More Questions on History
- Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
A)Agnimitra
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Vasumitra
D)Jyesthamitra
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
- Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A)Dufferin
B)Northbrook
C)Elgin-II
D)Ripon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- Q. Who compiled the tales of “The Panchatantra”?
A)Veda Vyasa
B)Valmiki
C)Vishnu Sharma
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
- Q. The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lytton
C)Queen Elizabeth
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
A)Biology
B)Astronomy
C)Medicine
D)Physiology
Answer: Astronomy
- Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909
B)Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
C)Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
D)Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Answer: Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
- Q. Shivaji submitted to Jai Singh and signed the treaty of
A)Purandhar
B)Poona
C)Konkan
D)Surat
Answer: Purandhar
- Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
A)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Abbas Tayyabji
D)Maulana Abdul Kalarn Azad
Answer: Abbas Tayyabji
- Q. The First World Conference on Women in __________, generated a new interest in and debate on women’s issues
A)Hyderabad
B)Delhi
C)Mexico
D)Copenhagen
Answer: Mexico
- Q. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
A)British
B)American
C)French
D)Russian
Answer: French
- Q. Who is the founder of the concept “Sarvodaya”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Vinobha Bhave
C)Jai Prakash Narayan
D)K. G. Mushroowala
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct?
A)The Viceroy was given special powers
B)Diarchy was established in the provinces
C)The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy, councillors and the ministers
D)The federal legislature was to be bicameral
Answer: Diarchy was established in the provinces
- Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)MK Gandhi
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. Who defeated whom in the second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192)?
A)Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
B)Prithviraj defeated Muhammad Ghori
C)Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni
D)Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
Answer: Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
- Q. The battle of Balakot was in __________
A)1821
B)1806
C)1831
D)1896
Answer: 1831
- Q. The Sikh Guru who was executed by Aurangzeb was
A)Guru Arjan
B)Guru Nanak
C)Guru Gobind
D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Q. The use of the mother tongue in India in the law Court was permitted by
A)Cornwallis
B)Lord Hastings
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Bentinck
Answer: Bentinck
- Q. The issue on which the Civil disobedience movement of 1930 was launched was
A)The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
B)Equal employment opportunities for Indians
C)Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
D)Complete freedom
Answer: Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History