More Questions on History
- Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
A)Curzon
B)Ripon
C)Hastings
D)Dalhousie
Answer: Curzon
- Q. Baburnama was written by
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. The famous Harappan site of Lothal is situated in
A)Rajasthan
B)Sind
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. The Kakori Conspiracy took place in :
A)1922
B)1925
C)1920
D)1915
Answer: 1925
- Q. The partition of Bengal had to be annulled in __________
A)1911
B)1907
C)1928
D)1929
Answer: 1911
- Q. On which island of France, Napoleon was born
A)Corsica
B)Saint Helena
C)Elba
D)Oleron
Answer: Corsica
- Q. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
A)Dharam Kumar
B)A. R. Desai
C)Ray Chaudhuri
D)K. Rajayyan
Answer: A. R. Desai
- Q. Babur was born in the year
A)1583
B)1483
C)1693
D)1783
Answer: 1483
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
A)Ram Krishna Mission
B)Arya Samaj
C)Brahmo Samaj
D)Prathna Samaj
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
A)Ajivika School
B)Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
C)Purva Mimamsa
D)Vedanta
Answer: Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
- Q. The British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian
A)trade
B)agriculture
C)industry
D)handicrafts
Answer: handicrafts
- Q. Arab merchant, Suleiman, came to India in 9th century in the kingdom of
A)Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
B)Vijaysena of Sena dynasty
C)Gopala of the Pala dynasty
D)Dantidurga of Rashtrakuta dynasty
Answer: Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
- Q. After the commencement of the government of India Act-1858, what name was to British Governor-General of India?
A)Governor of the state
B)Governor-General of India
C)Viceroy of the state
D)None of these
Answer: Viceroy of the state
- Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
A)1833
B)1832
C)1839
D)1874
Answer: 1839
- Q. Pearl Harbour, an American Naval and Airforce base was attacked by
A)Japan
B)Germany
C)France
D)England
Answer: Japan
- Q. The year which is associated with the Gadar movement is:
A)1913
B)1911
C)1917
D)1922
Answer: 1913
- Q. The founder of Jainism was
A)Neminath
B)Rishbha
C)Parsvanatha
D)Vardhaman Mahavira
Answer: Vardhaman Mahavira
- Q. Name the Pala ruler who was the first to plunge into the tripartite struggle
A)Mahipala
B)Devapala
C)Dharmapala
D)Gopala
Answer: Gopala
- 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
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
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