More Questions on History
- Q. Under the Mughals the jizya was collected from
A)Muhammadans
B)Persians
C)Hindus
D)Foreign visitors
Answer: Hindus
- Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Haider Ali
C)Murshid Quli Khan
D)Malhar Rao Holkar
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. __________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State
A)Patel
B)Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Gokhale
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
A)1925
B)1924
C)1926
D)1927
Answer: 1927
- Q. Bimbisara was succeeded by
A)Ajatashatru
B)Ashoka
C)Vasudeva
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: Ajatashatru
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the literature in Ancient India? I. The earliest known work of the Aryans in India was the Rig Veda which is a collection of 1048 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. II. Most of the hymns are in praise of different Vedic deities and were intended for recitation at the Yajnas or sacrifices
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only II
- Q. Select the correct pair of writer and their book
A)Bharavi's Mricchakatika
B)Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
C)Vishakhadatta's Rajdoot
D)Shudraka's Kirtarjuniya
Answer: Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
- Q. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
A)Lord Linlithgow
B)Lord Wavell
C)Sir George Stanley
D)Lord Willingdon
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. That all appointments made by the President and an treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates
A)Theory of checks and balances
B)Theory of separation of powers
C)Due process of law
D)Rule of law
Answer: Theory of checks and balances
- Q. Confessions of Thug’ was written by
A)Meadows Taylor
B)Burke
C)Havell
D)Moreland
Answer: Meadows Taylor
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had held detailed discussions on the approaching partition of India with
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. When the Governor-General was away from Bengal a Vice President appointed by __________ would act for him
A)Parliament
B)Crown
C)Board of Control
D)Governor-General
Answer: Governor-General
- Q. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came to each other in 1916 at
A)Amritsar
B)Lahore
C)Lucknow
D)Haripura
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. When did Mahatma Gandhi go on fast unto death for the first time?
A)1917
B)1921
C)1918
D)1915
Answer: 1918
- Q. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation of the Mughal rule at Delhi?
A)Second Battle of Panipat
B)Third Battle of Panipat
C)Battle of Haldighati
D)First Battle of Panipat
Answer: First Battle of Panipat
- Q. Which of the following libraries has the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
A)Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
B)Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
C)Asiatic Society Library
D)Rampur Raza Library
Answer: Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
- Q. The author of the “The Peri plus of the Erythraean Sea” was a
A)Poet
B)Historian
C)Sailor
D)Musician
Answer: Sailor
- Q. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. The Young Bengal group published the __________(Quest for Knowledge) for propagating their views
A)Parthenon
B)Jnananvesan
C)Hesperus
D)Enquirer
Answer: Jnananvesan
- Q. A Study in Consciousness was written by __________
A)Mrinal Gore
B)Annie Besant
C)Prasanna Kumar Tagore
D)Rajkamal Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
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