More Questions on History
- Q. Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:
A)The year 1915
B)The year 1910
C)The year 1917
D)The year 1920
Answer: The year 1920
- Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
A)Pali
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Both A & B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Which of the following School of art noted for its vitality and assimilative character just because of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism?
A)Amaravati School of Art
B)Gandhara School of Art
C)Mathura School of art
D)None of the above
Answer: Mathura School of art
- Q. The Rathas of Mahabalipuram, the rock- cut architecture, were built by a king of the dynasty of
A)Hoysala
B)Chola
C)Pallava
D)Rashtrakuta
Answer: Pallava
- Q. Who composed ‘The History of the Kings of Britain’?
A)Geoffrey of Monmouth
B)Ambrosius Aurelianus
C)Thomas Malory
D)Vortigern
Answer: Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Q. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on
A)March 20, 1931
B)March 10, 1930
C)March 20,1932
D)March 5,1931
Answer: March 5,1931
- Q. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
A)Mridula Sarabhai
B)Annie Besant
C)Muthu Lakshmi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?
A)Palermo
B)Nauru
C)Vatican City
D)Namur
Answer: Nauru
- Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Balban
- Q. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
A)April 8, 1931
B)March 5, 1931
C)May 8, 1931
D)August 8, 1931
Answer: March 5, 1931
- Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
A)Nurjahan
B)Razia Sultana
C)Mumtaz
D)None of the above
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
B)There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
C)To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
D)The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
Answer: To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
- Q. Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars
A)Magadha
B)Kosala
C)Champa
D)Avanti
Answer: Magadha
- Q. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
A)Calcutta
B)London
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a State?
A)Shyama Shastri
B)Tyagaraja
C)Muthu Swami Diskshitar
D)Swati Thirunal
Answer: Swati Thirunal
- Q. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
A)Samudragupta
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
D)Harsha
Answer: Chandragupta Vikrmaditya
- Q. The Gandhi-lrwin Pact (1931) was vehemently criticised and opposed by the people on the ground that
A)the sufferings of thousands of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement were wasted
B)the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended
C)It was contrary to the pledge of the Congress for Poorna Swaraj
D)Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
Answer: Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
- Q. When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end?
A)1526 A.D.
B)1498 A.D.
C)1565 A.D.
D)1600 A.D.
Answer: 1526 A.D.
- Q. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
A)The second battle of Tarain
B)The first battle of Tarain
C)The first battle of Panipat
D)The second battle of Panipat
Answer: The second battle of Tarain
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
B)He wanted to join the Congress
C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
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