More Questions on History
- Q. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
A)Jana
B)Vish
C)Grama
D)Gotra
Answer: Grama
- Q. Who among the following did not rule the Delhi Sultanate?
A)Sayyed dynasty
B)Slave dynasty
C)Khalji dynasty
D)Ghori dynasty
Answer: Ghori dynasty
- Q. The Sikh gurus who compiled the Guru Granth Sahib was
A)Har Rai
B)Nanak
C)Arjan
D)Bahadur
Answer: Arjan
- Q. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by
A)Morley
B)Hume
C)Tilak
D)Gokhale
Answer: Tilak
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. High courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in
A)1919
B)1935
C)1862
D)1861
Answer: 1862
- Q. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
A)Pepper
B)Ivory
C)A fine variety of Indian muslin
D)Damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
Answer: Pepper
- Q. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
A)Sirr-i-Akbar
B)Mayma-ul-Bahrain
C)Al-Fihrist
D)Kitabul Bayan
Answer: Sirr-i-Akbar
- Q. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”?
A)Dr. S.Gopal
B)Syed Hasan Imam
C)M.A. Ansari
D)Bharat Kumar
Answer: Dr. S.Gopal
- Q. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?
A)Eknath
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Tukaram
Answer: Eknath
- Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
A)Sir Thomas Roe
B)Lord Clive
C)Lord Curzon
D)Captain Hawkins
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. Bijapur is known for its
A)Gol Gumbaz
B)Sever drought condition
C)Heavy rainfall
D)Statue of Gomateswara
Answer: Gol Gumbaz
- Q. In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha
A)1784
B)1783
C)1872
D)1884
Answer: 1884
- Q. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
A)Sind
B)Bihar
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Sind
- Q. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?
A)Palermo
B)Nauru
C)Vatican City
D)Namur
Answer: Nauru
- Q. The Great Depression in the 1930s refers to
A)An ailment afflicting millions overhung to a new vector borne disease
B)A tropical storm that raged for weeks
C)An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
D)A prolonged seasonal influence of unpredictable weather owing to earthquakes and tsunamis
Answer: An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
- Q. Who is also known as ‘Bard of Avon’
A)Karl Marx
B)William Wordsworth
C)William Shakespeare
D)John Milton
Answer: William Shakespeare
- Q. The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was
A)expulsion of Tilak from the INC
B)election of the President of the INC
C)demand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC
D)resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
Answer: election of the President of the INC
- Q. In 1883 Dayananda was invited by the Maharaja of __________ to stay at his palace
A)Kashmir
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Gujarat
D)Jodhpur
Answer: Jodhpur
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
A)Kheda
B)Dandi
C)Sabarmati
D)Champaran
Answer: Champaran
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