Indian History | MCQs

Explanation

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is also known as the Amritsar massacre.

It occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

General Reginald Dyer's order led to the killing of at least 379 people and injury of over 1,200 others.

Today, Jallianwala Bagh is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust and underwent renovation from 2019 to 2021.

Explanation

The basis for the partition of India was the contention put forward in I940 by the Muslim League that.

India's Muslims and Hindus constituted two separate nation

The Kashmir conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir

 The Kashmir conflict is also between China and India.

•  India controls approximately 55% of the land area of the region 
• Pakistan controls approximately 30% of the land area of the region.
• China controls approximately 15% of the land area of the region

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SH1-8-2023

Explanation

Qutab ud Din Aibak was the first ruler of the Muslim dynasty in Sub-Continent.

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Qutb al-Din Aibak was a general of Muhammad Ghori.

Qutab ud Din Aibak was in charge of the Ghurid territories in northern India, and after Muhammad Ghori's death.

He became the ruler of an independent kingdom that evolved into the Delhi Sultanate ruled by the Mamluk dynasty.

Qutab ud Din Aibak is buried in Lahore. 

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Al-khafif was the first ruler of soomra dynasty (1011-1026).

Mughal emperor Akbar the first Muslim ruler who tried to reconcile the differences between Muslims and Hindus.

Razia Sultana the first woman ruler of India.

Explanation

Aurangzeb Died on March 3, 1707, Bhingar, Ahmednagar, India
He is buried in a humble tomb in grave in Khulabad
He was the sixth Mughal emperor 
Aurangzeb ruled the Mughal Empire from 1658 to 1707
He Born on November 3, 1618, Dahod, India

Explanation

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born in the Punjab region in 1780.

He founded the Sikh Empire, which was based primarily in Punjab.

Explanation

Lord Curzon divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905.

Explanation

• In 1932 third round table conference held
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  First round table conference: 1930
  
• 2nd round table conference: 1931
• 3rd round table conference:1932
• All round table conference held in London
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• The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–32 were a series of conferences to formulate the future constitution of India in the light of suggestions given by the Indian Leaders
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• Gandhi a leader does not attend the first round table conference 
  
  

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Simla Deputation organized by the Indian Muslim leaders met the Governor-General and Viceroy Lord Minto in Simla on 1 October 1906. 

The delegation of Simla deputation met Lord Minto on 1st October 1906

Explanation

On Nov, 1, 1858 the East India Company hand over the rule of India to British crown

The Company lost all its administrative powers following the Government of India Act of 1858, 

The Queen's Proclamation incorporating the transfer of governance from East India Company to the British Crown was made public at Allahabad, on November 1, 1858 by Lord Canning the first Viceroy of India.

ND5-07-2023

Explanation

• Taxila was considered as Pearl of Gandhara Civilization. 
• language of the Gandhara civilization was:  Prakrit
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• Gandhara's language was a Prakrit or "Middle Indo-Aryan" dialect, usually called Gāndhārī.
• Hindko from Peshawar, which was the capital of Gandhara, came from Shuraseni Prakrit a language spoken in Gandhara.

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