1. Who was regarded as the Nana Sahib?
2. What was saranjam of the Marathas?
3. Next to shivaji who was the greatest exponent ofguerilla tactics of warfare?
4. When and where was Shivaji born?
5. Shivaji signed the Treaty of purandhar in which year and with whom?
6. Who was Dadaji Kondadeva?
7. Who was the founder of the autonomous Kingdom of awadh?
8. Who founded the state of Hyderabad?
9. Who was the first Europeans to set up trading settlements in India?
10. Who captured Goa for the Portuguese in 1510?
11. Which were the two headquaters of the French East India company on the eastern coast of India?
12. What was the occasion for the Portuguese to hand over Bombay to the British?
13. Who were the first to be allowed to make war, conclude treaties, acquire territories and build fortresses?
14. What was the commercial aim of the Portuguese in India?
15. When did the Danes arrive in India and formed an East India Company?
16. When and by whom were the Portuguese driven out of Hughli in Bengal?
17. Total how many wars were fought between the Marathas and the East India Company?
18. Who abolished the system of Dual Government in Bengal?
19. What was the objective of the Vaikom Satyagraha launched in Kerala?
20. Who said “If it was proved to me that it (untouchability) is an essential part of Hinduism I for one would declare myself an open rebel against Hinduism itself”?
21. Who founded the “Bhil Seva Mandal” in 1922 to elevate the condition of the Bhils and other aboriginals in India?
22. “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India” – Whose utterance is this?
23. Where did Vivekananda attend the World’s Parliament of Religion in 1893?
24. Brahma Samaj was founded in which year?
25. Who was called the saint of Dakshineshwar?
Quiz Answers:
1. Balaji Bhajirao
2. In lieu of salaries, the military commanders and the big officials were assigned lands
3. Baji Rao – 1
4. Shivnagar in the year 1627
5. 1665 – Raja Jai Singh
6. ¬Shivaji’s Guardian Tutor
7. Saadat Khan
8. Chin Qalich Khan
9. Portuguese
10. Albuquerque
11. French and British
12. The marriage of Charles – II with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza
13. The Netherlanders
14. Capture pepper and other superior prices trade
15. 1616
16. 1631 – Qasim Khan
17. 4
18. Warren Hastings
19. Open the temples for the entry of the lower castes avarnas
20. M.K.Gandhi
21. Amritlal Vittal Das Thakkar
22. Bankim Chandra Chattarjee
23. Chikago
24. 1828
25. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Compiled by: G. Pavan Kumar, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh
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