More Questions on History
- Q. The Peloponnesian War was fought between which cities?
A)Carthage and Athens
B)Athens and Macedonia
C)Sparta and Carthage
D)Sparta and Athens
Answer: Sparta and Athens
- Q. The Hundred Years’ War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between
A)Germany and Russia
B)England and France
C)America and Argentina
D)England and Germany
Answer: England and France
- Q. In the Battle of Buxar the English army was commanded by
A)Clive
B)Major Munro
C)Rojer Drake
D)Boughton
Answer: Major Munro
- Q. Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
A)Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
B)Dayanand Sarswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
- Q. My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in
A)1902
B)1901
C)1906
D)1946
Answer: 1906
- Q. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
A)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D)Acharya J. B. Kriplani
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Q. The historical monument Al Khazneh or The Treasury is located in the city of
A)Tehran
B)Baghdad
C)Giza
D)Petra
Answer: Petra
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
- Q. Humayun (1530-1540 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Mughal
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Haryanka
Answer: Mughal
- Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A)Noncooperation Co-operation
B)Khilafat movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Quit India Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
A)Lord Curzon
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Lansdowne
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Which one of the following is associated with the Gupta Age of Indian History?
A)Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
B)Visit of Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang
C)Significant contribution to poetry and literature by Banabhatta
D)Macedonian invasion
Answer: Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
- Q. The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by
A)LaIa Lajpat Rai
B)Nehru
C)Bose
D)Gandhi
Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
- Q. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
A)Maurya
B)Gnathrika
C)Shakya
D)Kuru
Answer: Shakya
- 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. Who wrote the article “The Gospel of Wealth”?
A)Cornelius Vanderbilt
B)Andrew Carnegie
C)Dale Carnegie
D)Napoleon Hill
Answer: Andrew Carnegie
- Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Iltutmish
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. The Province of Bengal Constituted by the Act of 1935 would cease to exist as per __________
A)Wavell's Plan
B)The Cabinet Mission Plan
C)The Indian Independence Act of 1947
D)The Dikie Bird Plan
Answer: The Indian Independence Act of 1947
- Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
A)Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Lytton
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