More Questions on History

  • Q. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
    A)Subash Chandra Bose
    B)Madame Bhikaji Cama
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Sardar Patel
    Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank” is regarding the proposals of
    A)Cripps Mission
    B)Simmon Commission
    C)Cabinet Mission
    D)Wavel Plan
    Answer: Cripps Mission
  • Q. Alexander was the son of Philip II of __________
    A)Athens
    B)Sparta
    C)Macedonia
    D)Carthage
    Answer: Macedonia
  • Q. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
    A)Charles I
    B)The Dutch
    C)Charles II
    D)The Portuguese
    Answer: Charles II
  • Q. Most depicted animal of the Indus Valley Civilization was?
    A)Lion
    B)Elephant
    C)Bull
    D)Dog
    Answer: Bull
  • Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
    A)The partition of Bengal
    B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
    C)The Surat Split
    D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
    Answer: The partition of Bengal
  • Q. The Home Rule League was started by
    A)B. G. Tilak
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)Ranade
    D)K. T. Telang
    Answer: B. G. Tilak
  • Q. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?
    A)Agni
    B)Varuna
    C)Vishnu
    D)Rudra
    Answer: Varuna
  • Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
    A)Dhanishtha
    B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
    C)Shravan
    D)Magha Nakshtra
    Answer: Magha Nakshtra
  • Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
    A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
    B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
    C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
    D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
    Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
  • Q. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?
    A)Munda
    B)Santali
    C)Awadhi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Awadhi
  • Q. Which of the following is not match correctly?
    A)Lothal : India
    B)Harappa : Pakistan
    C)Dholavira : Rajasthan
    D)Banwali : Haryana
    Answer: Dholavira : Rajasthan
  • Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
    A)1306
    B)1290
    C)1492
    D)1453
    Answer: 1290
  • Q. Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. The first Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. Aravippuram movement which is considered as a precursor to all south Indian socio religious reform movement started in which of the following places?
    A)Kerala
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Andra Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Who is called as the ‘Prophet of New India’?
    A)Sri Ramkrishna
    B)Dayanand Saraswati
    C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    D)Swami Vivekananda
    Answer: Sri Ramkrishna
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the provision of the Treaty of Seringapatnam, signed between Tipu and Cornwallis I. Surrender of almost half of Tipu’s territories, which were to be shared among the English, the Nizam and the Marathas. II. Payment of a war indemnity of about Rs.3 crore by Tipu III. Stationing of British resident at Seringapatnam IV. Sending two of his sons by Tipu as hostages to the British camp
    A)I, II & IV
    B)I & II
    C)I & III
    D)I, III & IV
    Answer: I & III
  • Q. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
    A)Ghagra
    B)Panipat
    C)Khanwa
    D)Kannauj
    Answer: Kannauj
  • Q. The father of extremist movement in India is
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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