More Questions on History
- Q. Most depicted animal of the Indus Valley Civilization was?
A)Lion
B)Elephant
C)Bull
D)Dog
Answer: Bull
- Q. Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)A. O. Hume
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Who had written the book “poverty and Un-British rule in India”
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)R. C. Dutta
C)D. R. Gadgil
D)P. C. Mahalnobis
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The Gupta king who assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was
A)Samudragupta
B)Skandagupta
C)Chandragupta-II
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta-II
- Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
A)Sahir Ludhianvi
B)Ashafaqullah Khan
C)Mohammad Iqbal
D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists?
A)1908
B)1907
C)1909
D)1910
Answer: 1907
- Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
A)Caligula
B)Augustus
C)Constantine the Great
D)Cicero
Answer: Constantine the Great
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact?
A)It was signed on January 23, 1932
B)It was signed between Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr. Ambedkar
C)It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna
D)This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 147
Answer: It was signed on January 23, 1932
- Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
A)Sutta Pitaka
B)Vinaya Pitaka
C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
D)All the three Pitakas
Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked
A)Konkan
B)Gujarat
C)Surat
D)Poena
Answer: Konkan
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
A)Dharam Kumar
B)A. R. Desai
C)Ray Chaudhuri
D)K. Rajayyan
Answer: A. R. Desai
- Q. The previous name of Zaire was
A)Liberia
B)Benin
C)Congo
D)Sierra Leone
Answer: Congo
- Q. In which year did the Indian National Congress hold its first meeting in Bombay?
A)1844
B)1832
C)1885
D)1890
Answer: 1885
- Q. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B)Dayanand Sarshawati
C)The Chapekar brothers
D)None of these
Answer: The Chapekar brothers
- Q. The Secretary of State for India was given powers by
A)The Act of 1919
B)The Act of 1909
C)The Act of 1858
D)The Act of 1861
Answer: The Act of 1858
- Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
A)Maharashtra
B)Western Punjab
C)Bengal
D)Madhya Bharat
Answer: Western Punjab
- Q. Which civilization is known as the birthplace of democracy
A)Indian
B)Romans
C)Greeks
D)Persians
Answer: Greeks
- Q. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
A)Calcutta
B)Lucknow
C)Bombay
D)Madras
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Mohenjo-Daro is situated in
A)Larkana district
B)Montgomery district
C)Chandigarh area
D)Gujarat
Answer: Larkana district
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