More Questions on History
- Q. Socialism is essentially a movement of
A)The poor people
B)Intellectuals
C)The middle classes
D)The workers
Answer: The workers
- Q. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
A)Mridula Sarabhai
B)Annie Besant
C)Muthu Lakshmi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)G. K. Gokhale
C)Aurobindo Ghosh
D)B. G. Tilak
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of the government of India Act, 1858?
A)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
B)India was to be governed in the Queen's name
C)Provision for the creation of an Indian Civil Service under the control of the Secretary of State
D)The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
Answer: The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
- 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. What is the meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)Sangeet Siksha
B)Shastra Gyan
C)Nartya Siksha
D)Brahma Vidya
Answer: Brahma Vidya
- Q. The language from which the term ‘India’ is derived is
A)Greek
B)English
C)Persian
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
A)Akbar and Medini Rai
B)Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
C)Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
D)Akbar and Uday Singh
Answer: Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
- Q. The spark for the Swadeshi Movement was the __________ decision to partition Bengal
A)British
B)French
C)Dutch
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. Which revolutionary said – “freedom is objective of our life and the Hindu religion would led us to the attainment of this objective?”
A)Narayan Guru
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Dayanand Sarshwati
D)Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. Who had conceived and founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
A)Annie Besant
B)Swami Muktananda
C)CR Das
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
A)1901
B)1898
C)1908
D)1946
Answer: 1901
- Q. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals?
A)Berar
B)Bijapur
C)Ahmednagar
D)Bedar
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal Emperor Jahangir? I. Jahangir claimed that he could distinguish the work of different artists in a single picture. II. Painting was at its climax during his reign.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)None of the above
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Winston Churchill
C)Lord Wavell
D)Lord Lirrlithgow
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Who worte “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai”?
A)Ramprasad Bismil
B)Mohammad Iqbal
C)Kazi Nazrul Islam
D)Firaq Gorakhpuri
Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
- Q. For how many years Sumtinath Tirthankar prayed?
A)20
B)10
C)30
D)40
Answer: 20
- Q. The Peshwa’s Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as
A)El Beriz Daftar
B)Huzur Daftar
C)Chalte Dafter
D)Peshwa Dafter
Answer: Huzur Daftar
- Q. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
A)Surkotada
B)Lothal
C)Chanhudaro
D)Banawali
Answer: Lothal
- Q. The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Ayodhya
C)Gwalior
D)Dwarka
Answer: Ajmer
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