More Questions on History

  • Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
    A)Mysore
    B)Bangalore
    C)Seringapatam
    D)Hellebid or Halebid
    Answer: Seringapatam
  • Q. Which of the following reform is the legislative contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy?
    A)Indianisation of superior services
    B)Abolition of sati
    C)Reduction of export duties on Indian goods
    D)Abolition of east India company's trading rights
    Answer: Abolition of sati
  • Q. The Hindu College was started in 1817 at
    A)Bombay
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Who propounded the ‘Eight-Fold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind?
    A)Gautam Buddha
    B)Mahavir
    C)Adi Shankaracharya
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Gautam Buddha
  • Q. In Buddhism ‘Bull’ is related to what incident of Buddha’s life?
    A)Mahabhimiskramana
    B)Birth
    C)Enlightenment
    D)Mahaparinirvana
    Answer: Birth
  • Q. The term ‘Philosophy’ is derived from which of the following?
    A)Ancient Roman
    B)Ancient Greek
    C)Hebrew Language
    D)English
    Answer: Ancient Greek
  • Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Who said – “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India?”
    A)Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Ashok Mehta
    D)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  • Q. The Buddha has been eulogized as an ocean of wisdom and compassion in
    A)Jataka tales
    B)Buddha-Charita
    C)Amarakosa
    D)The Light of Aisa
    Answer: Amarakosa
  • Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
    A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
    B)Foment class and caste strife
    C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
    D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
    Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
  • Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
    A)Sir Thomas Roe
    B)Lord Clive
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Captain Hawkins
    Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
    A)Compilation of Alvar Saints poetry / literature Tirumurai is called "Tamil Veda"
    B)Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Collection of Alvar Saints hymns is known as Divya Prabandha
  • Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
    A)Khilafat Agitation
    B)Bardoli Satyagraha
    C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
    A)Menander
    B)Seleucus Nicator
    C)Rudradaman
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Seleucus Nicator
  • Q. When was Gandhi-Irvin Pact taken place?
    A)March 15, 1933
    B)September 23, 1932
    C)March 5, 1931
    D)February 10, 1930
    Answer: March 5, 1931
  • Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
    A)Rani Laxmi Bai
    B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
    C)Kunwar Singh
    D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
  • Q. Waterloo is located in
    A)France
    B)England
    C)Spain
    D)Belgium
    Answer: Belgium
  • Q. When was the First Round Table Conference held?
    A)1931
    B)1933
    C)1930
    D)1903
    Answer: 1930
  • Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
    C)Indian Council Act of 1909
    D)Government of India Act of 1919
    Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
  • Q. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja?
    A)Chandragupta I
    B)Skandhgupta
    C)Chandragupta II
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta I

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