More Questions on History

  • Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
    A)1942
    B)1947
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
    A)commercialisation of agriculture
    B)overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
    C)poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
    D)unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
    Answer: poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
  • Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
    A)Gladstone
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)W.W Hunter
    D)Hastings
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. The first Mughal emperor of India was
    A)Humayun
    B)Shahjahan
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact?
    A)It was signed on January 23, 1932
    B)It was signed between Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr. Ambedkar
    C)It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna
    D)This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 147
    Answer: It was signed on January 23, 1932
  • Q. MSP means __________
    A)Mysore Special police
    B)Malabar Special Police
    C)Madras Special police
    D)Mappila Special Police
    Answer: Malabar Special Police
  • Q. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
    A)1919
    B)1857
    C)1946
    D)1947
    Answer: 1946
  • Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
    A)Portuguese
    B)Dutch
    C)Danish
    D)French
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Who was the 1st President of South Africa after apartheid?
    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Zuma
    C)Kofi Annan
    D)Booker T. Washington
    Answer: Nelson Mandela
  • Q. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places
    A)Kerala
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. How did Saint Boniface help to shape the German church?
    A)Preaching against the importance of monasteries
    B)Preaching against divorce, incest, and polygamy
    C)Writing the epic 'Beowulf'
    D)Writing 'The Rule of Saint Benedict'
    Answer: Preaching against divorce, incest, and polygamy
  • Q. Which famous book was written by Nostradamus
    A)Das Kapital
    B)Les Propheties
    C)The Tempest
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Les Propheties
  • Q. The capital of the Abbasid Caliphs was
    A)Damascus
    B)Bagdad
    C)Constantinople
    D)Madina
    Answer: Bagdad
  • Q. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
    A)Menander
    B)Demetrius
    C)Eukratises
    D)Heliocles
    Answer: Menander
  • Q. In which year Bastille of Paris stormed by the people which lead to the French Revolution
    A)1779
    B)1746
    C)1789
    D)1808
    Answer: 1789
  • Q. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
    A)March 14, 1878
    B)April 14, 1878
    C)March 14, 1876
    D)March 14, 1870
    Answer: March 14, 1878
  • Q. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on
    A)limited use of Violence
    B)compromise with the British
    C)constructive programme
    D)None of the above
    Answer: constructive programme
  • Q. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
    A)Prayag
    B)Mathura
    C)Varanasi
    D)Tamralipt
    Answer: Prayag
  • Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?
    A)Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
    B)Large estate owners
    C)Revenue collectors
    D)Autonomous rulers under Akbar
    Answer: Large estate owners
  • Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
    A)Governor-General
    B)Governor
    C)Parliament
    D)Crown
    Answer: Crown

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