More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following initiated reforms among Muslims?
A)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
B)Muhammad Iqbal
C)Naoriji Furdonji
D)Altaf Husain Hali
Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
- Q. Babur came to India originally from
A)Ferghana
B)Khiva
C)Khorasan
D)Seistan
Answer: Ferghana
- Q. Which of the following rivers does not find frequent mention in Rigvedic Hymns?
A)Sindhu
B)Ganges
C)Brahmaputra
D)Saraswati
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. During Akbar’s reign who was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire?
A)Man Singh-I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Raja Todar Mal
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding Gyana Prasarak Mandalis or student literary and scientific societies is / are correct? I. Formed by common people to educate youth II. Had two branches Marathi and Guajarati III. Aimed to start schools for girls. IV. Organized lectures to propagate their ideas
A)I III and IV only
B)I and II only
C)II and III only
D)II, III and IV
Answer: II, III and IV
- Q. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
A)1906
B)1903
C)1909
D)1912
Answer: 1906
- Q. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native of which country?
A)Italy
B)Uzbekistan
C)Morocco
D)Russia
Answer: Italy
- Q. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
A)Foreign affairs
B)Intelligence
C)Army organisation
D)Finance
Answer: Army organisation
- Q. Swami Vivekananda’s father, __________, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects
A)Narendra Nath Datta
B)Vishwanath Datta
C)Sri Ramakrishna
D)Rashik Krishna Mallik
Answer: Vishwanath Datta
- Q. Which great war was fought between the years 1914 and 1918?
A)The First World War
B)The Battle of Tarain
C)The Battle of Plassey
D)The Second World War
Answer: The First World War
- Q. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Amar Das
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Hargovbind
Answer: Guru Ramdas
- Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
A)The partition of Bengal
B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
C)The Surat Split
D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
Answer: The partition of Bengal
- Q. The East India Association was set up in :
A)1857
B)1866
C)1836
D)1885
Answer: 1866
- Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both II and III
D)All the above
Answer: Both II and III
- Q. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British
A)Chandrashekhar Azad
B)Jitin Das
C)Rajguru
D)Kalpana - Dutt
Answer: Rajguru
- Q. What is called the magna carta of Western Education system in Indian?
A)Slavery Bill for Education
B)Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
C)Wonder of Education refoms
D)None of these
Answer: Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
- Q. On account of his differences with Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress (April 1939) and organised a new party called
A)Azad Hind Fauz
B)Congress Socialist Party
C)Congress Liberal party
D)Forward Block
Answer: Forward Block
- Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Gandhi
D)Rajaji
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. Which of the following was the achieved milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921?
A)Indian obtains some political rights
B)It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat
C)The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
D)It avenged the Punjab atrocities
Answer: The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
- Q. Marcopolo is known for
A)Travelling to China, India and Asia
B)Discovering Greenland
C)Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
D)Discovering Canada
Answer: Travelling to China, India and Asia
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