More Questions on History
- Q. What is meant by “The Forty”?
A)The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis
B)The cream of Afghan nobles
C)The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
D)The Ulema or the Muslim divines
Answer: The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
- Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A)Zoroastrianism
B)Taoism
C)Shintoism
D)Paganism
Answer: Shintoism
- Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
A)Curzon
B)Ripon
C)Hastings
D)Dalhousie
Answer: Curzon
- Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Leo von Caprivi
C)Otto von Bismarck
D)Hans Luther
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
- Q. Which one is the first dynasty that ruled China
A)Xia dynasty
B)Shang dynasty
C)Qin dynasty
D)Ming dynasty
Answer: Xia dynasty
- Q. The most Important feature of the Government of India Act of 1919 was
A)provision for direct election
B)enlargement of Indian Councils
C)dyarchy in the Provinces
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?
A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B)Jyotiba Phule
C)Mahadew Govind Ranade
D)Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Where was republic established in Germany after the First World War
A)Weimer
B)Munich
C)Berlin
D)Bavaria
Answer: Weimer
- Q. According to Jain Shastra, Manno Sahssisso Bhimo, __________
A)A Si Sahu
B)Sidha
C)Namorhastiadheybahhy
D)Durtthasso Paridhawad
Answer: Durtthasso Paridhawad
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
A)Ahmedabad
B)Sabarmati Ashram
C)Porbandar
D)Dandi
Answer: Dandi
- Q. Which of the following was not of the achievements of the Exteremist Group in the Congress?
A)The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
B)The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911
C)Nationalism took root among the progressive sections of society
D)The Extremists taught people self-confidence and selfreliance and prepared the social base of the nationalist movement
Answer: The Calcutta Corporation Act and the Indian Universities Act were taken off the statute book
- Q. Who was the US President during World War II
A)Joseph Stalin
B)Winston Churchill
C)Franklin D Roosevelt
D)Harry S Truman
Answer: Franklin D Roosevelt
- Q. Which of the following Assamese literature is Buddhist songs composed in the 8th to 12th centuries?
A)Kotha Ramayana
B)Charyapadas
C)Drona Parva
D)None of the above
Answer: Charyapadas
- 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. After 1893, when complete ban was imposed on all commercial activities of the Company. India was left open to exploitation by
A)Planters
B)British officers in India
C)British mercantile industrial capitalist class
D)Zamindars and big landlords
Answer: British mercantile industrial capitalist class
- Q. After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named
A)Revolutionary Socialist Bloc
B)Socialist Bloc
C)Forward Bloc
D)Socialist-Congress Bloc
Answer: Forward Bloc
- Q. When did the Turkish army defeat the Byzantine army?
A)1060
B)1040
C)1070
D)1071
Answer: 1071
- Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
A)I,II,V,IV,III
B)II,V,I,III,IV
C)II,V,I,IV,III
D)IV,II,I,V,III
Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
- Q. Greek Roman Art has found a place in
A)Gandhara
B)Ellora
C)Kalinga
D)Bhuddhist Art
Answer: Gandhara
- Q. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
A)Queen Elizabeth-II
B)Queen Victoria
C)Queen Mary Tudor
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Queen Elizabeth-II
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