More Questions on History
- Q. The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
A)the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
B)unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
C)both A and B above
D)the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
Answer: both A and B above
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
B)Guru Nanak
C)Shankaracharya
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
A)Agra Fort
B)Gwalior Fort
C)Lahore Fort
D)Allahabad Fort
Answer: Gwalior Fort
- Q. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C)Mahatma Ghandhi
D)Pingali Venkaiya
Answer: Pingali Venkaiya
- Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
A)1900
B)1898
C)1901
D)1903
Answer: 1898
- Q. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Viceroy Lytton II. Viceroy Mayo III. Viceroy Lansdowne IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
A)II, I, III, IV
B)II, III, I, IV
C)IV, III, II, I
D)III, IV, I, II
Answer: II, I, III, IV
- Q. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
A)Lord Linlithgow
B)Lord Wavell
C)Sir George Stanley
D)Lord Willingdon
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of
A)1858
B)1853
C)1813
D)1784
Answer: 1858
- Q. Harsha was defeated by
A)King of Valabhi
B)Sasanka
C)Bhaskarvarman
D)Pulakeshin II
Answer: Pulakeshin II
- Q. Akbar defeated Hemu in which of the following battle?
A)Second Battle of Panipat
B)Battle of Haldighati
C)Battle of Talikota
D)Third Battle of Panipat
Answer: Second Battle of Panipat
- Q. The Ramayana narrates events believed to have taken place in the __________ Yuga or age
A)Dwapar
B)Sat
C)Kal
D)Treta
Answer: Treta
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?
A)Scheduled Tribes
B)Scheduled Caste
C)Anglo-Indian
D)Landed Gentry
Answer: Landed Gentry
- Q. When did Japanese invasion of Manchuria begin?
A)1935
B)1931
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. The Pakistan panacea was sponsored by
A)Jinnah
B)Azad Kalam
C)Md Iqbal
D)Liyakat All Khan
Answer: Md Iqbal
- Q. When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically repeated the August Offer 1940 visit India?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1943
D)1944
Answer: 1942
- Q. “What is the Third Estate?” pamphlet associated with the French Revolution, was written by
A)Edmund Burke
B)Marquis - Lafayette
C)Joseph Foulon
D)Abbe Sieyes
Answer: Abbe Sieyes
- Q. When was the non-cooperation movement started by M.K Gandhi?
A)Chauri-Chaura incident
B)After Rowlatt Act
C)Jalliawala bagh Massacre
D)None of the above
Answer: Jalliawala bagh Massacre
- Q. Who had, while fasting in the prison, written to the British governor, The individual must die so that the nation may live. Today, I must die so that India may win freedom and glory?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Jatin Das
C)MK Gandhi
D)SC Bose
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
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