More Questions on History
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak’s biography was
A)Guru Amardas
B)Guru Angad Dev
C)Guru Ramdas
D)Guru Arjun Dev
Answer: Guru Angad Dev
- Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
A)Darwin
B)Aristotle
C)Cuvier
D)Socrates
Answer: Darwin
- Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
A)Bengal
B)Kashmir
C)Punjab
D)Deccan
Answer: Deccan
- Q. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action was urgently needed?
A)M. A. Jinnah
B)Lord Curzon
C)Annie Beasnt
D)A. O. Hume
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Who was the first leader to preside over the INC?
A)S Subramanya Iyer
B)Ananda Charlu
C)WC Banerji
D)Surendranath Bannerjee
Answer: WC Banerji
- Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Lucknow
C)Lahore
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. After the death of Rajaram in 1700A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
A)Lakshmibai
B)Tarabai
C)Ramabi
D)Jijabai
Answer: Tarabai
- 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. Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Lord Linlithgow
C)Lord Bentick
D)None of above
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. Which movement got the support from both Hindus and Muslims?
A)Quit India Movement
B)Non-Cooperation Movement
C)Champaran Stayagraha
D)Anti-Partition Movement
Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement
- Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
A)Lala Hardyal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)M G Ranade
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
A)Devendra Nath Tagore
B)K M Pannikar
C)Annie Besant
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
A)Muhammad Ghori
B)Mahmud of Ghazni
C)Iltutmish
D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
- Q. In which year was Burma separated from India?
A)1902
B)1863
C)1937
D)1947
Answer: 1937
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. Which of all Harappan sites, has the most impressive drainage system?
A)Banawali
B)Harappa
C)Dhaulavira
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. Which of the following was a leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army founded in 1928?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Khudiram Bose
C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
D)Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: Chandra Shekhar Azad
- Q. The Battle of Buxar fought between __________
A)Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
B)The English, the Nawab of Bengal and the French
C)Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab of Oudh
D)Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and the Marathas
Answer: Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
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