The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
Answer: B
It was Dadabhai Naoroji.
He set out the drain theory in Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901, arguing that home charges, remittances and salaries transferred wealth to Britain without any return. R. C. Dutt developed it in his economic history, but the theory is Naoroji's.
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To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
Answer: D
He defeated the Hindushahis.
Mahmud broke Jayapala at Peshawar in 1001 and his son Anandapala at Chach in 1008, ending Hindushahi power in the Kabul valley and Punjab and opening the plains to his later raids.
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The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
Answer: C
It is found in Badauni's Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh.
The declaration of 1579 made Akbar the final arbiter between conflicting rulings of the ulama. Badauni, hostile to it, preserves the text; Abul Fazl, writing the official history, passes over the document itself.
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The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
Answer: B
It was signed with Cornwallis.
The Treaty of Seringapatam ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War in 1792. Tipu ceded half his territory, paid an indemnity of three crore rupees and gave up two of his sons as hostages until it was paid.
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Which script of modern India have descended from the Sarda Script?
1. Gurmukhi
2. Dogri
3. Sindhi
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
Answer: D
All three - Gurmukhi, Dogri and Sindhi.
Sharada developed in Kashmir about the eighth century from the western branch of Brahmi, and its descendants spread across the north-west: Gurmukhi and Landa in Punjab, Takri and its Dogri form in the hills, and the Khudabadi and Khojki scripts used for Sindhi.
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In which language were the Buddhist literary works generally written?
Answer: D
Generally in Pali.
The Theravada canon is entirely in Pali, the language closest to the speech the Buddha used. Mahayana works were later written in Sanskrit and in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, but the early literature is Pali.
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Zero was invented by ?
Answer: C
It is credited to Aryabhata.
He used a place-value system with a decimal base in the Aryabhatiya of 499, in which a symbol for the empty place is implicit. Brahmagupta first stated the arithmetic of zero as a number in 628, and the earliest inscribed zero is at Gwalior in 876.
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Under the Government of India Act, 1935, the provincial legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
Answer: D
The exception was Punjab.
Six of the eleven provinces - Bengal, Bombay, Madras, Bihar, Assam and the United Provinces - received a legislative council alongside the assembly under the 1935 Act. Punjab, along with the Central Provinces, NWFP, Orissa and Sind, had a single chamber.
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All India Harijan Sangha established in ?
Answer: C
It was established in 1932.
Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League in September 1932, immediately after the Poona Pact, and it was renamed the Harijan Sevak Sangh. Ghanshyam Das Birla was its president and Amritlal Thakkar its secretary.
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Sirajuddaula was ___ of Alivardi Khan.
Answer: B
He was his grandson.
Siraj-ud-Daula was the son of Alivardi Khan's youngest daughter Amina Begum, and was nominated successor over his cousins. He became Nawab of Bengal in 1756 and was defeated at Plassey the next year.
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