More Questions on History
- Q. That all appointments made by the President and an treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates
A)Theory of checks and balances
B)Theory of separation of powers
C)Due process of law
D)Rule of law
Answer: Theory of checks and balances
- Q. Who has given the treatise on the rule of the Pandyan kingdom by Pandala a daughter of Herakles?
A)Kautilya
B)Megasthenes
C)Banabhatt
D)Kalidas
Answer: Megasthenes
- Q. The first to come and last to leave India were
A)The French
B)The Portuguese
C)The English
D)The Dutch
Answer: The Portuguese
- Q. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on :
A)June 5, 1931
B)July 5, 1931
C)March 5, 1931
D)January 5, 1931
Answer: March 5, 1931
- Q. Who has built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in Chittorgarh?
A)Rana Kumbha
B)Maharana Pratap
C)Rana Sanga
D)Kunwar Durjan Singh
Answer: Rana Kumbha
- Q. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct?
A)It was built by Shah Jahan
B)It is a magnificent Mausoleum
C)It is situated outside Agra Fort
D)The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
Answer: The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
- Q. Which of the following is considered as the main reason for division of Brahmo Samaj?
A)Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
B)Resolutely opposing Christian missionaries and their work against Hinduism
C)Lack of strong propagator of views
D)Opposition by people for disturbing traditional caste practices like abolition of sati, widow remarriage and women education
Answer: Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
- Q. Who played Socrates to the first generation of the English educated young men of Bengal
A)Rai Narain Bose
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Henry Vivian Derozio
D)Drinkwater Bethun
Answer: Henry Vivian Derozio
- Q. What were the collective farms under Stalin’s Collectivization Programme in Russia known as
A)Ferma
B)Kolkhoz
C)Lider
D)Kollektsiya
Answer: Kolkhoz
- Q. Where is the Lingaraja Temple located?
A)Tiruchendur
B)Madurai
C)Bhubaneswar
D)Ujjain
Answer: Bhubaneswar
- Q. Which report became the basis for enacting the Government of India Act 1935?
A)Montague Chelmsford Declaration
B)Reading's report
C)Morley Minto Reforms
D)Simon Commission’s report
Answer: Simon Commission’s report
- Q. Who among the following Mughal Emperor became the first pensioner of the East India Company?
A)Akbar II
B)Ahmed Shah
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Muhammed Shah
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
A)J. S. Mill
B)Herbert Spencer
C)John Locke
D)Tocqueville
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A)16 October , 1896
B)16 October , 1911
C)16 October , 1907
D)16 October , 1905
Answer: 16 October , 1905
- Q. What was meant by the secretary of State of India during the British?
A)A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
B)An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
C)A British minister given full control over the Government of India
D)A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India
Answer: A British minister given full control over the Government of India
- Q. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
A)Sharda Mukherjee
B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C)Fathima Beevi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced ‘market control’ or economic regulations for
A)the general welfare of the people
B)building up a large and contented army with small salaries
C)both (A) and (B) above
D)curbing dishonest merchants and traders
Answer: both (A) and (B) above
- Q. Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by Japanese in
A)1939
B)1935
C)1941
D)1944
Answer: 1941
- Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
B)North America and South America
C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
D)France and Poland
Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
- Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
A)Japan
B)China
C)Sri Lanka
D)Tibet
Answer: Sri Lanka
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