More Questions on History
- Q. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
- Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Sitting near
D)Recitation
Answer: Sitting near
- Q. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
A)Magadha
B)Pataliputra
C)Kalinga
D)Sarnath
Answer: Pataliputra
- Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A)Upagupta
B)Vishnu Gupta
C)Brahma Gupta
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. Which King was executed by guillotine during French Revolution in 1793
A)Louis XIII
B)Charles X
C)Henry IV
D)Louis XVI
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu’s philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a ‘Hatha yogi’
A)Thycattu Ayyaavu
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Thycattu Ayyaavu
- 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. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate directly?
A)Non-Cooperation Movement
B)Rajkot Satyagraha
C)Kheda Satyagraha
D)Vaikom Satyagraha
Answer: Rajkot Satyagraha
- Q. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
A)78 AD
B)108 AD
C)58 AD
D)128AD
Answer: 78 AD
- Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in
A)Arabic
B)Persian
C)Sanskrit
D)French
Answer: Arabic
- Q. The Hindu of Madras started in 1868 as a weekly, became a Daily in
A)1899
B)1889
C)1890
D)1855
Answer: 1889
- Q. Which war was formally ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth
A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Russo-Japanese War
D)China Japan War
Answer: Russo-Japanese War
- Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A)Dufferin
B)Northbrook
C)Elgin-II
D)Ripon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. Shivaji started his public career at the age of
A)21
B)18
C)23
D)24
Answer: 18
- Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tamil
D)Greek
Answer: Pali
- Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
A)I, II and III
B)I and II
C)I and III
D)II and III
Answer: I and III
- Q. The ‘Hero of Plassey’ was
A)Dupleix
B)Warren Hastings
C)Clive
D)Shuja-ud-Daulah
Answer: Clive
- Q. Krishnamohan started the __________ in 1831
A)Hindu Pioneer
B)Enquirer
C)Quill
D)Bengal Spectator
Answer: Enquirer
- Q. Muslim League was established in December
A)1905
B)1906
C)1925
D)1926
Answer: 1906
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