More Questions on History
- Q. The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the __________ decision to partition Bengal
A)British
B)French
C)Dutch
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
D)None of the above
Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
- Q. The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at
A)Bengal
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Sapta Sindhu
D)Delhi
Answer: Sapta Sindhu
- Q. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
B)MK Gandhi
C)Dr Ambedkar
D)C V Chintamani
Answer: MK Gandhi
- Q. The architectural raw material generally used in Akbar’s period was
A)Brick
B)Marble
C)Limestone
D)Redstone
Answer: Redstone
- Q. Who was the first Roman Emperor
A)Claudius
B)Caligula
C)Augustus
D)Nero
Answer: Augustus
- Q. Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
A)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
B)Ramabai Saraswati
C)Lord Edwin Montague
D)Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
- Q. Who established Narayana Gurukulam in 1923 in the Nilgiri Hills with the blessings of Narayana Guru?
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Nataraja Guru
C)T. K. Madhavan
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Nataraja Guru
- Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
A)Sukhdev
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
- Q. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)M.K. Gandhi
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
Answer: Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
- Q. Anti Semitism’ to Adolf Hitler meant
A)Anti Jewish policy
B)Anti Black policy
C)Anti Protestant policy
D)Anti German policy
Answer: Anti Jewish policy
- Q. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at
A)Badami
B)Ajanta
C)Ellora
D)Elephanta
Answer: Ellora
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagraha came in 1917 in
A)Champaran
B)Ahemdabad
C)Kheda
D)Dandi
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
A)Persian
B)French
C)Portugese
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
A)Samudragupta
B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
C)Vikrarnaditya
D)Skand Gupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
A)T N Das
B)Robert Knight
C)Ashok Mehta
D)K M Pannikar
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
A)The constitution was adopted on this day
B)India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
C)India became a Republic on this day
D)The first amendment of the constitution was passed on this day
Answer: The constitution was adopted on this day
- Q. Which one of the following Harappan sites is NOT located in Gujarat?
A)Rangpur
B)Surkotada
C)Sutkagendor
D)Desalpur
Answer: Sutkagendor
- Q. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
A)Government of India, 1935
B)Cripps Mission 1942
C)Independent India 1947
D)August Offer of 1940
Answer: August Offer of 1940
- Q. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of
A)pillars
B)floral designs
C)animal figures
D)yaksha figures
Answer: animal figures
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