More Questions on History
- Q. On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by the dispute between two major communities
A)Nehru
B)Lord Wavell
C)Patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Lord Wavell
- Q. What was meant by the secretary of State of India during the British?
A)A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
B)An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
C)A British minister given full control over the Government of India
D)A senior officer appointed the Viceroy to look into his internal administration in India
Answer: A British minister given full control over the Government of India
- Q. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in :
A)1920
B)1924
C)1916
D)1911
Answer: 1924
- Q. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social reformer in 16th century was from
A)Assam
B)Bihar
C)Orissa
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in
A)Egypt
B)Sumer
C)China
D)All the three
Answer: All the three
- Q. The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on
A)August 10, 1942
B)July 14, 1942
C)August 8, 1942
D)June 30, 1942
Answer: July 14, 1942
- Q. The Battle of Plassey is a particularly important event in Indian history because
A)It enabled the British to have power in Bengal
B)The Nawab of Bengal lost in it
C)It laid the foundation for British rule in India
D)It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits
Answer: It laid the foundation for British rule in India
- Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
A)Leonardo da Vinci
B)Michelangelo
C)Raphael
D)Donatello
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. As per the Regulating Act a Supreme Court was established in
A)Bombay
B)Bengal
C)Delhi
D)Madras
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The decisive battle of the third Carnatic War was waged between the French and the British at
A)Jhansi
B)Arcot
C)Plassey
D)Wandiwash
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. Aurangzeb, in his attempt to annex Marwar to the Mughal empire, was involved in a 30-year war. During these long years the most valiant struggle from the side of Marwar was fought by
A)Durgadas
B)Ajit Singh
C)Hadas of Bundi
D)Indra Singh
Answer: Durgadas
- Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A)Dufferin
B)Northbrook
C)Elgin-II
D)Ripon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. Assertion (A): Provincial autonomy was introduced in the Government of India Act, 1935. Reason (R): The Act itself made a clear-cut division of powers between the Centre and the Provinces
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. Calcutta medical college in__________
A)1745
B)1735
C)1832
D)1835
Answer: 1835
- Q. Who was Nur Jahan’s son-in-law?
A)Nazim
B)Khurram
C)Abdul
D)Shahryar
Answer: Shahryar
- Q. Buddha means
A)The Religious Preacher
B)The Enlightened one
C)The Genius
D)The Powerful
Answer: The Enlightened one
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
- Q. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
A)Vishnusarma
B)Suserman
C)Vasudeva
D)Vasumitra
Answer: Vasudeva
- Q. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
A)Persian
B)Urdu
C)Hindi
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
A)Secretary
B)President
C)Commander-in-Chief
D)Field Marshal
Answer: Commander-in-Chief
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