History Quiz – 57

1. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of

2. The great religious thinker and philosopher Shankaracharya was born in Kerala at

3. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?

4. Srikakulam was the capital of

5. Who, among the following is remembered to this day by the Rajputs as a model of chivalry and courage, and is the hero of many folk ballads?

6. Which of the following was not one of the recommendations of the Cabinet Minion (1946) about the Constitution of India?

7. The famous ‘Ratings Mutiny’ (Revolt of a section of Indian soldiers serving In the Royal Indian Navy) in Bombay in February 1946 was calmed down largely by the efforts of

8. The socialist group in the INC during, the 1930s had been led by

9. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of

10. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year

11. The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote

12. The Mughal Empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of

13. A contemporary rival dynasty of the Cholas in South India was

14. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit play written by Kalidasa