More Questions on History
- Q. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
A)SM Joshi
B)Hiren Mukherjee
C)MN Roy
D)RC Dutt
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on
A)March 20, 1931
B)March 10, 1930
C)March 20,1932
D)March 5,1931
Answer: March 5,1931
- Q. My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in
A)1902
B)1901
C)1906
D)1946
Answer: 1906
- Q. It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar’s contribution to making of modern India is many sided. Which of the following aspects contribute to it?
A)New methodology of teaching Sanskrit
B)Farmers and depressed class upliftment
C)Uplifting downtrodden women, abolishing child marriage , widow re marriage
D)Both B and C
Answer: Both B and C
- 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. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
A)Birth
B)Education
C)Occupation
D)Talent
Answer: Occupation
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
A)1857
B)1818
C)1858
D)1819
Answer: 1857
- Q. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
A)ChauriChaura
B)Champaran
C)Bardoli
D)Sabarmati
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
A)Sharda Mukherjee
B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C)Fathima Beevi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
A)Indian mill owners and non government officials
B)British mill owners and government officials
C)British non-government officials
D)Indian government officials
Answer: Indian mill owners and non government officials
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
A)1306
B)1290
C)1492
D)1453
Answer: 1290
- Q. Charak was the famous court physician of
A)Chandra Gupta Maurya
B)Harsha
C)Ashoka
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
A)Battle of Buxar
B)Revolt of 1857
C)Third Battle of Panipat
D)First battle of Mysore
Answer: Battle of Buxar
- Q. The landmarks or Dalhousie’s administration did not include
A)English as the medium of instruction
B)Indian Railways
C)Public works department
D)Telegraph
Answer: English as the medium of instruction
- Q. From which language, has the term ‘democracy’ been derived?
A)Hebrew
B)Greek
C)English
D)Latin
Answer: Greek
- Q. After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?
A)Governor of the state
B)Governor-General of India
C)Viceroy of the state
D)None of these
Answer: Viceroy of the state
- Q. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because
A)He was one of the greatest physicists of all time
B)Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe
C)He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
D)He was a great dialectician
Answer: He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
- Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
A)Sanskrit
B)Hindi
C)Ardh-Magadhi
D)Regional vernacular languages
Answer: Regional vernacular languages
- Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Akbar-II
Answer: Jahangir
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