More Questions on History
- Q. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
A)Burma, Sri Lanka, Combodia and Indonesia
B)Burma (now Myanmar), Combodia, Indonesia and UAR
C)Burma, Indonesia, Ghana and Sri Lanka
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Sambaji plundered the Mughal territories in
A)Gujarat
B)Deccan
C)Punjab
D)Bengal
Answer: Deccan
- Q. The dead body of Babur by his own choice lies buried in
A)Farghana
B)Agra
C)Samarqand
D)Kabul
Answer: Kabul
- Q. Which of the following are essentially books of rituals?
A)The Upanishads
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Brahmanas
Answer: The Brahmanas
- Q. Who discovered America?
A)Columbus
B)Vascoda Gama
C)Captain Cook
D)Amundsen
Answer: Columbus
- Q. The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in __________
A)1911
B)1907
C)1928
D)1929
Answer: 1911
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on
A)20 August,1828
B)20 August,1838
C)20 August,1848
D)20 August,1858
Answer: 20 August,1828
- Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
A)1809
B)1804
C)1820
D)1822
Answer: 1804
- Q. Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?
A)Nagarjuna
B)Parsva
C)Asvaghosha
D)Vasumitra
Answer: Asvaghosha
- Q. Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
A)Sena & Sadhana
B)Kabir & Raidas
C)Dhanna & Naraharai
D)Tulsidas & Mirabai
Answer: Tulsidas & Mirabai
- Q. The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or uniformity in
A)Cereal crops
B)Weights and measures
C)Burial practices
D)Both (B) and (C)
Answer: Burial practices
- Q. Which of the following leader is correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?
A)Rabindranath Tagore: Patrika
B)Devendranath Tagore: Young India
C)M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
D)B. G. Tilak: Kesari
Answer: B. G. Tilak: Kesari
- Q. Who did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?
A)B. G. Tilak
B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
A)Vice-President
B)President
C)General Secretary
D)Member of the Working Committee
Answer: General Secretary
- Q. Who said that the congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Minto
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Aligarh Movement towards the end revented its followers from joining the national movement. Which of the following reasons made it to take this decision though it initially propagated for unity?
A)Indians are educationally forward so in order to suppress them their activities need to discouraged
B)It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
C)Gain support of British officials
D)National movement is waste of time so should concentrate on other works
Answer: It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
- Q. Under the Government of India act 1935 it was decided to establish a federation consisting of :
A)Princely states
B)Governor’s provinces
C)Governor’s provinces and princely states
D)None of these
Answer: Governor’s provinces and princely states
- Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
A)MA Jinnah
B)The Ali brothers
C)Syed Ahmed Khan
D)RM Sayani
Answer: The Ali brothers
- Q. Indian Mughal paintings originated during the rule of which Mughal Emperor?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Humayun
- Q. The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the __________ decision to partition Bengal
A)British
B)French
C)Dutch
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
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