More Questions on History
- Q. In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union
A)A. M. Bose
B)A. O. Hume
C)Lord Dufferin
D)W. C. Banerjee
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. The first organisation in the Madras Presidency to agitate for the rights of Indians was the Madras Native Association which was established by publicist __________ Chetty in 1849. This organisation did not survive for long and was eventually disbanded.
A)S. Ramaswami Mudaliar
B)Gazulu Lakshminarasu
C)P. Anandacharlu
D)R. Balaji Rao
Answer: Gazulu Lakshminarasu
- Q. In which year, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established
A)1948
B)1945
C)1949
D)1952
Answer: 1949
- Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
A)Lord Curzon
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Lansdowne
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________
A)1584
B)1484
C)1684
D)1784
Answer: 1784
- 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. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793? I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years. II. Regulated the finances of the Company. III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues. IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General’s Council
A)I, II & IV
B)I, II & III
C)I & II
D)II & III
Answer: I, II & IV
- Q. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit play written by Kalidasa
A)Devichandragupta
B)Mudrarakshas
C)Malavikagnimitram
D)Mrichhakatika
Answer: Mudrarakshas
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
A)1857
B)1818
C)1858
D)1819
Answer: 1857
- Q. When did the Battle of Crecy take place?
A)1337
B)1327
C)1346
D)1376
Answer: 1346
- Q. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________ movement
A)Back to the Vedas
B)Swadeshi
C)Young Bengal
D)Young India
Answer: Young Bengal
- Q. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is
A)Devendra Nath Tagore
B)Keshab Chandra Sen
C)Ishwar chandra
D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year
A)1821
B)1805
C)1852
D)1895
Answer: 1821
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- Q. Herodotus is considered as the father of
A)Geography
B)History
C)Political Science
D)Philosophy
Answer: History
- Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
A)Bombay
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Allahabad
Answer: Bombay
- 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. The National Emblem of Italy is
A)White Eagle
B)Eagle
C)White Lily
D)Lily
Answer: White Lily
- Q. When did Henry Tudor seize the crown?
A)1431
B)1420
C)1453
D)1485
Answer: 1485
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