More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following are the innovative means used by Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to bring Sanskrit education to all?
A)Brought new prose style
B)Devised new Bengali primer
C)Both A & B
D)Continued the same method without any new innovation
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. In which year Japan attacked Manchuria
A)1931
B)1928
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
A)Surat
B)Agra
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Agra
- Q. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
A)A Gupta Emperor
B)A Mughal Emperor
C)A Mauryan Emperor
D)A Sunga Emperor
Answer: A Mughal Emperor
- Q. Shivaji’s administration owed its origin to the principles laid down by
A)Sher Shah
B)Kautilya
C)Akbar
D)Adi Granth
Answer: Kautilya
- Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
- Q. Who is generally consider as the first pharaoh of Egypt
A)Semerkhet
B)Menes
C)Takelot I
D)Tutankhamun
Answer: Menes
- Q. What according to Communism is the chief enemy of the society?
A)Religion
B)Private property
C)Surplus value
D)Capitalist class
Answer: Capitalist class
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
A)Mridula Sarabhai
B)Annie Besant
C)Muthu Lakshmi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
A)Taxila
B)Swarnagiri
C)Ujjain
D)Tosali
Answer: Taxila
- Q. Which governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord William Bentinck
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Q. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at
A)Delhi
B)Lucknow
C)Bombay
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?
A)With Germany against United Kingdom
B)None, it was neutral
C)Against Russia on its own
D)With United Kingdom against Germany
Answer: With United Kingdom against Germany
- Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)Allauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
D)Muhamad bin Quasim
Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
- Q. Idol of dancing girl (Bronze) is found in which of the following civilization?
A)Indus Valley Civilization
B)Mesopotamian Civilization
C)Persian Civilization
D)Egyptian Civilization
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
A)Subsidiary Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)Mediatisation
D)Annexation of Indian States
Answer: Subsidiary Alliance
- Q. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
A)Cornwallis
B)Clive
C)Waren Hastings
D)William Bentinck
Answer: Clive
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942?
A)30th April, 1942
B)7th August, 1942
C)9th August, 1942
D)5th July, 1942
Answer: 9th August, 1942
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