More Questions on History
- Q. Cortez discovered Mexico in the year
A)1519
B)1506
C)1532
D)1560
Answer: 1519
- Q. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book
A)Indika
B)Travels of Megasthanes
C)Indicoplecusts
D)Both (B) and (C)
Answer: Indika
- Q. Where did Moplah revolt took place?
A)Bihar
B)Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
A)Fevzi Cakmak
B)Ismet Inonu
C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
D)None of the above
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- Q. Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy?
A)Provision of free legal aid and advice
B)Equal pay for equal work
C)Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
D)Protection of the mounments of historical importance
Answer: Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
- Q. Agra Fort was built by
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. After Tilak’s deportation which of the following extremist leaders was not similarly deported to Mandalay prison in Burma?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Aswini Kumar Datta
D)CR Das
Answer: CR Das
- Q. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
A)Namadeva
B)Chaitanya
C)Guru Nanak
D)Kabir
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. Who is the first European to reach New Zealand
A)James Cook
B)Abel Tasman
C)Willem Janszoon
D)Anthony van Diemen
Answer: Abel Tasman
- Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Annie Besant
C)George Yule
D)Sir William Wedderburn
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. With whom is ‘Junagarh Rock Inscription’ associated?
A)Bimbisara
B)Rudradaman
C)Chandragupta-II
D)Gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer: Rudradaman
- 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. Which of the following is known as the Jain Temple City?
A)Allahabad
B)Girnar
C)Rajagriha
D)Varanasi
Answer: Girnar
- Q. The Quit India Movement was Launched in 1942 in the month of
A)March
B)January
C)August
D)December
Answer: August
- Q. The Indian National Congress had been formed with the knowledge and approval of Lord
A)Mountbatten
B)Dufferin
C)Ripon
D)Curzon
Answer: Dufferin
- Q. Which was the world- famous treatise of the amorous arts?
A)Vemanasatakam
B)Kamasutra
C)Both A & B
D)Neither A & B
Answer: Kamasutra
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding Gyana Prasarak Mandalis or student literary and scientific societies is / are correct? I. Formed by common people to educate youth II. Had two branches Marathi and Guajarati III. Aimed to start schools for girls. IV. Organized lectures to propagate their ideas
A)I III and IV only
B)I and II only
C)II and III only
D)II, III and IV
Answer: II, III and IV
- Q. In the Battle of Buxar the English army was commanded by
A)Clive
B)Major Munro
C)Rojer Drake
D)Boughton
Answer: Major Munro
- Q. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
A)Satkari Datta
B)Derozio
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Who among the following supported the Doctrine of Predestination
A)Zwingli
B)John Calvin
C)Martin Luther
D)John Knox
Answer: John Calvin
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