More Questions on History

  • Q. In the Battle of Buxar the English army was commanded by
    A)Clive
    B)Major Munro
    C)Rojer Drake
    D)Boughton
    Answer: Major Munro
  • Q. Vaishakha Purnima has a great significance because it was on this day
    A)Buddha got enlightened
    B)Buddha was born
    C)Buddha died
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the Battle of
    A)Plassey
    B)Bauxar
    C)Arcot
    D)Panipat
    Answer: Panipat
  • Q. Bindusara was the son of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Ashoka
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)Shivaji
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Akbar (1556-1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Maurya
    B)Nanda
    C)Mughal
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Buddha has been described as ‘an ocean of wisdom and compassion’ In
    A)Amarakosa
    B)The Light of Asia
    C)Buddhacharita
    D)Jatak Tales
    Answer: Amarakosa
  • Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
    A)Veer Kunwar
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Lothal
    C)Harappa
    D)Mohenjo Daro
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
    A)V D Savarkar
    B)Madan Lal Dhingra
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
  • Q. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
    A)Jahangir
    B)Shah Jahan
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Aryankas? I. It is a treatise of forest which explain the rituals while dwelling into the philosophical discussions of the Brahmanas. II. They record the transitions between ritualistic symbolism of Brahmanas and philosophical aspects of Upanishads
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
    B)Dayanand Sarshawati
    C)The Chapekar brothers
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Chapekar brothers
  • Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Zuma
    C)Kofi Annan
    D)Booker T. Washington
    Answer: Nelson Mandela
  • Q. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ?
    A)The Permanent Settlement
    B)Charter Act of 1813
    C)Mahalwari System Reforms
    D)Morley Minto Reforms
    Answer: Morley Minto Reforms
  • Q. Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?
    A)Government of India Act, 1858
    B)Charter Act of 1813
    C)Charter Act of 1853
    D)Charter Act of 1833
    Answer: Charter Act of 1853
  • Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
    A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
    B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
    C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
    D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
    Answer: The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
  • Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Ranade
    C)Pulinbehari Sarkar
    D)Amaresh Chakravarty
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. The Sikh Guru executed by Aurangzeb after cruel torture was
    A)Har Krishan
    B)Har Rai
    C)Hargobind
    D)Tegh Bahadur
    Answer: Tegh Bahadur
  • Q. Who among the following leader made the famous ‘Objectives Resolution’, in the Constituent Assembly?
    A)C. Rajagopalachari
    B)Vallabhbhai Patel
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dr. John Mathai
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who among the following played an important role in Gadhar Movement?
    A)Lala Hardayal
    B)Shyamiji Krishna Verma
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
    Answer: Lala Hardayal

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