Indian History Quiz:

ANSWER: B

1.Hemchandra:Kumarpala Chlukya of Anhilwad

2.Harshvardhana:Bhanbhatta

3.Jinasen:Amoghvarsha of Rashtrakuta

4.Jideva: Lakshmansena of Bengal

Hemchandra: Born as Changadeva, he was ordained in the Śvētāmbara school of Jainism in 1110 and took the name Somachandra. In 1125 he became an adviser to King Kumarapala and wrote Arhanniti, a work on politics from a Jain perspective. He also produced Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charita

BHANBHATTA: Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harsha Vardhana , who reigned c. 606–647 CE in north India first from Sthanvishvara (Thanesar), and later Kannauj. Bāna’s principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita (Deeds of Harsha) and one of the world’s earliest novels, Kadambari.

Bāṇa died before finishing the novel and it was completed by his son Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa. Both these works are noted texts of Sanskrit literature.

The other works attributed to him are the Chaṇḍikāśataka and a drama, the Pārvatīpariṇaya.

Jinasen: Was a monk and scholar in the Digambara tradition of Jainism. He was patronized by the Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha I. He was the author of Adipurana and Mahapurana.

• Jinasena was the disciple of Acharya Virasenaand he completed the commentary Dhavalaon Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama, a revered text in the Digambara tradition. The name is shared by an earlier Acharya Jinasena who was the author of Harivamsa Purana.

Jaideva: was a Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda which concentrates on Krishna’s love with the gopi, Radha, in a rite of spring.

• This poem, which presents the view that Radha is greater than Krishna, is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism.
• Little is known of his life, except that he was a loner poet and a Hindu mendicant celebrated for his poetic genius in eastern India.
• Jayadeva is the earliest dated author of hymns that are included the Guru Granth Sahib, the primary scripture of Sikhism

ANSWER: C

• Prarthana Samaj is a community established for religious and social reforms during the Indian Renaissance. It was founded by Atmaram Pandurang, Mahadev Govind Ranade in Bombay on 31 March 1867.
• It was started at Calcutta on 20 August 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Dwarkanath Tagore as reformation of the prevailing Brahmanism of the time (specifically Kulinpractices) and began the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century pioneering all religious, social and educational advance of the Hindu community in the 19th century

ANSWER: A

ANSWER: D

• Tantia Tope(also spelled Tatya Tope, Marathi pronunciation: (16 February 1814 – 18 April 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders.
• Despite lacking formal military training, Tantia Tope is widely considered as one of the best and most effective rebel generals in the Indian struggle for independence.
• Born as Ramachandra Panduranga Yawalkar to a Marathi   Deshastha Brahminfamily, in Yeola, (near Nasik).
• Tantia took on the title Tope, meaning commanding officer. His first name Tantia means General. A personal adherent of Nana Saheb of Bithur, he progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupied Kanpur  (then known as Cawnpore) and forced General Windham  to retreat from the city.

ANSWER: B

ANSWER: B

• Gulbadan Begumwas a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
• She is best known as the author of Humayun-Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote on the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar

• AL-BERUNI:-known as al-Biruni, was a KhwarazmianIranianscholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously the “founder of Indology”, “Father of Comparative Religion”, “Father of modern geodesy”, and the first anthropologist.
• Al-Biruni was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist, and linguist.
• He studied almost all the sciences of his day and was rewarded abundantly for his tireless research in many fields of knowledge.
• • Chandayan the first known Sufi love Depiction ofHindi written byMulla Dawood
  • The story is told in Doha,Chaupaistyle. In Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, many versions of this story are popular in the form of folklore.

  characters 

  • It has only three main characters.
  • Heroine- Chanda
  • hero – lore
  • And one of the deputy – Maina

ANSWER: B

ANSWER: C

1.Illbert Bill controversy-1883

2.Annulment of Vernacular Press Act -1882

3.Enactment of Arms Act-1878

4.Enactment of the 2ND Council Act-1892

ANSWER: A

ANSWER: D

1.Annulment of Partition of Bengal-1911

2.Formation of home rule League by Annie Besant-1915

3.Surat split of Indian National Congress-1907

4.Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak-1920