More Questions on History
- Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
A)12th
B)11th
C)14th
D)13 th
Answer: 11th
- Q. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
A)As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
B)He was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress
C)He was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
D)As President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution
Answer: As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
- Q. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally in the battle of
A)Chausa
B)Chunar
C)Ghagra
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. Madam Bhikaji Cama unfolded the National Flag of India in 1907 at
A)International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
B)India House, London
C)Vande Mataram Office at San Francisco
D)Indian Workers Meet Vancouver
Answer: International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
- Q. __________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.”
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Tilak
- Q. Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin died in the year
A)1922
B)1924
C)1920
D)1921
Answer: 1924
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :
A)Bombay Session, 1934
B)Ramgarh Session, 1940
C)Tripuri session, 1939
D)Wardha Session, 1942
Answer: Tripuri session, 1939
- Q. Qutub Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Sikandar Lodi
D)Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? According to Pitt’s India Act the Board of Control would consist of
A)Secretary of State for India
B)The Chancellor of the Exchequer
C)Four Privy Councillors
D)The Governor-General
Answer: The Governor-General
- Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
A)1495
B)1398
C)1496
D)1498
Answer: 1498
- Q. When did William I conquer England?
A)1084
B)1066
C)1105
D)1111
Answer: 1066
- Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
A)Cornwallis
B)Robert Clive
C)Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. Which of the following leaders were associated with the Revolt of Khasis in 1820-32?
A)Sambu Singh
B)Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
C)Sidhu and Kanu
D)Vir Manik
Answer: Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
- Q. The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
A)Chapekar brothers
B)Jyotiba Phule
C)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
D)Yatindra Das
Answer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke
- Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
A)Nirankari
B)Namdhari
C)Tilak
D)Sri Aurobindo
Answer: Namdhari
- Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharmapala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
A)Gujarat
B)Madras
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. The ‘Kirti Stambha’ (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by
A)Rana Kumbha
B)Rana Pratap
C)Rana Sanga
D)Bappa Raval
Answer: Rana Kumbha
- Q. The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was
A)Ananda
B)Nagarjuna
C)Asanga
D)Padmasambhava
Answer: Padmasambhava
- Q. Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
A)Agni
B)Indra
C)Pashupati
D)Vishnu
Answer: Indra
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