Indian History Bits – Questions & Answers

1.Who was the First European to reach India by Sea ?

Ans:Vasco da gama

2.Who founded Arya samaj ?

Ans:Dayananda Saraswathi

3.Name of First Governor General of India ?

Ans:Lord William Bentinck (under the Charter Act of 1833); Warren Hastings (1773) was the first Governor-General of Bengal

4.In which year Arya samaj founded ?

Ans:1875

5.Who was the First European to reach India by Sea ?

Ans:Vasco da gama

6.Who founded Arya samaj ?

Ans:Dayananda Saraswathi

7.Name of First Governor General of India ?

Ans:Lord William Bentinck (under the Charter Act of 1833); Warren Hastings (1773) was the first Governor-General of Bengal

8.In which year Arya samaj founded ?

Ans:1875

9.Which Governor-General introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?

Ans:Lord Dalhousie

10.Who reached Calicut in 1498, opening a sea route to India?

Ans:Vasco da Gama

11.In which year was the English East India Company established?

Ans:1600

12.Who defeated Siraj-ud-Daula at the Battle of Plassey?

Ans:Robert Clive

13.Which 1764 battle strengthened British power in Bengal?

Ans:The Battle of Buxar

14.In which year did India come under the British Crown?

Ans:1858, when Company rule ended

15.Who became the first Governor-General under the Regulating Act of 1773?

Ans:Warren Hastings

16.Which Act introduced separate electorates for Muslims?

Ans:The Indian Councils Act, 1909 (Morley-Minto Reforms)

17.Which Act introduced dyarchy in the provinces?

Ans:The Government of India Act, 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms)

18.Which Act provided provincial autonomy and an all-India federation?

Ans:The Government of India Act, 1935

19.Which Act partitioned British India into India and Pakistan?

Ans:The Indian Independence Act, 1947

20.Which European power was the first to come to India and the last to leave?

Ans:The Portuguese (they left Goa in 1961)