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mosr important history questions for PSC/SSC part 2

26 The statement, “We have crippled over enemy without making our friends too formidable”, is associated with (a) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (b) Third Anglo-Mysore War (c) Second Angle-Mysore War (d) First Anglo-Mysore War 27 Who among the following historians has remarked that the government of Bengal during the period 1765 AD to 1772 AD was a Robber State? (a) K. M. Panikkar (b) G.W. Forest (c) Lord Macaulay (d) Nand Lal Chatterjee 28 . Who among the following authored the book entitled “The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness”? (a) Ram Mohan Roy (b) Michael Madhusudan Dutt (c) Thomas Babington Macaulay (d) William Carey 29 Who among the following had said, “God intended me to look upon all religions with one eye, that is why he took away the light from the other”? (a) Maharaja Dalip Singh (b) Maharaja Sher Singh (c) Maharaja Ranjeet Singh (d) None of the above 30. Mahatma  Gandhi  compared  Pherozeshah  Mehta  with  the Himalayas, Tilak with th

important history questions for competitive exams

25 Most important questions for PSC/SSC/NET on Indian History..... 1 Who among the foreign travellers describes how the Ganga water was carried in copper vessels for Mughal emperors to drink? (a) Thomas Coryat (b) Edward Terry  (c) Ralph Fitch (d) Sir Thomas Roe 2 . “Both Agra and Fatehpur Sikri are bigger than London.” This statement was made by (a) Bernier (b) Manueci (c) Ralph Fitch (d) Hawkins 3 . “Din-i-Ilahi’ was a movement of Akbar’s folly, not of his wisdom.” Who made this statement? (a) A.L. Srivastava (b) R.P. Tripathi (c) V.A. Smith (d) S.R. Sharma 4 . The famous historical book ‘Travels of the Mughal Empire’ was written by (a) Ibn-e-Battuta (b) Francois Bernier (c) Al Baruni (d) Thomas Roe 5 With which medieval ruler, would you associate the statement ‘I would have lost the empire just for a handful of Millet’? (a) Babur (b) Akbar (c) Sher Shah (d) Aurangzeb 6 The theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original home of Aryans is popularised by:  [A] B.G. Ti