Indian History | MCQs

Explanation

Prithviraj Chauhan has often been described as “the last Hindu emperor”

the twelfth-century Indian ruler Prithviraj Chauhan, 

Prithviraj III, popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora,

Prithviraj was a king from the Chauhan dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan.

Born: 1166, Gujarat, India

Died: 1192, Ajmer, India

Reign: c. 1177–1192 CE

Explanation

The first Mughal Emperor, Babur, was succeeded by his son, Humayun, who ruled in India for a decade but was expelled.

Eventually he took refuge with the Safavid shah of Persia, who helped him regain Delhi in 1555, the year before his death.

Explanation

Indian Councils Act of 1909, moreover called Morley-Minto Reforms, arrangement of change measures ordered in 1909 by the British Parliament, the main component of which specifically presented the elective principle to membership within the majestic and neighborhood authoritative chambers in India.

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Explanation

9 jails in Punjab were constructed during the 19th century. 

The following jails in Punjab were built during the 19th century: 

• Central Jail Gujranwala (1854)
• District Jail Jhelum (1854)
• District Jail Rajanpur (1860)
• District Jail Sialkot (1865)
• District Jail Shahpur (1873)
• District Jail Faisalabad (1873)
• District Jail Multan (1872)
• Borstal Institution & Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur (1882)
• District Jail Dadu (1874): (though now in Sindh, it was formerly part of Punjab)

Explanation

The Buddha was a philosopher, mendicant, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who lived in ancient India.

He is revered as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and worshipped by most Buddhist schools as the Enlightened One who has transcended Karma and escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth.

Buddha Born: Lumbini, Nepal

Buddha Died: Kushinagar, India

Buddha Full name: Siddhartha Gautama

Explanation

The Mamluk Dynasty was the first dynasty to reign, followed by the Khilji Dynasty, and then the Lodhi Dynasty.

Mamluk Dynasty

The first dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate, reigning from 1206–1290.

The Mamluk Dynasty was founded by Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak, a Mamluk (enslaved soldier) of the Muslim general and later sultan Muḥammad of Ghūr.

Khilji Dynasty

The second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate, reigning from 1290–1320.

The Khilji Dynasty was founded by Jalal-ud-din Khalji, who took the throne by murdering the last Mamluk Dynasty ruler. 

Lodhi Dynasty

The first Lodī ruler was Bahlūl Lodī, who reigned from 1451–89.

Bahlūl replaced the last king of the Sayyid dynasty. 

Explanation

• Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India, serving from 1773 to 1785.
• Lord Canning was the last Governor General, serving until 1858 when the British crown took direct control.

Explanation

The Lodhi Dynasty was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

It was ruling from 1451 until the defeat by Babur in 1526, which led to the establishment of the Mughal Empire.

The first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate was the Mamluk Dynasty (also known as the Slave Dynasty), which began with Qutb al-Din Aibak in 1206.

Explanation

According to the Nehru Report (1928), Hindi was proposed to be made the national language of India.

The report emphasized Hindi in the Devanagari script as a unifying language for the country.

The Nehru Report of 28 August 1928 was a memorandum to appeal for new dominion status and a federal set-up of government for the constitution of India.

Explanation

Jalal uddin Muhammad Akbar was a Mughal emperor.

He was born in Umarkot (Sindh) in 1542.

He became Emperor in 1556.

He was died in 1605.