More Questions on History
- Q. Most of the large Harappan towns had for fortifications which served the purpose of
A)protection against cattle raiders
B)safety from robbers
C)protection against floods
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Aurangzeb put his father under house arrest in Agra Fort
A)Shah Jahan
B)Humayun
C)Akbar
D)Bahadur Shah
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Where was the Sumerian civilization located
A)Iran
B)China
C)Pakistan
D)Iraq
Answer: Iraq
- Q. The famous Quit India Resolution was passed on
A)August 28, 1942
B)August 8, 1942
C)April 4, 1928
D)April 24, 1928
Answer: August 8, 1942
- Q. India was partitioned as a consequence of the formula contained in
A)Attlee's Declaration
B)Cabinet Mission Plan
C)June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
D)Both B and C above
Answer: June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
- Q. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Quit India Movement
C)Non-Cooperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: Swadeshi Movement
- Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in December 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Karachi
C)Calcutta
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Q. Who was the Governor-General when Pindaris had created havoc in Central India by indulging in large-scale looting?
A)Lord Hastings
B)Lord William Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress?
A)A. O. Hume
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Surendra Nath Banerjee
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Tilak started his career as a
A)Professor
B)Writer
C)Journalist
D)Lawyer
Answer: Professor
- Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)AO Hume
C)GK Gokhale
D)BG Tilak
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- Q. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”?
A)Muin
B)Lowell
C)Marriot
D)Bagehot
Answer: Muin
- Q. Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Lala Hardayal
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)None of above
Answer: Lala Hardayal
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
- Q. Which among the following ‘MATH’ is related with Buddhism?
A)Chaitya
B)Dakhma
C)Khangah
D)Angeri
Answer: Chaitya
- Q. When was first telegraph line started in India?
A)1875
B)1851
C)1884
D)1900
Answer: 1851
- Q. Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to
A)growing craze for imported goods
B)lack of patronage
C)stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Under the Government of India __________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj
A)Act of 1758
B)Act of 1658
C)Act of 1858
D)Act of 1947
Answer: Act of 1858
- Q. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
A)Indo-Greeks
B)Mauryas
C)Guptas
D)Kushans
Answer: Indo-Greeks
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