More Questions on History
- Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
A)Mount Tambora
B)Mount Pelee
C)Mount Etna
D)Mount Vesuvius
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
- Q. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
A)Social law
B)Yoga
C)Religious rituals
D)Philosophy
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. The leader of the Anuslian Samiti was
A)Pulin Das
B)Barindra Kumar Ghosh
C)Kanai Lal Dutta
D)Prafulla Chaki
Answer: Barindra Kumar Ghosh
- Q. Against Lord and State was written by
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)K. N. Panikkar
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Shyama Charan Sen
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
- Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Northbrook
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. Which Buddhist literature consists of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers?
A)Sutta Patika
B)Milnda Panha
C)Vinayapitaka
D)Buddhhacharita
Answer: Sutta Patika
- Q. All are of one Self-fraternity such being the dictum to avow, in such a light how can we take life and devoid of least pity go on to eat. Who said this?
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Tilak
C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. The Deccan Educational Society founded by
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Firoz Shah Mehta
D)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Who won the Battle of Poitiers in 732?
A)Charles Martel
B)Carloman
C)Pepin of Herstal
D)Pepin the Short
Answer: Charles Martel
- Q. Because of his virtuous deeds Ajitnath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Tara
B)Vijaya
C)Sharmestha
D)Geeta
Answer: Vijaya
- Q. Name three important forms of Satyagraha
A)Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion
B)Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
C)Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum
D)Revolution, plebiscite and boycott
Answer: Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
- Q. The British Conservative Party was earlier known as
A)Fabians
B)Whigs
C)Levellors
D)Tories
Answer: Tories
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal Emperor Jahangir? I. Jahangir claimed that he could distinguish the work of different artists in a single picture. II. Painting was at its climax during his reign.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)None of the above
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated?
A)4th July, 1947
B)15th August, 1947
C)16th August, 1947
D)14th August, 1947
Answer: 14th August, 1947
- Q. The first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)BG Tilak
Answer: BG Tilak
- Q. Constantinople, the capital of Roman Empire was captured by Turks in the year
A)1415
B)1385
C)1453
D)1469
Answer: 1453
- Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the historic decisions of the Lahore Session (1929) of the Indian National Congress?
A)Complete independence (Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress
B)Decision to launch a programme of civil disobedience
C)Decision to observe January 26 as the Poorna Swaraj Day
D)To treat the communal problem as a national issue
Answer: To treat the communal problem as a national issue
- Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
A)5 years
B)4 years
C)3 years
D)2 years
Answer: 5 years
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