More Questions on History
- Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
A)Cripps Mission
B)Simmon Commission
C)Cabinet Mission
D)Wavel Plan
Answer: Cripps Mission
- Q. Why Simon commission was established?
A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
C)To declare India as republic state
D)None of these
Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
- Q. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
B)MK Gandhi
C)Dr Ambedkar
D)C V Chintamani
Answer: MK Gandhi
- Q. Theosophical movement though not very successful helped in contributing to developments in society. Which of the following are those developments? I. Women upliftment and recognized their importance II. Provided self respect needed to fight British colonial rule III. Did not provide any contribution as they realized that they were giving false sense of pride
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Only III
D)All the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. From which language, has the term ‘democracy’ been derived?
A)Hebrew
B)Greek
C)English
D)Latin
Answer: Greek
- Q. Who wrote Mudrarakshasa?
A)Panini
B)Vishakhadatta
C)Patanjali
D)Shudrak
Answer: Vishakhadatta
- Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
A)Bahadur Shah-II
B)Bahadur Shah-I
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Shah Alam-II
Answer: Shah Alam-I
- Q. Who was Lord Morley?
A)Viceroy of India
B)Secretary of the state
C)Governor General of India
D)None of the above
Answer: Secretary of the state
- Q. Babur came to India originally from
A)Ferghana
B)Khiva
C)Khorasan
D)Seistan
Answer: Ferghana
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the cardinal principle of Bhakti Cult? I. It was influencing devotion to a personal God, whose grace was the only means of attaining salvation or Mukti. II. It stressed the idea of a personal God and pointed out the absurdity of the caste system in the presence of God and the futility of external rites and ceremonies.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Who switched on the world’s first large-scale electrical supply network?
A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Albert Einstein
C)Benjamin Franklin
D)Thomas Edison
Answer: Thomas Edison
- Q. Who among of the following was the Viceroy of India when Indian University Act, 1904 was passed?
A)Lord Lansdowne
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Minto
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Munro and Charles Reed
C)John shore
D)None of these
Answer: Munro and Charles Reed
- Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
C)Venkata II : Aravidu
D)Narsimha : Chalukya
Answer: Narsimha : Chalukya
- Q. For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayananda stressed on :
A)Swadharma
B)Swabhasha and Swarajya
C)Swadeshi
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Ekanatha
- Q. Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?
A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Brahma Datt
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. During 18th century who among the following philosophers said these famous words? “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”
A)Jack Dareda
B)Voltaire
C)Jean Jacques Rousseaou
D)Montesqueue
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseaou
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