More Questions on History
- Q. The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of
A)1861
B)1858
C)1860
D)1871
Answer: 1861
- Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
A)After the Battle of Panipat
B)After the Battle of Plassey
C)After the war of Mysore
D)After Sepoy Mutiny
Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
- Q. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
A)Satya Shodhak Samaj
B)Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
C)Bengal Society
D)None of these
Answer: Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
- Q. Which Mughal ruler’s reign has been described as the golden age of medieval art and architecture?
A)Babur's
B)Jahangir's
C)Humayun's
D)Shah Jahan's
Answer: Shah Jahan's
- Q. The State is a necessary evil according to
A)Liberalists
B)Communists
C)Individualists
D)Anarchists
Answer: Individualists
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
A)Fevzi Cakmak
B)Ismet Inonu
C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
D)None of the above
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- Q. During the reign of which Pallava ruler Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram were built?
A)Adivarman
B)Narasimhavarman I
C)Nadivarman
D)None of the above
Answer: Narasimhavarman I
- Q. Chanakya was known as__________
A)R.C.Majumdar
B)Sumit Sarkar
C)Panikkar K.N
D)K.K.N.Kurup
Answer: Panikkar K.N
- Q. The Upanishads are separated from the Brahmanas by treatises called __________
A)Aranyakas
B)Vedas
C)Epics
D)Puranas
Answer: Aranyakas
- Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
A)Kanva Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)Shunga Dynasty
D)Maurya Dynasty
Answer: Gupta Dynasty
- 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 Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
A)propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
B)constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
C)India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
D)failure of the British to define their war aims
Answer: failure of the British to define their war aims
- Q. The term ‘Philosophy’ is derived from which of the following?
A)Ancient Roman
B)Ancient Greek
C)Hebrew Language
D)English
Answer: Ancient Greek
- Q. From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was
A)establishment of representative institutions
B)wider employment of Indians in higher public services
C)self-government to India
D)Only A and B above
Answer: Only A and B above
- Q. The island of Corsica is associated with
A)Hitler
B)Mussolini
C)Napoleon Bonaparte
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
A)Jinnah
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Rahmat Ali
Answer: Rahmat Ali
- Q. Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?
A)W A Hume
B)Khan Abdul Gaffar
C)Annie Besant
D)None of these
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
- Q. The building of the famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was executed under the Rashtrakuta king
A)Govinda-III
B)Amoghavarsha-I
C)Indra-III
D)Krishna-I
Answer: Krishna-I
- Q. Purushapura is the other name for
A)Pataliputra
B)Patna
C)Peshawar
D)Punjab
Answer: Peshawar
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