More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the techniques of ‘Satyagraha’ advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
A)Fasting
B)Ahimsa
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Non-Cooperation
Answer: Ahimsa
- Q. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
A)1575 A.D.
B)1565 A.D.
C)1585 A.D.
D)1570 A.D.
Answer: 1565 A.D.
- Q. The Prime causes of the 1857 mutiny did not include
A)The Widow Remarriage Act
B)The new system of education
C)The despatch of Indian Sepoys to Afghanistan
D)Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
Answer: Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
- Q. Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James I, the king of England?
A)Willia Todd
B)John Hawkins
C)Sir Thomas Roe
D)Sir Walter Raleigh
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by
A)Qanungo
B)Kotwal
C)Amin
D)Krori
Answer: Qanungo
- Q. What was the valid reason of the decline in trade and commerce during the period of later Mughals?
A)Closure of old routes of trade
B)Deterioration in law and order situation
C)Abuse of trade licence by European companies
D)Poverty of the Mughal nobility
Answer: Deterioration in law and order situation
- Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
- Q. When was first telegraph line started in India?
A)1875
B)1851
C)1884
D)1900
Answer: 1851
- Q. Which Mughal emperor is credited with having composed secular Hindi songs?
A)Shah Jahan
B)Jahangir
C)Humayun
D)Babur
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Who of the following Governor General is associated with Subsidiary Alliance System?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Cornwallies
C)Lord Mayo
D)Lord Delhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. Which of the following periods is considered as the revolutionary era in Indian history?
A)1857-1947
B)1857-60
C)1857-90
D)1845-1947
Answer: 1857-90
- Q. Hevarappathinkangal is a Tamil work of __________
A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)K. Ayyappan
D)K. madhvan Nair
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. AI Hilal’ was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)DE Wacha
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
A)Plantations and mines
B)Railways
C)Banking and insurance
D)Shipping
Answer: Railways
- Q. The Buddha attained nirvana at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Bodh Gaya
C)Sanchi
D)Kusinagara
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
A)Aristotle, St, Augustine and T.H, Green
B)Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
C)Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
D)Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
Answer: Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
- Q. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called
A)Verna
B)Sikhara
C)Nagara
D)Gandhara
Answer: Gandhara
- Q. The First Opium War started__________
A)1736
B)1729
C)1839
D)1939
Answer: 1839
- Q. At the time, when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal Emperor was
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Ahmad Shah
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Shah Alam
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. What was the significance of the Battle of Tours in 732?
A)Charles Martel became King of France
B)Charlemagne converted many Muslims to Christianity
C)It stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
D)Muslims gained control of Spain
Answer: It stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
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