More Questions on History
- Q. The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
A)The imprisonment of Lenin
B)The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
C)The ambition of America to dominate the world
D)The sudden death of Lloyd George
Answer: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
- Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
A)Darius III
B)Alexander the Great
C)King Porus
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: King Porus
- Q. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?
A)Mohanjodaro
B)Kalibangan
C)Harappa
D)Chanhudaro
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A)The British Government Authority
B)Muslim Land Holders
C)The non-tribal outsiders
D)Hindu Land Holders
Answer: Hindu Land Holders
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Sir John Shore
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Warren Hastings
- 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. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
A)Aravidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. Of the following who transferred the capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?
A)Mir Jaffar
B)Mir Kasim
C)Siraj-ud-Daulah
D)Mir Mudan
Answer: Mir Kasim
- Q. When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically repeated the August Offer 1940 visit India?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1943
D)1944
Answer: 1942
- Q. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit play written by Kalidasa
A)Devichandragupta
B)Mudrarakshas
C)Malavikagnimitram
D)Mrichhakatika
Answer: Mudrarakshas
- Q. On October 16, 1905, when the partition of Bengal was enforced, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, to emphasise the unity of Bengal, suggested the programme of
A)tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
B)singing Bande Mataram
C)composing of patriotic songs
D)establishing national educational institutions
Answer: tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
- 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 exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
B)North America and South America
C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
D)France and Poland
Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
- Q. The Greeks were driven out of India by
A)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ashoka
D)Bindusara
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Which is known as book of Melody?
A)Samveda
B)Rigveda
C)Atharvaveda
D)Yajurveda
Answer: Samveda
- Q. The Cripps Mission visited India in the year
A)1942
B)1940
C)1945
D)1946
Answer: 1942
- Q. Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Gautama Buddha was brought up by
A)Mayadevi
B)Mahaprajapati
C)Kundavi
D)Sangamitra
Answer: Mahaprajapati
- Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
A)Government of India Act of 1935
B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
C)Indian Council Act of 1909
D)Government of India Act of 1919
Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
- Q. Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin died in the year
A)1922
B)1924
C)1920
D)1921
Answer: 1924
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