More Questions on History
- Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
A)Charter Act of 1813
B)Charter Act of 1793
C)Charter Act of 1833
D)Charter Act of 1853
Answer: Charter Act of 1833
- Q. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
A)Vallabhacharya
B)Ramananda
C)Narasi
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Which of the following pair leader associated with the Revolt of 1857 is not correctly matched?
A)Khan Bahadur Khan : Bareilly
B)Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
C)Kunwar Singh : Bihar
D)Bakht Khan : Delhi
Answer: Hazrat Mahal : Kanpur
- Q. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
A)1858
B)1857
C)1900
D)1909
Answer: 1857
- Q. Hakim Mirza, the younger brother of Akbar was the viceroy of
A)Herat
B)Kabul
C)Agra
D)Bengal
Answer: Kabul
- Q. Economic dimensions of justice have been emphasised by
A)Capitalists
B)Idealists
C)Socialists
D)Fascists
Answer: Socialists
- Q. Who is also known by the name of ‘Tiger of ‘Mysore’?
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Haidar Ali
C)Yaduraya Wodeyar
D)Krishna Devaraya
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. The Sikh Guru executed by Aurangzeb after cruel torture was
A)Har Krishan
B)Har Rai
C)Hargobind
D)Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
- Q. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680-1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Nanda
B)Maratha
C)Haryanka
D)Maurya
Answer: Maratha
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Sir John Shore
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Warren Hastings
- 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. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
A)Dhanishtha
B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
C)Shravan
D)Magha Nakshtra
Answer: Magha Nakshtra
- Q. Study of inscription is called
A)Numismatic
B)Archaeology
C)Epigraphy
D)Palaeography
Answer: Epigraphy
- Q. Tarabai, who conducted the affairs of the Maratha government from 1700 to 1707 AD, was the widow of the Maratha King
A)Shivaji II
B)Shambhaji
C)Raja Ram
D)Shivaji III
Answer: Raja Ram
- Q. PIassey is located near
A)Rajashahi in Bangladesh
B)Murshidabad in West Bengal
C)Calcutta
D)Monghyr in Bihar
Answer: Murshidabad in West Bengal
- Q. In his early days Shivaji moved with
A)Mawali leaders
B)Jat leaders
C)Santhals
D)Bhils
Answer: Mawali leaders
- Q. Social reforms were a major task of the theosophical society. With respect to Indian traditions and culture, which one does not find its occurrence in the societal activities? I. Resistance to child marriage. II. Resistance to widow remarriage. III. Spread of education. IV. Abolition of caste and Untouchability. V. Accommodation of conversion in religious faith.
A)II and IV
B)I and III
C)II, V
D)Only V
Answer: II, V
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. The Upanishads are
A)Books of ancient Hindu laws
B)A source of Hindu philosophy
C)Books on social behavior of man
D)Prayers to God
Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
- Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both II and III
D)All the above
Answer: Both II and III
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