Indian History Quiz: Day: 102

Answer: A

• The Namdhari movement, which was founded by Baba Ram Singh Namdhari following the Anglo-Sikh wars. He was a Khalsa army soldier.
• The Namdhari movement was also referred to as the Kuka movement.
• The Namdhari movement arose in the north-west corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur.
• The movement grew into a potent tool of socio-religious awakening among Sikhs under Baba Ram Singh.
• Its main goal was to spread the true spirit of Sikhism, free of the tawdry customs and mannerism that had grown on it since the beginning of Sikh monarchy.
• Manav Dharma Sabha was one of the earliest socio-religious reform organization in Gujarat and British India. It was founded on 22 June 1844 in Surat by Durgaram Manchharam Mehta, Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar and a few others. The goals of the Sabha were to expose the hypocritical arts present in Christian, Muslim and Hindu religions.
• Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle in India. The association was started by Ram Mohan Roy in 1815 in Kolkata (then Calcutta). They used to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and collective thinking and social reform.

Answer: B

• He started the newspaper Swaraj and took charge of publicity for the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee.
• His mentor was Chittaranjan Das who was a spokesman for aggressive nationalism in Bengal.
  In the year 1923, Bose was elected the President of All India Youth Congress and also the Secretary of Bengal State Congress.
• He was also the editor of the newspaper “Forward”, founded by Chittaranjan Das

Answer: B

Answer:-A

• The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the Chera style and Dravidian style of architecture, featuring high walls, and a 16th-century gopura.
• The principal deity Padmanabhaswamy (Vishnu) is enshrined in the “Anantha Shayana” posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the infinite serpent Adi Shesha.
• The titular Maharaja of Travancore, Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, is the current trustee of the temple

Answer:-A

Answer:-B

• Muhammad bin Tughlaq was anSayyid Khizr Khan (reigned 28 May 1414 – 20 May 1421) was the founder of the Sayyid dynasty, the ruling dynasty of the Delhi sultanate, in northern India soon after the invasion of Timur and the fall of the Tughlaq dynasty.
• A contemporary writer Yahya Sirhindimentions in his Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi that Khizr Khan belonged to an Arab family and was a descendant of Muhammad.

Answer: C

Popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan. Ascending the throne as a minor in 1177 CE, Prithviraj inherited a kingdom which stretched from Thanesar in the north to Jahazpur (Mewar) in the south

Answer: D

1. 2nd Indian council Act-1892
2. Formation of All India Muslim League-1906
3. Rowlatt Act-1919
4. Hardinge Bomb Case-1912

Answer: B

• Aryabhata I(476–550 CE)was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy.
• He flourished in the Gupta Era and produced works such as the Aryabhatiya (which mentions that in 3600 Kali Yuga, 499 CE, he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta.
• Aryabhata’s sine table and his work on trignometry were extremely influential on the Islamic Golden Age; his works were translated into Arabic and influenced Al-Khwarizmi and Al-Zarqali.

Answer: D

• 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 .
• Two hymns of Jayadeva, have been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikh religion