Fact Finder (History)
1. The mature phase of
Indus Valley civilization (2600-1900 BCE) is known as - Harappan Civilization.
2.
The foundations of the British empire in India were it is
said, laid by – Robert Clive
3. The mother of Shah Jahan
was a Rathor princess, daughter of the Rajput ruler of - Marwar (Jodhpur)
4.
During the reign of which Viceroy of India elections were
held for the first time in 11 Indian State? Lord, Linlithgow
5.
Satavahana dynasty also known as Andhra Empire was founded by
which ruler? Simuka
6. Who was the perpetrator
of Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13th of April 1919, at Jalianwalla
Bagh in Amritsar (Pubjab)? General
Reginald Dyer
7. The Battle of Plassey, a
small village and mango grove between Calcutta and Murshidabad, was fought in
the year - 1757
8.
Who was the first sultan who annexed Gujarat to the Delhi
Sultanate? Sultan Alauddin khalji
9. In the Battle of
Plassey, the forces of the East India Company fought against Nawab of Bengal
under - Robert Clive
10. Visakhadatta sketches
the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work - Mudrarakasam
11. The Venetian traveter
who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was - Nicolo de Conti
12.
During AD 608-642, who was the greatest ruler of the Chalukya
(Solanki) Dynasty? Pulakesi II
13. In Ad 1538 Sher Shah
Suri defeated which ruler of Bengal and made Bengal a part of his empire? Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
14. Robert Clive first
arrived in India in 1743 as a civil servant of the- East India Company
15.
The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to
Allexander was situated between the rivers of -Jhelum and Chenab
16.
Vasco di Gama sailing via cape of good hope in 1498, marked
the beginning of the European era in Indian history when he landed at – Calicut
17.
The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi
which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was – Kaiser-e-Hind
18.
In 1526 Babur defeated the Sultan on Delhi at Panipat and
captured Delhi and Agra. Name of the Sultan of Delhi was – Ibrahim Lodi
19.
After the Vakatakas, there was a brief interlude when the
kalachuri dynasty ruled over parts of this region in the 6th century,
from the dynastic capital at – Mahishmati
20.
Which Rajput ruler was overthrown by the Turk Muhammad Ghori
form Delhi? – Prithvi Raj chauhan
