More Questions on History
- Q. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in
A)Chinese custom and world view
B)Taiwanese custom and world view
C)Japanese custom and world view
D)Vietnamese custom and world view
Answer: Chinese custom and world view
- Q. Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles?
A)Kautilya
B)Megasthenes
C)Banabhatt
D)Kalidas
Answer: Megasthenes
- Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A)Upagupta
B)Vishnu Gupta
C)Brahma Gupta
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Upagupta
- 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 majority of the moderate leaders of India’s freedom struggle may be traced to hail from
A)Rural areas
B)Bengal
C)Urban areas
D)Both rurals as well as urban parts
Answer: Urban areas
- Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
A)First Carnatic War
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Buxar
D)Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. In which year ‘University of Oxford’ was founded
A)1562
B)1096
C)1117
D)1342
Answer: 1096
- Q. When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans?
A)1378
B)1305
C)1453
D)1414
Answer: 1453
- Q. Who had given the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the ‘Quit India’ resolution?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of
A)Chittor
B)Mewar
C)Haldighati
D)Udaipur
Answer: Haldighati
- Q. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
A)August 1943
B)August 1940
C)September 1946
D)September 1942
Answer: September 1946
- Q. The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
A)Kadambini Ganguli
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Pherozeshah Mehta
D)D.Ewacha
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Anthology of the Bomb’ was written by
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. The Upanishads are
A)Books of ancient Hindu laws
B)A source of Hindu philosophy
C)Books on social behavior of man
D)Prayers to God
Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
- Q. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?
A)Qasim Bazar
B)Calcutta
C)Singur
D)Burdwan
Answer: Qasim Bazar
- 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. During young age, what did Sambhavnath Tirthankar feel while watching the dispersal of medieval clouds?
A)Mortification
B)Togetherness
C)Happy
D)Sad
Answer: Mortification
- Q. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D)None of the above
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. Name of the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title of Gunraj Khan in the Sultanate period?
A)Rahim
B)Maladhar Basu
C)Chaitanya
D)Jaydeva
Answer: Maladhar Basu
- Q. The first to come and last to leave India were
A)The French
B)The Portuguese
C)The English
D)The Dutch
Answer: The Portuguese
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