More Questions on History
- Q. When was the modern petroleum industry started?
A)1829
B)1808
C)1846
D)1898
Answer: 1846
- Q. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
A)Indian National Congress
B)The India League
C)Madras Mahajana Sabha
D)Bombay Presidency Association
Answer: The India League
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
- Q. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was
A)Henry Middleton
B)Hawkins
C)Thomas Roe
D)Josiah Child
Answer: Thomas Roe
- Q. Potato was introduced to Europe by
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)Spanish
D)Dutch
Answer: Spanish
- Q. The novel ‘Neel Darpan’ depicting the harassment and oppression of Indigo farmers by the Britishers was written by:
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)M M Malviya
C)Dinabandhu Mitra
D)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Answer: Dinabandhu Mitra
- Q. The Opium wars were fought between
A)Britain and India
B)Britain and China
C)India and China
D)Britain and Japan
Answer: Britain and China
- Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
A)Maharashtra
B)Western Punjab
C)Bengal
D)Madhya Bharat
Answer: Western Punjab
- Q. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Q. The slogan of the French Revolution was
A)Government of the people, by the people and for the people
B)One nation, one leader and one flag
C)Liberty, equality and fraternity
D)None of these
Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity
- 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
- Q. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
A)Persian
B)French
C)Portugese
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. The last Mauryan king was
A)Ashoka
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Harsha
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Brihadratha
- Q. The reformer from Maharashtra popularly known as ‘Lokhitavadi’ (For the well of others) was
A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B)MG Ranade
C)Pt Ramabai
D)GK Gokhale
Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the author of
A)New India
B)India Wins Freedom
C)Gita Rahasya
D)Discovery of India
Answer: India Wins Freedom
- Q. What did Raja Ram Mohan Roy actively seek reforms in?
A)Teaching the Vedas in schools
B)Promoting intercaste marriages
C)Ending the practice of Sati
D)Building more temples
Answer: Ending the practice of Sati
- Q. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in :
A)1920
B)1924
C)1916
D)1911
Answer: 1924
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
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