
Nawabs of Marathas
903.In 1761 the third battle of Panipat was fought between ______.
Ahmad Shah Abdali
Marathas
A & B
None of the Above
904.The diwani of Bengal was transferred to the East India Company in the year ______.
1765
1766
1768
1763
905.In 1857 the Last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II, was deposed by the British and sent away to ______.
Rangoon
Mysore
Marathas
Madras
906.In 1760 which battle resulted the end of French power in India?
Battle of Wandiwash
Battle of Plassy
Battle of Mysore
Battle of panipat
907.Who were defeated in Battle of Buxar by the English in 1764?
Nawab Mir Quasim
Nawab Shuja-ud-daula
Shah Alam II
All the Above
908.As a result of the Regulating Act (1773) who became the first Governor General of Bengal?
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Sir Thomas Roe
Francis Day
909.Which Governor Generals of India is known as the father of Indian Civil Services?
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Sir Thomas Roe
Lord Cornwallis
910.Who introduced the system of the Permanent Settlement, also called the Permanent Settlement in Bengal for effective agricultural methods and productivity.
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Sir Thomas Roe
Lord Cornwallis
911.Who adopted the policy of Subsidiary Alliance and established the Fort William College at Calcutta.
Robert Clive
Sir Thomas Roe
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Wellesley
913.Guru Gobind Singh created Khalsa on ______
30th March 1699
28th March 1699
29th March 1699
28th March 1699
914.Which was the first newspaper in India and when was it published?
The New India, 1788
Merchant in India, 1788
The Bengal Gazette, 1780
None of the Above
916.Who laid the foundation of railways in India?
Lord Dalhousie
Robert Clive
Sir Thomas Roe
Lord Cornwallis
917.Which Act put an end to the monopoly of the East India Company over the India Trade?
Charter Acts of 1813
Charter Acts of 1815
Charter Acts of 1814
Charter Acts of 1812
919.First Indian railway train service from Bombay to Thane was started on ______.
16th April, 1855
20th October, 1855
16th April, 1853
None of the Above
920.British crown took over the Indian Government to end the rule of East India Company in the year ______.
1855
1856
1858
1857
922.The date of Birth of M. K. Gandhi. is ______.
2nd October 1870
2nd October 1868
2nd October 1869
2nd October 1872