The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of:
- (A) Babur
- (B) Akbar
- (C) Jahangir
- (D) Shah Jahan
- (C) Jahangir
Who among the following was regarded as “Zinda Pir”?
- (A) Akbar
- (B) Babur
- (C) Aurangzeb
- (D) Jahangir
- (C) Aurangzeb
In 1757, Siraj-ud-Daula was defeated by:
- (A) Canning
- (B) Lord Clive
- (C) Hastings
- (D) Cornwallis
- (B) Lord Clive
The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by:
- (A) Warren Hastings
- (B) Sir William Jones
- (C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- (D) T.B. Macaulay
- (B) Sir William Jones
The strategy of “Divide and Rule” was adopted by:
- (A) Lord Curzon
- (B) Lord Minto
- (C) Lord Canning
- (D) Lord Wellesley
- (B) Lord Minto
The practice of Satti was declared illegal by:
- (A) Lord William Bentick
- (B) William Jones
- (C) Lord Cornwallis
- (D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- (A) Lord William Bentick
Queen Victoria was appointed Empress of India in the year:
- (A) 1858
- (B) 1862
- (C) 1877
- (D) 1890
- (C) 1877
The Simon Commission was concerned with:
- (A) Higher education
- (B) Famines
- (C) Reforms in princely states
- (D) Constitutional reforms
- (D) Constitutional reforms
Who was viceroy when Prime Minister Attlee showed intention to transfer power to Indians?
- (A) Lord Irwin
- (B) Lord Wavell
- (C) Lord Curzon
- (D) Lord Mountbatten
- (B) Lord Wavell
Which assembly passed One Unit Act?
- (A) First Constituent Assembly
- (B) First Elected Assembly
- (C) Second Constituent Assembly
- (D) Second Elected Assembly
- (C) Second Constituent Assembly