More Questions on History
- Q. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
A)Jinnah
B)Gandhi
C)Mohammed Iqbal
D)Patel
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was
A)The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
B)The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William
C)Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials
D)Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
Answer: Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
- Q. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)C R Das
C)Mrs Besant
D)Nehru
Answer: Nehru
- Q. The revolutionary who was an accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case and who died in Jail after 64 days fast was
A)Sukh Dev
B)Jatin Das
C)Raj Guru
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on
A)August 1,1947
B)August 10,1947
C)July 14,1947
D)July 4,1947
Answer: July 4,1947
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Skill
D)Power
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of __________
A)Jainism
B)Sikhism
C)Buddhism
D)Jewism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of
A)Arjan Dev
B)Tegh Bahadur
C)Har Gobind
D)Nanak
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
- Q. Which one is the last of the ruling Chinese dynasties
A)Shang Dynsaty
B)Zhou Dynasty
C)Han Dynasty
D)Qing Dynasty
Answer: Qing Dynasty
- Q. Tolkappiyam is associated with the
A)second Sangam period
B)first Sangam period
C)third Sangam period
D)post-third Sangam period
Answer: second Sangam period
- Q. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge
A)Two lakhs
B)One lakh
C)£10000
D)£5000
Answer: One lakh
- Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Who is regarded as the second Alexander?
A)Mubarak Khalji
B)Jalaluddin Khalji
C)Khusru Khan
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. The Harappan town considered to be a town of the artists and craftsmen was
A)Chanhudaro
B)Mohenjo-Daro
C)Harappa
D)Lothalmenials
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
A)After the Battle of Panipat
B)After the Battle of Plassey
C)After the war of Mysore
D)After Sepoy Mutiny
Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
- Q. The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the Anglo-French War in
A)Europe
B)Canada
C)Africa
D)America
Answer: Europe
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Akbar had got constructed the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory of
A)Delhi
B)Gujarat
C)Bengal
D)Odisha
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Dyanand Sarshawati
D)Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
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