More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?
    A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
    B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
    C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
    D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
    Answer: The Regulating Act, AD 1773
  • Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
    A)Japan
    B)China
    C)Sri Lanka
    D)Tibet
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
    A)The Muslim League
    B)The National Congress
    C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
    D)The People living in those boundary areas
    Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
  • Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
    A)16 October , 1896
    B)16 October , 1911
    C)16 October , 1907
    D)16 October , 1905
    Answer: 16 October , 1905
  • Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
    A)Tarachand Chakravarty
    B)Annie Besant
    C)D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
    D)Brojnath Dhar
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
    A)Zoroastrianism
    B)Taoism
    C)Shintoism
    D)Paganism
    Answer: Shintoism
  • Q. Which of the following is related to the concept of Nirguna Brahman?
    A)Visisthadvaita
    B)Advaita
    C)Both A & B
    D)Neither A nor B
    Answer: Advaita
  • Q. Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan’s treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Arrange the following events in a correct sequence of Indian National Movement I. Foundation of Indian National Congress II. Simon Commission III. Home Rule Movement IV. Cabinet Mission
    A)III, I, IV, II
    B)I, III, II, IV
    C)I, II, IV, III
    D)I, IV, III, II
    Answer: I, III, II, IV
  • Q. Which among the following is correctly matched?
    A)Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra Nath Banerjee
    C)Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. Who among of the following started Marathi fortnightly newspaper ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’?
    A)Vir Savarkar
    B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Vinobha Bhave
    D)Lokmanya Tilak
    Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Who of the following was associated with the publication of a large number of weeklies and dailies such as Hindustan, Indian Union, Leader, Maryada, Kissan, Abhudaya etc.?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
    D)Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
    Answer: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
  • Q. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is
    A)Sabastu
    B)Sindhu
    C)Shatudri
    D)Saraswati
    Answer: Saraswati
  • Q. Who discovered Troy?
    A)Frank Calvert
    B)Arthur Evans
    C)Heinrich Schliemann
    D)Homer
    Answer: Heinrich Schliemann
  • Q. Baji Rao-II (1796-1818 A.D.) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Haryanka
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Peshwas
    Answer: Peshwas
  • Q. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the combined armies (of the Nawab of Awadh, the Mughal Emperor and Mir Qasim) and the
    A)Dutch
    B)French
    C)Portuguese
    D)English
    Answer: English
  • Q. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
    A)Vishnusarma
    B)Suserman
    C)Vasudeva
    D)Vasumitra
    Answer: Vasudeva
  • Q. Who established Chishti order in India?
    A)Nizamuddin Aulia
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Al biruni
    D)Moinuddin Chishti
    Answer: Moinuddin Chishti
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
    A)Sutudri - Sutlej
    B)Askini - Chenab
    C)Vipas - Jhelum
    D)Parushni - Ravi
    Answer: Vipas - Jhelum
  • Q. The battle of Balakot was in __________
    A)1821
    B)1806
    C)1831
    D)1896
    Answer: 1831

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