More Questions on History
- Q. Pitt’s India Bill was introduced by __________ in 1784
A)Governor-General of India
B)Prime Minister Pitt
C)Senior Merchants
D)East India Company
Answer: Prime Minister Pitt
- Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
A)The Portuguese
B)The French
C)The Dutch
D)The English
Answer: The Portuguese
- Q. The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)G. K. Gokhale
C)J. L. Nehru
D)Netaji S C Bose
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?
A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Brahma Datt
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Willingdon
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
A)Ryotwari
B)Zamindari
C)Mahalwari
D)Inamdari
Answer: Zamindari
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of India?
A)William Bentick
B)Warren Hastings
C)Lord Delhousie
D)Lord Canning
Answer: William Bentick
- Q. When was the Trans-Siberian Railway completed?
A)1882
B)1872
C)1890
D)1916
Answer: 1916
- Q. China invaded Indian frontiers in the year __________
A)1960
B)1956
C)1962
D)1965
Answer: 1962
- Q. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
A)BP Wadia
B)BC Pal
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)GS Arundale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
- Q. Krishnamohan started the __________ in 1831
A)Hindu Pioneer
B)Enquirer
C)Quill
D)Bengal Spectator
Answer: Enquirer
- Q. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
A)Twelve Upangas
B)Fourteen Purvas
C)Twelve Angas
D)Fourteen Uparvas
Answer: Twelve Angas
- Q. What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?
A)Mahamastabhisheka
B)Mahaparinirvana
C)Mahabhiniskraman
D)Dharmachakrapravartan
Answer: Dharmachakrapravartan
- Q. Mein Kampf’ is the autobiography which political leader
A)Benito Mussolini
B)Joseph Stalin
C)Winston Churchill
D)Adolf Hitler
Answer: Adolf Hitler
- Q. The Svetambara Jains were
A)clad in black
B)clad in white
C)clad in red
D)saffron clad
Answer: clad in white
- Q. Pushti marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism was founded by?
A)Ramanujacharya
B)Shankaracharya
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Nimbarkacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- 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. Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Dr. Palpu
C)C. Kesavan
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Who among the following did not rule the Delhi Sultanate?
A)Sayyed dynasty
B)Slave dynasty
C)Khalji dynasty
D)Ghori dynasty
Answer: Ghori dynasty
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