Comprehensive collection of questions from Indian History asked in recent state service examinations. Each question is verified with official answer keys and step-by-step bilingual solutions.
The Indian Famine Code of 1883 was prepared by which of the following commissions?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II A. Treaty of Allahabad 1. 1754 B. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 2. 1746 C. Capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais 3. 1748 D. Recall of Dupleix 4. 1765
Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (War) List-II (Year) A. Second Anglo-Mysore War 1. 1803-05 A.D. B. Second Anglo-French War 2. 1780-84 A.D. C. Second Anglo-Maratha War 3. 1878-80 A.D. D. Second Anglo-Afghan War 4. 1750-54 A.D.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Year) List-II (Event) A. 1775 1. First Anglo-Burmese War B. 1780 2. First Anglo-Afghan War C. 1824 3. First Anglo-Maratha War D. 1838 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War
Consider the following wars and arrange them in correct chronological order: 1. First Anglo-Mysore War 2. Second Anglo-French War 3. First Anglo-Sikh War 4. First Anglo-Afghan War Select the correct answer from the code given below:
In the context of India, the paternalistic approach to governance is frequently associated with which of the following?
Consider the following events of modern Indian history: 1. Execution of Raja Nand Kumar 2. Treaty of Salbai 3. Battle of Wandiwash 4. Death of Tipu Sultan Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
Consider the following events and arrange them in chronological order: I. Battle of Mudki II. Battle of Porto Novo III. Battle of Shakar Kheda IV. Battle of Bedara Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Consider the following events and arrange them in chronological order from the earliest: 1. Vellore Mutiny 2. Death of Nana Fadnavis 3. Recall of Wellesley 4. Anglo-Nepalese War Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II A. Andrew Fraser 1. Famine Commission B. Antony MacDonnell 2. Irrigation Commission C. Colin Scott Moncrieff 3. Police Commission D. Thomas Robertson 4. Railway Commission
From the chronological point of view, which of the following events occurred last?
Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? List-I (Period) List-II (War) 1. 1767-69 A.D. First Anglo-Maratha War 2. 1790-92 A.D. Third Mysore War 3. 1824-26 A.D. First Anglo-Burmese War 4. 1845-46 A.D. Second Sikh War Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Which of the following famines in nineteenth-century India was described as the 'Sea of Calamity'?
With reference to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, which of the following statements is correct?
Which of the following commissions were related to famines in British India? 1. Campbell Commission 2. Lyall Commission 3. Strachey Commission 4. Hunter Commission Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Who among the following termed the Government of India Act, 1935 as a 'Charter of Slavery'?
In the 19th century, the fear of which country's expansion towards India was the basis of Anglo-Afghan relations?
The 'Instrument of Instructions' contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 was incorporated in the Constitution of India in 1950 as–
Who said: 'I make no apology with respect to the charge that the Draft Constitution has reproduced a good part of the provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935'?
In the federation established by the Government of India Act, 1935, residuary powers were allocated to–
By which of the following Acts was the Council of India abolished?
'Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates?... The British have gone, but they have left the mischief behind.' Who said this in the Constituent Assembly debates?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II A. The Regulating Act, 1773 1. Provision for provincial autonomy B. Indian Councils Act, 1909 2. Introduction of dyarchy C. Government of India Act, 1919 3. Introduction of communal electorate D. Government of India Act, 1935 4. Establishment of Supreme Court
Which law was NOT a historical landmark in constitutional development during the British period?