More Questions on History
- Q. Bimbisara was the king of which dynasty?
A)Maurya
B)Haryanka
C)Shunga
D)Nanda
Answer: Haryanka
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
A)Kakatiyas : Warangal
B)Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
C)Pallavas : Devagiri
D)Chalukyas : Kalyani
Answer: Pallavas : Devagiri
- Q. Sarvodaya stands for
A)Non-cooperation
B)Total revolution
C)Upliftment of all
D)Non-violence
Answer: Upliftment of all
- Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
A)Delhi
B)Paris
C)London
D)Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. The Dandi March undertaken by Gandhi was
A)A part of the Quit India Movement
B)A routine March
C)A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
D)A demonstration of Congress power
Answer: A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as
A)Board of Directors
B)Court of Directors
C)Board of Control
D)Board of Merchants
Answer: Board of Control
- Q. The first President of the Ghadar Party – founded in 1913 in USA was
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Lata Hardayal
C)Bhai Parmanand
D)Sardar Ajit Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A)Veer Kunwar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Which world Heritage Monument has been acclaimed as the “Necropolis of the Mughal dynasty”?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Humayun's Tomb
- Q. Swami Vivekananda’s father, __________, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects
A)Narendra Nath Datta
B)Vishwanath Datta
C)Sri Ramakrishna
D)Rashik Krishna Mallik
Answer: Vishwanath Datta
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
A)Purushottam Das Tandon
B)Shri Bharat Kumar
C)Sir William Wedderburn
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. The main objectives of the Non-Cooperation Movement were
A)protest against the Punjab wrongs and withdrawal of the Rowlatt Acts
B)restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
C)lifting of martial law from Punjab and withdrawal of repressive laws
D)None of the above
Answer: restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
- Q. Who was the founder of Advaita vada or the doctrine of non-dualism?
A)Surdas
B)Adi Shankaracharya
C)Ramanuj
D)Kapil
Answer: Adi Shankaracharya
- Q. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?
A)Agni
B)Varuna
C)Vishnu
D)Rudra
Answer: Varuna
- Q. To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire” attributed?
A)M K Gandhi
B)Acharya Narendra Dev
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: M K Gandhi
- Q. When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
A)1603
B)1600
C)1707
D)1761
Answer: 1600
- Q. In __________, the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)) was established
A)1908
B)1904
C)1917
D)1920
Answer: 1920
- Q. On account of severe British repression the Civil Disobedience movement was again suspended In July 1933 and people were asked to offer Satyagraha
A)in groups
B)individually
C)locally
D)against liquor shops
Answer: individually
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