More Questions on History
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagraha came in 1917 in
A)Champaran
B)Ahemdabad
C)Kheda
D)Dandi
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was associated with which of the following movements of the Indian National Congress?
A)Non-Cooperation
B)Extremist
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Quit India
Answer: Extremist
- Q. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?
A)M. M. Malavia
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Vallabhbhai Patel
D)Gandhiji
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. While delivering the presidential address’ The Congress president who advocated the introduction of Roman Script for Hindi language was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Surendranath Banerjee
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Sankaran Nair
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
- Q. Who is renowned for his redefinition of sexual desire?
A)Friedrich Nietzsche
B)Carl Jung
C)Jacques Lacan
D)Sigmund Freud
Answer: Sigmund Freud
- Q. Who said – “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India?”
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Ashok Mehta
D)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A)Regulating Act: 1773
B)Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
C)Pitt's India Act: 1761
D)Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
Answer: Regulating Act: 1773
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __________ at Porto Nova
A)Marthanda Verma
B)Hyder Ali
C)British
D)Tipu Sultan
Answer: Hyder Ali
- Q. Which among the following has not been found in the excavation of Harappan sites?
A)Fort
B)Drains and well
C)Reservoirs
D)Temple with Shikhar
Answer: Temple with Shikhar
- Q. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because
A)He was one of the greatest physicists of all time
B)Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe
C)He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
D)He was a great dialectician
Answer: He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
- Q. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Chandragupta
C)Samudragupta
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta-II
- Q. The aim of Ashoka’s Dhamma was
A)Religious domination
B)Subtle conquest
C)A casteless society
D)Non-violence and peace
Answer: Non-violence and peace
- Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)D. G. B. Pant
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of __________ in 1772
A)Madras
B)Bengal
C)Bombay
D)Delhi
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of
A)Stone
B)Burnt bricks
C)Wood
D)All of the above
Answer: Burnt bricks
- Q. The god whose worship had not gained ground in the Rigvedic period was
A)Lord Shiva
B)Marut
C)Agni
D)Indra
Answer: Lord Shiva
- Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Kabir
Answer: Namadev
- Q. In Buddhism ‘Bull’ is related to what incident of Buddha’s life?
A)Mahabhimiskramana
B)Birth
C)Enlightenment
D)Mahaparinirvana
Answer: Birth
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