More Questions on History
- Q. Who quoted “The problems of day cannot be solved by motions, resolutions and can be solved only by blood and iron.”
A)Bismarck
B)Hitler
C)Kaiser William IV
D)King Frederick William IV
Answer: Bismarck
- 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. The ritualistic precepts pertaining to the hymns of the Vedas are known as the
A)Aranyakas
B)Samhitas
C)Brahmanas
D)Upanishads
Answer: Brahmanas
- Q. Who wrote “Summa Theologica”?
A)Aristotle
B)Albertus Magnus
C)Augustine of Hippo
D)Thomas Aquinas
Answer: Thomas Aquinas
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
A)Kheda
B)Dandi
C)Sabarmati
D)Champaran
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Sri Narayana Guru
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- 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. Krishnamohan started the __________ in 1831
A)Hindu Pioneer
B)Enquirer
C)Quill
D)Bengal Spectator
Answer: Enquirer
- Q. The designation ‘amil’ during Akbar’s reign denoted a
A)Retail trader
B)Policeman
C)Postman
D)Revenue official
Answer: Revenue official
- Q. Akbar’s teacher was
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Latif
D)Kabir
Answer: Abdul Latif
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
A)1942
B)1947
C)1943
D)1945
Answer: 1942
- Q. Which of the following ruler was responsible for the rise of Magadha?
A)Ajatshatru
B)Bindusara
C)Bimbisara
D)Vasudeva
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. “Middle Ages” in Western Europe includes the period __________
A)Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
B)AD 300 - AD 1600
C)Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
D)End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
Answer: Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
- Q. Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which of the following wars
A)First World War
B)Austro-Prussian War
C)Second World War
D)Russia-Japan War
Answer: First World War
- Q. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
A)Lord William Bentinck
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
C)Pheroze Shah Mehta
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?
A)Krishna
B)Kaveri
C)Wainganga
D)Tungabhadra
Answer: Tungabhadra
- Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
A)The right to move from one manor to another
B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
D)All the above
Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
- Q. For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt satyagraha walk?
A)36
B)24
C)12
D)6
Answer: 24
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