More Questions on History
- Q. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
A)Government of India Act 1918
B)The Indian councils Act 1861
C)Government of India Act 1925
D)Government of India Act 1935
Answer: The Indian councils Act 1861
- Q. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of
A)Calcutta
B)Karnataka
C)Jammu & Kashmir
D)Kerala
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes?
A)John F. Kennedy
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)Martin Luther King Junior
D)George Washington
Answer: Martin Luther King Junior
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
B)It was formed in 1885
C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
- Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
A)Pune
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
A)Impact of World War II
B)Change in the government of the UK
C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?
A)It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all injustice, oppression and exploitation
B)It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul against social, political and economic dominance
C)It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
D)Mahatma Gandhi's theory of Satayagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering
Answer: It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
- Q. Democracy is a “government in which everyone has a share” was the opinion of
A)Seeley
B)Jeovans
C)Plato
D)Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A)Poor
B)Nobles
C)Middle Class
D)Foreign residents
Answer: Poor
- Q. The Industrial Revolution in England represented the climax of the transition from
A)Feudalism to capitalism
B)Slavery to feudalism
C)Capitalism to socialism
D)Socialism to market socialism
Answer: Feudalism to capitalism
- Q. With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Hinduism
D)Sikhism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. Who had founded the Deccan Educational Society?
A)CR Das
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Mahadeva Govind Ranade
Answer: Mahadeva Govind Ranade
- Q. Kailasha temple of Ellora was built by?
A)Krishna II
B)Krishna I
C)Ramakrishna I
D)Ramakrishna II
Answer: Krishna I
- Q. Lucknow pact’ was a deal between
A)Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
B)Indians and the British about legislative seats
C)Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations
D)Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations
Answer: Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
- Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
A)The USSR
B)The USA
C)Canada
D)Ireland
Answer: The USSR
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on
A)20 August,1828
B)20 August,1838
C)20 August,1848
D)20 August,1858
Answer: 20 August,1828
- Q. Who is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Mongke Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. Which is the script of Indus Valley Civilization?
A)Kharshthi
B)Tamil
C)Unknown
D)Brahmi
Answer: Unknown
- Q. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
A)Social law
B)Yoga
C)Religious rituals
D)Philosophy
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
C)C. Rajagopalachari
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
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