More Questions on History
- Q. In 1739, who defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal?
A)Genghis Khan
B)Nader Shah
C)Hemu Vikramaclitya
D)Bajirao-I
Answer: Nader Shah
- Q. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalities at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Dr. Ansari
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct regarding Ancient Indian Literature that helps in restructuring of Indian history? I. Ancient literature is religious in nature, and contain exaggerated mythical story without any chronology i.e., puranic and epic literature II. A large number of inscriptions, coins, and local chronicles do indicate an effort towards history writing
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
A)Agni
B)Indra
C)Pashupati
D)Vishnu
Answer: Indra
- Q. Who among of the following was the founder of society called ‘Abhinav Bharat’?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
- Q. Buland Darwaza is the main entrance to the palace at
A)Gwalior Fort
B)Amer Fort
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. During the Mughal period Polaj was the
A)land left fallow
B)land annually cultivated
C)land uncultivated
D)barren land
Answer: land annually cultivated
- Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919?
A)Responsible government would be realised only by progressive stages
B)British India must an integral part of the British Empire
C)Provincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred subjects
D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
- Q. Diwan-i-Khas is in which of these monuments?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Red Fort Complex
- Q. The first elaborate description of Upanayana Sanskar is found in the
A)Taittiriya Brahmana
B)Aitareya Brahmana
C)Tandyamaha Brahmana
D)Shatapatha Brahmana
Answer: Tandyamaha Brahmana
- Q. Which of the following was common to both the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?
A)Female deities
B)Horse
C)Urban centres
D)Iron implements
Answer: Horse
- Q. In November 1881, Narendra went to meet __________who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar
A)Rashik Krishna Mallik
B)Sri Ramakrishna
C)Dakhinaranjan Mukhopadhyay
D)Ramgopal Ghose
Answer: Sri Ramakrishna
- Q. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
A)The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
B)The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
C)The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
D)The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
- Q. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
A)Charles I
B)The Dutch
C)Charles II
D)The Portuguese
Answer: Charles II
- Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
A)Man Mohan Gosh
B)A. O. Hume
C)W. C. Banerjee
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Which of the following systems of Indian Philosophy uphold the ideology of Charvakism, Ajivika, Jainism and Buddhism?
A)Unorthodox System of Indian Philosophy
B)Orthodox System of Indian Philosophy
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Unorthodox System of Indian Philosophy
- Q. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
A)Imperialism
B)Art and architecture
C)Revenue and land reform
D)None of these
Answer: Art and architecture
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947
A)Lytton
B)Wavell
C)Linlithgow
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Wavell
- Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A)Poor
B)Nobles
C)Middle Class
D)Foreign residents
Answer: Poor
- Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Irwin
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Linlithgow
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
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