More Questions on History

  • Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
    A)Khilafat Agitation
    B)Bardoli Satyagraha
    C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. The first interim government during the British rule in India was formed in
    A)November, 1945
    B)September, 1945
    C)September, 1946
    D)January, 1947
    Answer: September, 1946
  • Q. When did the Germans establish colonies in New Guinea?
    A)1898
    B)1884
    C)1899
    D)1900
    Answer: 1884
  • Q. During the reign of which Pallava ruler Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram were built?
    A)Adivarman
    B)Narasimhavarman I
    C)Nadivarman
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Narasimhavarman I
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
    A)Sutta Pitaka
    B)Vinaya Pitaka
    C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
    D)All the three Pitakas
    Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
    A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
    B)of superior resources of the British empire
    C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
    D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
    Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
  • Q. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Jehangir
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin died in the year
    A)1922
    B)1924
    C)1920
    D)1921
    Answer: 1924
  • Q. During which US President period, the Cuban Missile Crisis conflict was occurred
    A)Richard Nixon
    B)Lyndon B. Johnson
    C)Ronald Reagan
    D)John F. Kennedy
    Answer: John F. Kennedy
  • Q. Humayun (1530-1540 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Mughal
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
    A)Lord Canning
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Disraeli
    Answer: Disraeli
  • Q. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called
    A)Verna
    B)Sikhara
    C)Nagara
    D)Gandhara
    Answer: Gandhara
  • Q. Who was the moving spirit behind the oganization of the Ghadar Party?
    A)V. D. Savarkar
    B)Lala Hardayal
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Lala Hardayal
  • 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. Under the Mughal rule the Chief Minister was known as
    A)Vakil
    B)Diwan
    C)Kazi
    D)Mansabdar
    Answer: Diwan
  • Q. What benefits did the Poona Pact offer to the depressed classes?
    A)20% reservation in the provincial legislature
    B)44 seats in the central legislature
    C)18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
    D)50% reservation in the ICS
    Answer: 18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
  • Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lord Wavell
    C)Lord Willingdon
    D)Winston Churchill
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. The first Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge
    A)Two lakhs
    B)One lakh
    C)£10000
    D)£5000
    Answer: One lakh

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