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Question 51.

Under
the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to
decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or
India..


  1.    Assam
  2.    Punjab
  3.    Bengal
  4.    N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam


Question 52.


Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of



  1.    Travancore
  2.    Baroda
  3.    Hyderabad
  4.    Mysore
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Travancore


Question 53.

There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?



  1.    Santhals
  2.    Ahoms
  3.    Pagal Panthis
  4.    Ramosi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Santhals


Question 54.

The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the



  1.    9th Century AD
  2.    10th Century AD
  3.    12th Century AD
  4.    14th Century AD
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 14th Century AD


Question 55.

The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was



  1.    Bhojpuri
  2.    Magadhi
  3.    Pali
  4.    Sanskrit
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Pali


Question 56.


To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?



  1.    Chandragupta
  2.    Ashoka
  3.    Kanishka
  4.    Harsha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ashoka


Question 57.

Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were



  1.    Babar and Humayun
  2.    Humayun and Jahangir
  3.    Babar and Jahangir
  4.    Jahangir and Shahjahan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Babar and Jahangir


Question 58.


Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over



  1.    Indo-Greeks
  2.    Sakas
  3.    Parthinas
  4.    Kushanas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Sakas


Question 59.


The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in



  1.    1848 AD
  2.    1856 AD
  3.    1858 AD
  4.    1862 AD
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1858 AD


Question 60.


To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?



  1.    Karkota
  2.    Utpala
  3.    Paramara
  4.    Gurjara Pratihara
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Paramara


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