More Questions on History
- Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
A)The Railways
B)Tea Plantations
C)Coal Mining
D)Jute Mills
Answer: The Railways
- Q. Humayun restored his Indian kingdom with the help of the ruler of
A)Kabul
B)Arabia
C)Persia
D)Turkey
Answer: Persia
- Q. Who was “The First American”?
A)James Madison
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)John Adams
D)George Washington
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
- 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. Who took the throne after Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Ashoka
B)Bimbisara
C)Bindusara
D)Vishnugupta
Answer: Bindusara
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A)Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals
B)Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828
C)Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
D)Sati Pratha was abolished in 1829
Answer: Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
- Q. Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?
A)Begum Hazrat Mahal
B)Ahmadullah
C)Jung Bahadur Rana
D)Tatya Tope
Answer: Ahmadullah
- Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
A)Darwin
B)Aristotle
C)Cuvier
D)Socrates
Answer: Darwin
- Q. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of
A)Sri Vaishavism
B)Sri Vaishnavism
C)Nirguna
D)Sikkhism
Answer: Sri Vaishnavism
- Q. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. When did the Space Age bring the first human spaceflight?
A)1970
B)1961
C)1975
D)1980
Answer: 1961
- Q. The Indian National Congress had adopted the famous Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution at its session held at
A)Allahabad
B)Karachi
C)Lahore
D)Calcutta
Answer: Lahore
- Q. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
A)Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
B)Tarabai
C)Peshwa Bajirao
D)Shahu
Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
- Q. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacturing of Harappan seals?
A)Bronze
B)Terracotta
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Terracotta
- Q. Who said that “India’s Soul live in villages”?
A)Jayaprakash Narayan
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Study of inscription is called
A)Numismatic
B)Archaeology
C)Epigraphy
D)Palaeography
Answer: Epigraphy
- Q. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatshatru
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
A)Bengal and Bihar
B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
C)Odisha
D)Madras and Calcutta
Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Who said’ ‘I am the State’?
A)Napoleon-I of France
B)James-II of England
C)Louis-XIV of France
D)Hitler of Germany
Answer: Louis-XIV of France
- Q. Which of the following principle propagated by Aligarh school which helped in bringing reforms in Muslims? I. Intolerance to other religions and religious texts II. Quran was the only authoritative work for Islam and all others are secondary. Therefore said belief in only Islam III. Incorporate modern western thought
A)Both I and II
B)Only I
C)Both II and III
D)All the above
Answer: Both II and III
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