History Quiz – 40

1. The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was

2. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were

3. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?

4. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by

5. The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of

6. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of

7. ‘Gita Govinda’ as written in the 12th century by

8. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their

9. The East India Company was established in the year

10. The office of Governor-General of India was created by the

11. The deep transforming effect that the Kalinga War had on Ashoka has been described in

12. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was

13. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?

14. On Cabinet Mission, _______ observed, “the proposals preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by the dispute between two major communities”.