More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were drawn from
A)The Nehru Committee Report
B)The Simon Commission Report
C)The White Paper issued by the British Government
D)Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms
- Q. When did the British established colonies in New Zealand?
A)1840
B)1814
C)1872
D)1830
Answer: 1840
- Q. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
A)Satkari Datta
B)Derozio
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Chola Empire was divided into
A)Mandalams, Nadu, Malkhand & Avanti
B)Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
C)Mandalams, Bhoomi, Avanti &Valanadu
D)Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Malkhand
Answer: Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
- Q. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
A)Shiva
B)Ganesh
C)Durga
D)Vishnu
Answer: Shiva
- Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. The new proletariat class which emerged in India on account of the British economic policies, consisted of
A)Landlords
B)Money lenders
C)Traders
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. St. Petersburg’ city was founded by the
A)Feodor III
B)Peter the Great
C)Catherine I
D)Peter II
Answer: Peter the Great
- Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
A)First Carnatic War
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Buxar
D)Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transferred to power from
A)British Crown to the East India Company
B)East India Company to the British Crown
C)East India Company to the Governor General
D)British Crown to the Board of Directors
Answer: East India Company to the British Crown
- Q. The origins of Indian music could be traced to
A)Yajurvedic Samhita
B)Rigvedic Samhita
C)Samavedic Samhita
D)Atharvavedic Samhita
Answer: Samavedic Samhita
- Q. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was headed by
A)Irwin
B)Dyer
C)Hunter
D)Simon
Answer: Hunter
- Q. In European history, which year is known as the year of revolution
A)1765
B)1732
C)1848
D)1896
Answer: 1848
- Q. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Canning
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Who was the President of America during American Civil War
A)Andrew Jackson
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)George Washington
D)James Madison
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
A)Bombay
B)Surat
C)Masulipatnam
D)Madras
Answer: Madras
- 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. Who was the founder leader of ‘Muslim Faqirs’ ?
A)Dadu Mian
B)Majnun Shah
C)Tipu
D)Chirag Ali Shah
Answer: Majnun Shah
- Q. Which Sanskrit poet wrote famous book Geet Govinda?
A)Kalidas
B)Jayadeva
C)Panini
D)None of the above
Answer: Jayadeva
- Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
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