More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
A)Rangpur
B)Pataliputra
C)Sukatagendor
D)Lothal
Answer: Pataliputra
- Q. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
A)Pindari menace
B)Russian menace
C)Rohelas
D)Attack by Burmese
Answer: Russian menace
- Q. Under Shivaji each province was under a
A)Governor
B)Viceroy
C)Diwan
D)Zamindar
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 consists of __________ sections and 10 schedules
A)330
B)300
C)321
D)331
Answer: 321
- Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
A)Kaliamma
B)Kaliamma
C)Rohini
D)Meenkshi Amma
Answer: Kaliamma
- Q. The English established their first factory in India at
A)Surat
B)Bombay
C)Sutanati
D)Madras
Answer: Surat
- Q. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
A)Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
B)Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
C)Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
D)Bardoli Satyagraha
Answer: Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
- Q. Who was the founder of the, Ghadar Party?
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Basant Kumar Biswas
C)Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- 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. The slogan of the French Revolution was
A)Government of the people, by the people and for the people
B)One nation, one leader and one flag
C)Liberty, equality and fraternity
D)None of these
Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity
- Q. In Buddhism ‘Bull’ is related to what incident of Buddha’s life?
A)Mahabhimiskramana
B)Birth
C)Enlightenment
D)Mahaparinirvana
Answer: Birth
- Q. Who is renowned for his redefinition of sexual desire?
A)Friedrich Nietzsche
B)Carl Jung
C)Jacques Lacan
D)Sigmund Freud
Answer: Sigmund Freud
- Q. In which year Adolf Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany
A)1935
B)1933
C)1938
D)1940
Answer: 1933
- Q. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
A)Economic independence
B)Industrialisation
C)Economic growth
D)Moral purity
Answer: Economic independence
- Q. Who among the following was also known as ‘Zinda Pir’?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Find out the correct statement (s) related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Its proponents preached the ‘unity of the god-head’ and emphasized that ‘devotion to God’ and faith in him led to salvation. II. It laid stress on equality of all human beings and universal brotherhood.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A)George Washington
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)John F. Kennedy
D)William Wallace Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
A)Mohanlal Pandya
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Patel
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Mohanlal Pandya
- Q. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?
A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud
C)Ibrahim Lodi
D)Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firuz Shah Tughlaq
- Q. Who officially instituted the first system of imperial examinations in China?
A)Huo Qubing
B)Han Wu Di
C)Wei Qing
D)None
Answer: Han Wu Di
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