More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab?
A)Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
B)Pallavas and Chalukyas
C)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
D)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms
Answer: Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
- Q. I. The Amritsar Session of the INC gave a great fillip to the Khilafat agitation. II. Khilafat conference held in Calcutta under Presidentship of Jinnah. III. Khilafat Movement was started to support Ottoman Empire. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct regarding Khilafat Movement?
A)Both I and II
B)Only I
C)Both I and III
D)I, II and III
Answer: Both I and III
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
- Q. The maximum number of additional members for the council of Bengal was raised from 20 to __________
A)50
B)60
C)70
D)25
Answer: 50
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Vaishnavism
D)Tantra
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
A)Karl Marx
B)Bernard Shaw
C)Lenin
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
- Q. Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at __________
A)Bombay
B)Madras
C)Calcutta
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo French rivalry in India?
A)Battle of Plassey
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Mysore
D)Battle of Seringapatnam
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself at
A)Konkan
B)Poona
C)Bijapur
D)Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
A)Punjab
B)Assam
C)Bengal
D)N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
- Q. SN Banerjee was appointed Professor in English in the Metropolitan Institute at
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Calcutta
D)Bangalore
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Who set up the dual system of administration in Bengal?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Robert Clive
C)Dupleix
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Robert Clive
- Q. India was partitioned as a consequence of the formula contained in
A)Attlee's Declaration
B)Cabinet Mission Plan
C)June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
D)Both B and C above
Answer: June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
- Q. In the world history, who is also known as “Little Corporal”
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Bismark
C)Lord Curzon
D)Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Q. Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party at the time of liberation of China?
A)Deng Xiaoping
B)Zhou Enlai
C)Mao Zedong
D)Liu Shaoqi
Answer: Mao Zedong
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
D)All the above statements are incorrect
Answer: All the above statements are incorrect
- Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Sukhdev
C)Surya Sen
D)Rajguru
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. With reference to the invaders in ancient India which one of the following is the correct chronological order?
A)Greeks-Kushanas-Sakas
B)Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
C)Sakas-Greeks-Kushanas
D)Sakas-Kushanas-Greeks
Answer: Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
- Q. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
A)Foreign affairs
B)Intelligence
C)Army organisation
D)Finance
Answer: Army organisation
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