More Questions on History

  • Q. When was Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile?
    A)1248
    B)1200
    C)1203
    D)1261
    Answer: 1248
  • Q. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
    A)Khan Bahadur Khan - RuhelKhand
    B)Rani Laxmibai - Indore
    C)Kunwar Singh - Sahabad
    D)Nana Saheb - Kanpur
    Answer: Rani Laxmibai - Indore
  • Q. Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Gokhale
    C)Tilak
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Tilak
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as__________
    A)Vishwanath Datta
    B)Narendra Nath Datta
    C)Upendranath Datta
    D)Vasava Datta
    Answer: Narendra Nath Datta
  • Q. Prince of Piligrims’ was the name attributed to
    A)Hiuen-tsang
    B)Fa-Hien
    C)I-tsing
    D)Megasthenes
    Answer: Hiuen-tsang
  • Q. Quit India movement began on:
    A)August 9, 1941
    B)August 9, 1940
    C)August 8, 1942
    D)August 9, 1944
    Answer: August 8, 1942
  • Q. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
    A)Amritsar
    B)Gurdaspur
    C)Lahore
    D)Talwandi
    Answer: Talwandi
  • Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
    A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
    B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
    C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
    D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
    Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
  • Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
    A)Thailand
    B)Singapore
    C)Britain
    D)Italy
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
    D)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
  • Q. Who among of the following was the founder of society called ‘Abhinav Bharat’?
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
    D)Bipin Chandra Pal
    Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  • Q. What was the capital of Avanti?
    A)Ujjain
    B)Gaya
    C)Satna
    D)Vallabhi
    Answer: Ujjain
  • Q. The Swadeshi Movement was launched
    A)With a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
    B)As a protest against division of Bengal
    C)As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
    D)Due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
    Answer: As a protest against division of Bengal
  • Q. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year :
    A)1982
    B)1872
    C)1884
    D)1892
    Answer: 1872
  • Q. When Humayun was in exile Koh-i-noor Diamond was with
    A)Shah Tahmasp of Persia
    B)The Raja Bikramajid
    C)Sultan of Bijapur
    D)Sher Shah
    Answer: Shah Tahmasp of Persia
  • Q. Who quoted “The problems of day cannot be solved by motions, resolutions and can be solved only by blood and iron.”
    A)Bismarck
    B)Hitler
    C)Kaiser William IV
    D)King Frederick William IV
    Answer: Bismarck
  • Q. Choose the correct option I. Dharmpala was the founder of the Pala Empire. II. Mihir Bhoja belongs to Pratihar dynasty. III. Mihir bhoja was the devotee of Lord KRISHNA.
    A)Only I, III
    B)Only I, II
    C)Only II
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Only II
  • Q. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?
    A)Chandragupta
    B)Srigupta
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Devicharangupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy
    A)1843
    B)1842
    C)1845
    D)1875
    Answer: 1875
  • Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
    A)Lala Hardyal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)M G Ranade
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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