More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the first Indian civil servant?
A)S N Banerjee
B)Motilal Nehru
C)C R Das
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: S N Banerjee
- Q. In which country the revolution of 1848 first begins that lead to a series of revolutions
A)Germany
B)Italy
C)French
D)Austria
Answer: Italy
- Q. The Law of Twelve Tables was concerned with which civilization
A)Greece
B)Egypt
C)Rome
D)China
Answer: Rome
- Q. The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of
A)Maharashtra
B)Assam
C)Bengal
D)Both (a) and (c)
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. Who established Prarthana Samaj?
A)Derozio
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
C)David Hare
D)Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen
- Q. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
A)Compilation of Alvar Saints poetry / literature Tirumurai is called "Tamil Veda"
B)Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
- Q. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by
A)Montford Reforms
B)The Council Act of 1909
C)August Offer
D)The Government of India Act of 1935
Answer: August Offer
- Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in
A)Arabic
B)Persian
C)Sanskrit
D)French
Answer: Arabic
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
A)Raigarh
B)Poona
C)Singhgarh
D)Panhala
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Charles wood’s despatch deals with which of the following issues?
A)Female education
B)Child marriages
C)Abolition of sati
D)Female infanticide
Answer: Female education
- Q. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?
A)Skanda Gupta
B)Samudra Gupta
C)Vikramaditya
D)Rama Gupta
Answer: Vikramaditya
- Q. What were the collective farms under Stalin’s Collectivization Programme in Russia known as
A)Ferma
B)Kolkhoz
C)Lider
D)Kollektsiya
Answer: Kolkhoz
- Q. Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by
A)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B)Dinbandhu Mitra
C)Rabindranath Tagore
D)Naveen Chandra Sen
Answer: Dinbandhu Mitra
- Q. When did the Germans establish colonies in Samoa?
A)1899
B)1898
C)1900
D)1901
Answer: 1900
- Q. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by?
A)Gajendra Chola
B)Rajendra Chola I
C)Vikram Chola
D)Rajendra Chola III
Answer: Rajendra Chola I
- Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
A)The Portuguese
B)The French
C)The Dutch
D)The English
Answer: The Portuguese
- Q. The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Brahma Datt
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)None of these
Answer: Brahma Datt
- Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
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