211. What were the smallest unit called in the Vijayanagar Empire?
1. Nadu
2. Khurram
3. Grama
4. Janpad
Option “3” is correct. The Vijayanagara Empire, was based in the Deccan Plateau region in South India. It was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty. The smallest unit in the administration of Vijaynagra empire is Grama.
212. In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by __________ to trade in India.
1. Babur
2. Akbar
3. Aurangzeb
4. Jahangir
Option “4” is correct. In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by Jahangir to trade in India.
213. The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in 1905 by?
1. Lord William Bentinck
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Warren Hastings
4. Lord Curzon
Option “4” is correct. The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in 1905 by Lord Curzon.
214. Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
1. Sheikh Abdullah
2. Manilal Gandhi
3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Option “3” is correct. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan is also known as Frontier Gandhi.
215. Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. C. Rajagopalachari
3. A. Kriplani
4. Lord Mountbatten
Option “2” is correct. C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) served as the first and the only Indian governor general of India .
216. Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in India was held at __________.
1. Champaran
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kheda
4. Allahabad
Option “1” is correct. Gandhi, the exponent of the Satyagraha movement, staged his first Satyagraha in Champaran, in Bihar in 1917.
217. As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt?
1. Taxila
2. Kalinga
3. Ujjain
4. Deccan
Option “1” is correct. Taxila was an ancient city in what is now northwestern Pakistan. It is an important archaeological site and in 1980, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Taxila came under the control of Chandragupta Maurya, who turned Taxila into a regional capital.Taxila is famous for oldest university in the world.
218. The Hathigumpha inscription near Bhubaneshwar, Orissa relates to the king?
1. Susharma
2. Hala
3. Kharavela
4. Pulamayi
Option “3” is correct. The Hathigumpha Inscription, from Udayagiri, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, was inscribed by Kharavela, the then Emperor of Kalinga in India, during 2nd century BCE.
219. The main historical source regarding the information about Self-government under the Cholas is the?
Option “3” is correct. The temple inscriptions of Uthiramerur are notable for their historical descriptions of the rural self-governance. They indicate that Uthiramerur had two village assemblies: Sabha and Ur. Chola administration is famous for its local government.
Option “3” is correct. Megasthenes was born in Asia Minor and became an ambassador of Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid dynasty to Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra, India. Indica is an account of Mauryan India by Megasthenes.
