More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following leader associated with Barout in Uttar Pradesh during 1857 revolts?
A)Maulavi Ahamadullah Shah
B)Shah Mal
C)Tatya Tope
D)Veer Kuwar Singh
Answer: Shah Mal
- Q. When was the second Anglo-Mysore War fought?
A)1788-89
B)1780-84
C)1784-88
D)1770-74
Answer: 1780-84
- Q. Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?
A)16th
B)15th
C)17th
D)18th
Answer: 17th
- Q. What was the official language of the Sultanate?
A)Urdu
B)Persian
C)Arabic
D)Hindi
Answer: Persian
- Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Sitting near
D)Recitation
Answer: Sitting near
- Q. Who among the following started Bengali weekly newspaper ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ in year 1821?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Ramkrishna Paramhans
D)Debendranath Tagore
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro culture belonged to the
A)Copper Age
B)New Stone Age
C)Iron Age
D)Chalcolithic Age
Answer: Chalcolithic Age
- Q. What was the strength of Indus economy?
A)Business
B)Agriculture
C)Pottery
D)Crockery
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
A)C. Raja Gopalachari
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
- Q. The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was
A)Maitreyi
B)Kalhana
C)Kalidasa
D)Panini
Answer: Panini
- Q. Who was the founder of ‘Gadhar party’
A)Chandarshekhar Azad
B)Sachindranath Sanyal
C)Lala Har Dayal
D)Batukeshwar Dutt
Answer: Lala Har Dayal
- Q. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
A)78 AD
B)108 AD
C)58 AD
D)128AD
Answer: 78 AD
- Q. The Second World War started in the year
A)1939
B)1940
C)1941
D)1942
Answer: 1939
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Ancient Indian literature? I. Brahmanas and Aryankas followed by philosophical doctrines of Upanishads. II. Brahmanas are contains detailed explanation about Vedic literature and instructions.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Year of the Battle of Plassey is __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1757
D)1857
Answer: 1757
- Q. Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
A)1917
B)1916
C)1918
D)1920
Answer: 1917
- 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. Henry Vivian Derozio started young Bengal movement with the inspiration of which revolutionary ideas?
A)French revolution
B)Industrial revolution
C)American Revolution
D)Marxian theory
Answer: French revolution
- Q. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of __________ when Akbar besieged it
A)Raja Bhagvan Das
B)Mansingh
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Hemu
Answer: Bahadur Shah
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