More Questions on History

  • Q. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
    A)Aurangazeb
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Jahangir
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Who wrote the book ‘Oliver Twist’
    A)Mark Twain
    B)William Shakespeare
    C)Charles Dickens
    D)Christopher Marlowe
    Answer: Charles Dickens
  • Q. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are
    A)Antiquities and monuments
    B)Archaeological excavations
    C)Literature and epics
    D)Inscriptions and coins
    Answer: Literature and epics
  • Q. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
    A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
    B)Promote heavy industries in India
    C)More foodstuff in case of famine
    D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
    Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
  • Q. The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was
    A)Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
    B)Badruddin Tyabji
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)N.G. Chandavarkar
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who is the first European to reach New Zealand
    A)James Cook
    B)Abel Tasman
    C)Willem Janszoon
    D)Anthony van Diemen
    Answer: Abel Tasman
  • Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Bentinck
    D)Lord Hastings
    Answer: Lord Bentinck
  • Q. The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
    A)The imprisonment of Lenin
    B)The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
    C)The ambition of America to dominate the world
    D)The sudden death of Lloyd George
    Answer: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
  • Q. Eminent Tamil Poet C Subramania Bharati was associated with which of the following movements of the Indian National Congress?
    A)Non-Cooperation
    B)Extremist
    C)Civil Disobedience
    D)Quit India
    Answer: Extremist
  • Q. Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?
    A)The West Punjab
    B)East Bengal
    C)Sind
    D)West Bengal
    Answer: West Bengal
  • Q. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
    A)Grihastha- Brahmacharya- Vanaprashta- Sanyasa
    B)Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
    C)Brahmacharya- Vanprastha- Sanyasa- Grihastha
    D)Grihastha- Sanyasa- Vanaprastha- Brahmacharya
    Answer: Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
  • Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
    A)I, II and III
    B)Only II and III
    C)I, II and IV
    D)All four are correct
    Answer: All four are correct
  • Q. The first Round Table conference was held on:
    A)August 12, 1930
    B)December 12, 1930
    C)April 12, 1930
    D)November 12, 1930
    Answer: November 12, 1930
  • Q. In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg
    A)1910
    B)1905
    C)1911
    D)1912
    Answer: 1912
  • Q. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 5th March __________
    A)1930
    B)1928
    C)1931
    D)1935
    Answer: 1931
  • Q. Lord Mahavira died at
    A)Lumbini Garden
    B)Saravana Belagola
    C)Kalugumalai
    D)Pavapuri
    Answer: Pavapuri
  • Q. Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax. Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is false but R is true
  • Q. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Jayaprakash Narayan
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Lenin
    Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Q. Who is the only women historian to have written a historical account of Mughal Period?
    A)Zebun-nissa Begum
    B)Noorjahan Begum
    C)Gulbadan Begum
    D)Jahanara Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Madras
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal

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