History

411. Who of the following led the army of the East India Company in the battle of Buxar in 1764?

1. Hector Munro
2. Watson
3. Warren Hastings
4. Lord Clive

Option “1” is correct.
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.
412. Who gave the slogan “Dilli Chalo” or “March to Delhi”?

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. B. G . Tilak
3. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Subhash Chandra Bose

Option “4” is correct.
Subhash Chandra Bose gave slogan “Dilli Chalo” or “March to Delhi”.
413. Which emperor wrote the play ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language?

1. Prabhakaravardhana
2. Harshavardhana
3. Chandragupta II
4. Bindusara

Option “2” is correct.
Nagananda (Joy of the Serpents) is a Sanskrit play attributed to king Harshavardhana (ruled 606 C.E. – 648 C.E.).
414. Takshashila University was located between which two rivers?

1. Indus and Jhelum
2. Jhelum and Ravi
3. Beas and Indus
4. Satluj and Indus

Option “1” is correct.
Taxila was a centre of learning and is considered by some to have been one of the earliest universities in the world. It is an important archaeological site and in 1980, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was located between Indus and Jhelum.
415. The “Chishtia sufi Order” in India was established by-

1. Khwaja Badaruddin
2. Khwaja Muinuddin
3. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhind
4. Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya

Option “2” is correct.
The “Chishtia sufi Order” was established in Chishti of Afghanistan by Ishaq Shami and his disciple Khwaja Abdal Chishti, but it was primarily established in India by Muinuddin Chishti. He came to India with the army of Muhammad Ghori in 1192 (12 centrury).
416. The method of moderate leaders of the Congress was?

1. Non Co-operation
2. Constitutional Legitations
3. Passive Resistance
4. Civil Disobedience

Option “2” is correct.
They have become known as “Early Nationalists” because they believed in demanding reforms while adopting constitutional and peaceful means to achieve their aims
417. 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.
418. When was Burma separated from India?

1. 1947
2. 1942
3. 1937
4. 1932

Option “3” is correct.
Burma separated from India in 1937 in the hope of weakening Burmese nationalist movement.
419. The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by-

1. Ganesh Agarkar
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Dadabhai Naoraji
4. Pheroz Shah Mehta

Option “3” is correct.
The Second Session of Indian National Congress was presided by Dadabhai Naoraji in 1886.
420. Who among the following is known as ‘Martin Luther’ of India?

1. Swami Vivekanand
2. Swami Shraddhanand
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Swami Dayanand Saraswat

Option “4” is correct.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati is known as Martin Luther of India.