More Questions on History
- Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
A)753 BC
B)776 BC
C)752 BC
D)742 BC
Answer: 753 BC
- Q. Which Goddess was worshipped as the “Goddess of Wisdom” by the Greeks
A)Apollo
B)Athena
C)Zeus
D)Diana
Answer: Athena
- Q. When were Morley-Minto reforms taken place?
A)1909
B)1905
C)1919
D)1857
Answer: 1909
- Q. When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?
A)In 1925
B)In 1920
C)In 1928
D)In 1932
Answer: In 1932
- Q. Who usurped power from the Mauryas after killing the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha?
A)Agnimitra
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Vasumitra
D)Jyesthamitra
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Irwin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
A)September 2, 1946
B)August 16, 1946
C)October 15, 1946
D)July 29, 1946
Answer: August 16, 1946
- Q. Who was the original inventor of roller spinning?
A)Lewis Paul
B)John Kay
C)Richard Arkwright
D)Samuel Crompton
Answer: Lewis Paul
- Q. Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
A)Charter Act-1833
B)Government of India Act-1858
C)Charter Act-1853
D)Charter Act-1813
Answer: Charter Act-1833
- Q. Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master’s message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
A)America
B)Mumbai
C)Kanyakumari
D)Chennai
Answer: Kanyakumari
- Q. Unification of Germany took place under the leadership of which state
A)Saxony
B)Wurtemberg
C)Prussia
D)Hanover
Answer: Prussia
- Q. When was the Communist Party of China founded?
A)1920
B)1918
C)1919
D)1923
Answer: 1919
- Q. Which of the following statement is related with the provision of the Charter Act of 1833?
A)Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
B)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China
C)Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China
D)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years
Answer: Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
- Q. In which Hindi month Sumtinath Tirthankar received diksha?
A)Jyestha
B)Vaisakh
C)Chetra
D)Magha
Answer: Vaisakh
- Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
A)Upendranath Basu
B)Annie Besant
C)I. N. Gurtu
D)George Thompson
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Rome city in 753 BC
A)Augustus
B)Julius Caesar
C)Romulus and Remus
D)Camillus
Answer: Romulus and Remus
- Q. Which of the following leaders died as a result of injuries sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon Commission?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Goplakrishna Gokhale
D)LaIa Lajpat Rai
Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
- Q. Indian Association formed in __________ was one of the pioneer political associations with an all India outlook
A)1776
B)1769
C)1874
D)1876
Answer: 1876
- Q. Indian Dyarchy was started by :
A)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909
B)Indian Council Act, 1861
C)Indian Council Act, 1992
D)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
Answer: Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
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