Option “4” is correct. Abu’l Fazl was assassinated while he was returning from the Deccan by Vir Singh Bundela between Sarai Vir and Antri in a plot contrived by Akbar’s eldest son Prince Salim.
172. Which among the following was also known as Bandobast system?
1. Zabti
2. parukh
3. Nasaq
4. Kankut
Option “1” is correct. Akbar introduced the Dahasala or Zabati system of land revenue collection in 1580-82 to alleviate the problems arising due to fixing prices every year and doing settlements of revenues of previous years.In this system, average produce of ten years was derived. One third of this average produce was fixed in Rupees per Bigha and fixed as share of the state (Mal). Rest two third share was left to the cultivators (Kharaj).
173. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?
1. Home rule Move ment
2. Non-Cooperation Movement
3. Civil disobedience Movement
4. Quit India Movement
Option “3” is correct. The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of non violent civil disobedience in colonial India initiated by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi, as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production, deemed their sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it.
174. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj.
2. Dr Annie Besant was a theosophist.
3. Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar.
4. Sir C V Raman (Nobel Laureate) started his life as an Assistant.
Option “3” is correct. Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar.
175. During India’s freedom struggle, which one of the following led to the first ‘All India Hartal’?
1. Protest against Rowlatt Act
2. Protest against Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
3. Trial of Mahatma Gandhi
4. Arrival of Simon Commission
Option “1” is correct. First all India hartal on April 6, was a “ha rtal” organised where Indians would suspend all business and fast as a sign of their opposition and civil disobedience would be offered against specific law. This event is known as the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
176. The writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at ________ in England.
1. London
2. Manchester
3. Liverpool
4. Haileybury
Option “4” is correct. Haileybury is an independent school near Hertford in England.
177. The Gupta gold coins were known as-
1. Dinara
2. Karsapana
3. Rupaka
4. Nisaka
Option “1” is correct. The gold coins of Gupta period were called Dinara inspired by the Roman coins but later the coins were minted in the Indian style with the weight standard of 9.2 gms of gold and called Suvarna
178. Which of the following rulers started Gupta currency system?
1. Srigupta
2. Chandragupta I
3. Samudragupta
4. Chandragupta II
Option “2” is correct. Chandragupta I was a king of the Gupta Empire around 320 CE. As the ruler of the Gupta Empire, he is known for forging alliances with many powerful families in the Ganges region. He also married a Licchhavi princess, Kumaradevi, indicating that the matrimonial connections between the two led to the “political greatness” of the Gupta dynasty.
179. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
