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History Test 99
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  • Question 1/10
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    Alberuni came to India with
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    • Al-Beruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era.

    • He was given the title "founder of Indology".

    • Beruni accompanied Mahmud on his invasions into India. He lived in India for few years.

    • He was forty-four years old when he went on the journeys with Mahmud of Ghazni.

    • He became acquainted with all things related to India.

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    Who prohibited Sati?
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    • Lord William Bentinck abolished Sati Pratha.
    • Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the first Indian to protest from against this custom.
    • Sati was a Hindu funeral practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
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    The Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan was built by the followers of which religion?
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    • The Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan was built by the followers of Jainism.
    • These temples were built by Vimal Shah and designed by Vastupala, Jain ministers of Dholka.
    • There are five temples in all, each with its own unique identity.
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    The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
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    Among the Sultanat dynasties, Tughluq dynasty ruled for the longest time. The Tughlaq dynasty also referred to as Tughluq or Tughluk dynasty, was a Muslim dynasty of Turkic origin which ruled over the Delhi sultanate in medieval India. Its reign started in 1320 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. The dynasty ended in 1413.
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    The last Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the crown was ______.
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    • Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning known as Viscount Canning, was an English statesman and last Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and in 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India.
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    Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?

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    Mahadev Govind Ranade often known as M.G Ranade was known to be the mentor and political guru of famous freedom fighters Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
  • Question 7/10
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    Who introduced ‘doctrine of lapse’?
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    The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.
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    The Revolt of 1857 took place at the following places. Give their correct sequence.
    (1) Jhansi
    (2) Meerut
    (3) Delhi
    (4) Barrackpore
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    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 refers to a rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company, that ran from May 1857 to June 1858. This Revolt was started on 29 March 1857 at the Barrackpore parade ground, near Calcutta, 29-year-old Mangal Pandey of the 34th BNI, angered by the recent actions of the East India Company, declared that he would rebel against his commanders. 
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    The four “Mathas” (Shrines) at Sringeri, Badrinath, Dwarka and Puri were founded by
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    Ādi Śankara established the following mathas, with each of his four main disciples in charge: Sureshwaracharya, Hastamalakacharya, Padmapadacharya, and Totakacharya respectively. The four Āmnāya mathas founded by Ādi Śankara, all of which are Smartist, are:
    * Śringeri Śāradā Pīṭham, at Shringeri, Karnataka
    * Dvaraka Pitha, at Dwarka, Gujarat
    * Govardhana matha, at Puri, Odisha
    * Jyotirmath (Badrinath), in Uttarakhand
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    What was the capital of the Imperial Chola Dynasty?
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    • Thanjavur was the capital of the Imperial Chola Dynasty.
    • The statue of Rajaraja Chola at Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur. The Chola dynasty was at the peak of its influence and power during the medieval period.
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