Indian History | MCQs

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In 1905 Minto was appointed viceroy of India, with John Morley as secretary of state.

Lord Minto arrived in India as Viceroy in 1905. He served in this role until 1910. 

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The first Round Table Conference convened from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931

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The Second Round table conference was held from 7 September 1931 to 1 December 1931 in London. 

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The Third Round Table Conference was held in 1932 between November and December. 

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All three round table conferences were attended by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Tej Bahadur Sapru.

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Poona Pact was signed by Madan Mohan Malviya 

On behalf of Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar 

At Yerwada Central Jail in Pune on September 24, 1932.

It was signed during the time of Lord Willington.

Explanation

Dayanand Saraswati was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj.

Arya Samaj founded in 1875

Explanation

Lord Canning was the last Governor-General of East India Company.

He became the first Viceroy of India under Crown rule after the Queen Victoria's proclamation (also called Magna Carta of India) in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between Congress and Muslim League

at a joint session of both parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

Through the pact, the two parties agreed to allow representation to religious minorities in the provincial legislatures.

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Bahadur Shah Zafar is the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).

He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India

Bahadur Shah Zafar died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.

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• Jahangir was the first Mughal Emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India.
• He gave permission for trade to the British East India Company, allowing them to establish a factory at Surat in 1613.
• This marked the beginning of British trade in India during the Mughal era.

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Qutb Uddin Aibak was a slave and general of Muhammad Ghauri.

Later becoming the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.

After Ghauri's assassination in 1206, Aibak declared himself Sultan of Delhi and established the Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty.