More Questions on History
- Q. By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to __________
A)Parliament
B)The Secretary of State
C)Viceroy
D)Commander-in-Chief
Answer: The Secretary of State
- Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta
C)Kanishka
D)Harshavardhan
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct?
A)The Viceroy was given special powers
B)Diarchy was established in the provinces
C)The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy, councillors and the ministers
D)The federal legislature was to be bicameral
Answer: Diarchy was established in the provinces
- Q. Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Valmiki
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Tulsidas
- Q. Who among the following had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
A)Pheroze Shah Mehta
B)Surendranath Banerjee
C)Mahadev Gobind Ranade
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Mahadev Gobind Ranade
- Q. When was the commercial colonization of India commenced?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1765
D)1757
Answer: 1757
- Q. The greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
A)Racial arrogance of the British
B)Introduction of western education in India
C)Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
D)Queen's proclamation of 1858
Answer: Introduction of western education in India
- Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
A)Attacking the caste system
B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
D)Seperate representation for untouchables
Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
- Q. Who was the commander of ‘Seventh Coalition’ army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo
A)Jean-de-Dieu Soult
B)Arthur Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)John Carnac
Answer: Arthur Wellesley
- Q. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Ghananand
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
A)Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
B)Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
C)Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
D)Bardoli Satyagraha
Answer: Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
- Q. Slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in
A)Brazil
B)Venezuela
C)Central Africa
D)Mexico and Central America
Answer: Mexico and Central America
- Q. Among the numerous followers of Gandhi’s ‘philosophy’ was/were
A)Marshal Tito
B)Bertrand Russell
C)Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
D)All of the above
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
- Q. Where is the longest corridor of the temple?
A)Madurai
B)Shreerangam
C)Tiruchendur
D)Rameshwaram
Answer: Rameshwaram
- Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
A)1907
B)1905
C)1909
D)1911
Answer: 1907
- Q. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at
A)Delhi
B)Lucknow
C)Bombay
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. The Wahabi Movement named after its founder Abdul Wahab originated in . . . . . . in the 18th century with a view to restoring Islam to its pristine purity and order
A)Arabia
B)Manipal
C)America
D)Africa
Answer: Arabia
- Q. Who started the journal ‘The Commonweal’?
A)Annie Besant
B)N. G. Chandavarkar
C)M. G. Ranade
D)R. G. Bhandarkar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who among the following was responsible for making “Sikhism’ a militant force?
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Har Govind Singh
C)Guru Govind Singh
D)Guru Arjun Singh
Answer: Guru Har Govind Singh
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