Indian History Questions Answers

71. Nalanda Vihar was destroyed by

  • A) Bakhtiyar Khalji
  • B) Qutubddin Aibak
  • C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • D) Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Bakhtiyar Khalji

72. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution was

  • A) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • B) Rajendra Prasad
  • C) B.R. Ambedkar
  • D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: B.R. Ambedkar

73. Who introduced the Zamindari system in India?

  • A) Warren Hastings
  • B) Lord Minto
  • C) John Adam
  • D) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Cornwallis

74. Who was the ruler of Magadha when Alexander invaded India?

  • A) Udayin
  • B) Dhana Nanda
  • C) Bindusara
  • D) Bimbisara
Answer: Dhana Nanda. He ruled Magadha during Alexander’s 326 BCE invasion.

75. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was introduced by

  • A) Lord Wellesley
  • B) Lord Cornwallis
  • C) Lord William Bentinck
  • D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie. It annexed states without heirs.

76. Which Gupta king issued a gold coin depicting a rhinoceros?

  • A) Chandragupta II
  • B) Samudragupta
  • C) Kumaragupta I
  • D) Skandagupta
Answer: Kumaragupta I. His coins featured a rhinoceros.

77. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed before

  • A) First Round Table
  • B) Second Round Table
  • C) Third Round Table
  • D) None of the above
Answer: Second Round Table

78. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was

  • A) Alam Shah
  • B) Iltutmish
  • C) Qutbuddin Aibak
  • D) Balban
Answer: Iltutmish

79. Who was the founder of the Indian Association

  • A) Dadabhai Naoroji
  • B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • C) Surendranath Banerjee
  • D) AO Hume
Answer: Surendranath Banerjee

80. The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment was

  • A) C Vijaraghavachari
  • B) B G Tilak
  • C) Bipin Chandra Pal
  • D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: B G Tilak
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