More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following had attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London?
A)B. R. Ambedkar
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)J. L. Nehru
D)M. M. Malaviya
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Which among the following Kavya of Sanskrit, deal with court intrigues & access to power of Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Ritusamhara
B)Mrichhakatika
C)Kumarasambhava
D)Mudrarakshahsa
Answer: Mudrarakshahsa
- Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Leo von Caprivi
C)Otto von Bismarck
D)Hans Luther
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
- Q. Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Jahandar Shah
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. The Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in :
A)1883
B)1872
C)1886
D)1893
Answer: 1893
- 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
- Q. Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
A)Lawrence
B)Canning
C)Dalhousie
D)Curzon
Answer: Canning
- Q. Which of the following personality is related with the “Deepavali Declaration”?
A)Lord Linlithgow in 1940
B)Lord Irwin in 1929
C)Gandhiji in 1930
D)Subhas Chandra Bose in 1941
Answer: Lord Irwin in 1929
- Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
A)Samugarh
B)Dharmat
C)Deorai
D)Khajwa
Answer: Samugarh
- Q. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at
A)Lahore
B)Bombay
C)Nagpur
D)Ahmadnagar
Answer: Bombay
- Q. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
A)February 20, 1947
B)May 16, 1946
C)March 10, 1946
D)December 31, 1946
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. The Rig Veda consists of
A)1028 hymns
B)1000 hymns
C)500 hymns
D)2000 hymns
Answer: 1028 hymns
- Q. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)None of the above
Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
- Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
A)England and France
B)Turkey and Austria
C)Palestine and Israel
D)Germany and Russia
Answer: England and France
- Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Lokmanya TiIak
C)Bhikaji Cama
D)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of
A)Guru Tegh Bahadur
B)Guru Ram Das
C)Guru Angad
D)Guru Arjan
Answer: Guru Arjan
- Q. The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at
A)Kanpur
B)Delhi
C)Lucknow
D)Madras
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. Who among the following played a prominent role during the “Reign of Terror” in France?
A)Marat
B)Voltaire
C)Robespierre
D)Montesquieu
Answer: Robespierre
- Q. During 18th century who among the following philosophers said these famous words? “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”
A)Jack Dareda
B)Voltaire
C)Jean Jacques Rousseaou
D)Montesqueue
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseaou
- Q. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
A)The constitution was adopted on this day
B)India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
C)India became a Republic on this day
D)The first amendment of the constitution was passed on this day
Answer: The constitution was adopted on this day
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