More Questions on History
- Q. Who compiled the tales of “The Panchatantra”?
A)Veda Vyasa
B)Valmiki
C)Vishnu Sharma
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
- Q. Why Simon commission was established?
A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
C)To declare India as republic state
D)None of these
Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
- Q. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :
A)Nine States
B)Eleven States
C)Five States
D)Ten States
Answer: Eleven States
- Q. Satavahana dynasty originated from?
A)South of Vindhya
B)South of Arawali
C)South of Satpura
D)South of Satmola
Answer: South of Vindhya
- Q. The Golden Jubilee of the Indian National Congress (1885-1935) fell in 1935, which was observed during the session held at
A)Lucknow
B)Karachi
C)Faizpur
D)Nowhere
Answer: Nowhere
- 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. Who founded Saint Petersburg?
A)Ivan the Terrible
B)Alexis of Russia
C)Peter the Great
D)Peter III of Russia
Answer: Peter the Great
- Q. Which of the following objects was not worshipped by the Indus valley people
A)Pashupati Shiva
B)Mother Goddess
C)Trees such as Peepal and Acacia
D)Trimurti
Answer: Trimurti
- Q. The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Sukh Dev
C)Jatin Das
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)None of these
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
A)Marathas
B)Rohelas
C)Sikhs
D)Tamils
Answer: Rohelas
- Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
A)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Abbas Tayyabji
D)Maulana Abdul Kalarn Azad
Answer: Abbas Tayyabji
- Q. Which of the following is true regarding the Aryan Economy? I. Aryans, crossed the nomadic stage. II. Lion, elephants, & Boar were not known to them. III. Coins were known to them.
A)II, III
B)Only I
C)I, III
D)All of the above
Answer: Only I
- Q. Babur was born in the year
A)1583
B)1483
C)1693
D)1783
Answer: 1483
- Q. The designation ‘amil’ during Akbar’s reign denoted a
A)Retail trader
B)Policeman
C)Postman
D)Revenue official
Answer: Revenue official
- Q. The Viceroy who wanted to train Indian in the art of selfgovernment was
A)Ripon
B)Mountbatten
C)Northbrook
D)Curzon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bahadur Shah I
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
D)None of the above
Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
- Q. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
A)The Factory Act
B)Self-government
C)System of Dyarchy
D)Transfer of Power of Congress
Answer: System of Dyarchy
- Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
A)French
B)English
C)Dutch
D)Germany
Answer: French
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