Indian History MCQ

81. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed

• A) Lord Irwin
• B) Lord Reading
• C) Lord Chelmsford
• D) Lord Wavell

82. Which one is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha

• A) Kapilavastu
• B) Lumbini
• C) Kushinagar
• D) Sarnath

83. Who introduced English as official language

• A) Lord William Bentinck
• B) Sir Charles Wood
• C) Dalhousie
• D) Allan Octavian Hume

84. Chandragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire after defeating

• A) Shunga Dynasty
• B) Nanda Dynasty
• C) Shishunaga Dynasty
• D) Gupta Dynasty

85. In which year, Queen Victoria took the title of 'Empress of India'

• A) 1757
• B) 1857
• C) 1876
• D) 1902

86. When the Sati system was abolished

• A) 1829
• B) 1845
• C) 1873
• D) 1880

87. Who wrote the pamphlet 'Why I am an Atheist' in Jail

• A) Mahatma Gandhi
• B) Jawaharlal Nehru
• C) Bhagat Singh
• D) Subhash Chandra Bose

88. Who led the Kanpur rebellion during the Indian Rebellion of 1857

• A) Babu Kunwar Singh
• B) Bakht Khan
• C) Rani Laxmi Bai
• D) Nana Sahib

89. Who was the founder of Madras

• A) Robert Clive
• B) Lord Dalhousie
• C) Sir John Child
• D) Francis Day

90. The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1885, was presided over by

• A) J L Nehru
• B) VV Giri
• C) Lala Lajpat Rai
• D) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee