History Quiz – 40

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

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

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

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

5. The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was

6. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by

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

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

9. The East India Company was established in the year

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

11. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were

12. 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

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

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