More Questions on History
- Q. Who is also known by the name of ‘Tiger of ‘Mysore’?
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Haidar Ali
C)Yaduraya Wodeyar
D)Krishna Devaraya
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. The Buddha
A)was non-committal on the theory of Karma
B)rejected the theory of Karma
C)believed in the theory of Karma
D)suggested an alternative to the theory of Karma
Answer: believed in the theory of Karma
- Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
A)IItutmish
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Balban
- Q. The previous name of Zaire was
A)Liberia
B)Benin
C)Congo
D)Sierra Leone
Answer: Congo
- Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
A)Rowlatt Satyagraha
B)Bhoodan Movement
C)Bardoli Satyagraha
D)Swadeshi Movement
Answer: Bardoli Satyagraha
- Q. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath?
A)1892
B)1858
C)1882
D)None of these
Answer: 1882
- Q. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
A)Forward Block
B)Communist Party of India
C)Socialist-Swarajist Party
D)Swarajya Party
Answer: Swarajya Party
- Q. Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
A)Annie Besant
B)Gokhale
C)Tilak
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Tilak
- Q. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
A)Richard III
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VII
D)None of the above
Answer: Henry VII
- Q. Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampraday that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule?
A)Eknath
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Namdeva
Answer: Namdeva
- Q. Bindusara was the son of?
A)Akbar
B)Ashoka
C)Chandragupta Maurya
D)Shivaji
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
A)Educational Despatch, 1854
B)Pitts India Act, 1784
C)Macaulay Minute, 1835
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Macaulay Minute, 1835
- Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
A)Pakistan
B)Union of India
C)Constituent Assembly
D)Groups by Provinces
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. Assertion (A): Provincial autonomy was introduced in the Government of India Act, 1935. Reason (R): The Act itself made a clear-cut division of powers between the Centre and the Provinces
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by
A)Meera
B)Nanak
C)Ramdas
D)Ramanujacharya
Answer: Ramanujacharya
- Q. In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union
A)A. M. Bose
B)A. O. Hume
C)Lord Dufferin
D)W. C. Banerjee
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Gautama Buddha was born at
A)Sarnath
B)Kusinagar
C)Bodha Gaya
D)Lumbini
Answer: Lumbini
- Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
A)Kadphises II
B)Kadphises I
C)Kanishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kadphises II
- Q. The first atomic bomb was thrown over
A)Hiroshima
B)Nagasaki
C)Tokyo
D)Hong Kong
Answer: Hiroshima
- Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
A)a positive state of law
B)truth
C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
D)doing good even to the evildoers
Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
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