More Questions on History

  • Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
    A)1906
    B)1901
    C)1909
    D)1910
    Answer: 1901
  • Q. Of the following who did not revolt against Aurangzeb?
    A)Satnamis
    B)Jats
    C)Prince Akbar
    D)Shayista Khan
    Answer: Shayista Khan
  • Q. Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Dr. Palpu
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)Sree Narayana Guru
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Who told that Indian National Congress represents only microscopic minorities?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Minto
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Dufferin
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis? I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers. II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. The Veda which deals with the rituals is known as
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Rig veda
    C)Sama veda
    D)Atharva veda
    Answer: Yajur veda
  • Q. Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
    A)Birendra Nath Chatterjee
    B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    C)Pini Chandra Pal
    D)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
    A)Namadev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Ekanath
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Gnandeva
  • Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
    A)H. P. Blavatsky
    B)Annie Besant
    C)W. T. Stead
    D)H. S. Olcott
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Noakhali is situated in
    A)Bangladesh
    B)West Bengal
    C)Tripura
    D)Bihar
    Answer: Bangladesh
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Smritis? I. It deals with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma II. It is concerned mainly with the rules of the organization of the monasteries
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
    A)Lawrence
    B)Canning
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Curzon
    Answer: Canning
  • Q. Montagu who toured in India in 1918 was a
    A)Member of Viceroy's Council
    B)Member of Privy Council
    C)Secretary of State for India
    D)Viceroy of India
    Answer: Secretary of State for India
  • Q. Which inscription mentions about the village administration under the Cholas?
    A)Uttaramerur
    B)Junagarh
    C)Aihole
    D)Nasik
    Answer: Uttaramerur
  • Q. Who composed ‘The History of the Kings of Britain’?
    A)Geoffrey of Monmouth
    B)Ambrosius Aurelianus
    C)Thomas Malory
    D)Vortigern
    Answer: Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • Q. Who He said, “I accept as Dharma whatever is in full conformity with impartial justice, truthfulness and the like; that which is not opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas. Whatever is not free from partiality and is unjust, partaking of untruth and the like, and opposed to the teachings of God as embodied in the Vedas—that I hold as adharma”.He also said “He, who after careful thinking, is ever ready to accept truth and reject falsehood; who counts the happiness of others as he does that of his own self, him I call just”
    A)Ranjit Singh
    B)Baba Ram Singh
    C)Lal Singh
    D)Dayananda Saraswathi
    Answer: Dayananda Saraswathi
  • Q. With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated?
    A)Arya Samaj
    B)Ramakrishna Mission
    C)ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
    D)Theosophical Society
    Answer: Theosophical Society
  • Q. Jathi Nirnayam is the work of __________
    A)C. Kesavan
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)Nataraja Guru
    D)T. K. Madhavan
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. With the help of Baghnuk (Tiger-claws) Shivaji killed
    A)Shayista khan
    B)Afzal khan
    C)Muhamad Khan
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Afzal khan
  • Q. Two socio-religious reform movements founded in India in 1875 were
    A)Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission
    B)Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj
    C)Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj
    D)Aligarh Movement and Servants of Indian Society
    Answer: Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj

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