More Questions on History
- Q. From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
A)Pavnar in Maharashtra
B)Nadiad in Gujrat
C)Adyar in Tamil Nadu
D)Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Pavnar in Maharashtra
- Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
A)1857
B)1818
C)1858
D)1819
Answer: 1857
- Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A)Dufferin
B)Northbrook
C)Elgin-II
D)Ripon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
A)Brahmo Samaj
B)Prathana Samaj
C)Arya Samaj
D)Rama Krishna Mission
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Which sage or scholar had recast the original single Veda into four distinct Vedas?
A)Kapila
B)Patanjali
C)Vyasa
D)Shankaracharya
Answer: Vyasa
- Q. Which of the following books were written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? I. Discovery of India II. Outline of History III. Glimpses of World History IV. A Study of History
A)II & IV
B)I & IV
C)I & III
D)I, II, III & IV
Answer: I & III
- Q. Sathya Shodak Samaj also called truth seekers society was started by which of the following reformers?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Dayananda Saraswathi
D)Shiv Narain Agnihotri
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Under the Mughal rule the judicial service was formed by
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kazis
D)Mansabdars
Answer: Kazis
- Q. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha?
A)G. Subramania lyer
B)B. C. Pal
C)Sardar Baghat Singh
D)Rukmani Lakshmipth
Answer: Sardar Baghat Singh
- Q. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1945
D)1940
Answer: 1945
- Q. The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of
A)suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
B)communal representation
C)grant of dominion status
D)date of transfer of power
Answer: communal representation
- Q. When did John Cabot visit Cape Breton Island?
A)1500
B)1497
C)1524
D)1350
Answer: 1497
- Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
A)IItutmish
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Balban
- Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Harsha
C)Akbar
D)Krishnadeva Raya
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Industrial Revolution was started from which country
A)Germany
B)Franch
C)Italy
D)England
Answer: England
- 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. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
B)Promote heavy industries in India
C)More foodstuff in case of famine
D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
- Q. Hemu was captured and brought before Akbar by__________
A)Salim
B)Bairam Khan
C)Shah Qulihan Mehran
D)Farid
Answer: Shah Qulihan Mehran
- Q. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
A)Government of India Act 1918
B)The Indian councils Act 1861
C)Government of India Act 1925
D)Government of India Act 1935
Answer: The Indian councils Act 1861
- Q. Satyagraha finds expression in
A)Armed conflicts
B)Sudden outbursts of violence
C)Non-Cooperation
D)Communal riots
Answer: Non-Cooperation
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