More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
A)Apala
B)Ghosha
C)Maitreyi
D)Gargi
Answer: Gargi
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘A Gift to monotheists’?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)David Hare
C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
D)Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin died in the year
A)1922
B)1924
C)1920
D)1921
Answer: 1924
- Q. The Kalinga was fought in
A)301 BC
B)321 BC
C)261 BC
D)241 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. The first President of Indian National congress was :
A)Annie Besant
B)Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)George Yule
Answer: Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
- Q. When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end?
A)1526 A.D.
B)1498 A.D.
C)1565 A.D.
D)1600 A.D.
Answer: 1526 A.D.
- Q. Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?
A)The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
B)The Religious Disabilities Act
C)Both the above
D)None of the above
Answer: Both the above
- Q. The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired by a regard for
A)uniformity
B)beauty and utility
C)sanitation and public health
D)demographic factor
Answer: sanitation and public health
- Q. The United East India Company refers to the company in India formed by the
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)French
D)British
Answer: Dutch
- Q. The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
A)Devendranath Tagore
B)Swami Dayanand
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Keshub Chandra Sen
Answer: Swami Dayanand
- Q. Infanticide was completely banned by the
A)Sharda Act, 1930
B)Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
C)Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
D)Minto-Morley reforms
Answer: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
- Q. Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
A)Secretary
B)President
C)Commander-in-Chief
D)Field Marshal
Answer: Commander-in-Chief
- Q. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
A)Rashtra Jagriti
B)Jay He
C)Bharat Vidhata
D)Matribhoomi
Answer: Bharat Vidhata
- Q. The Industrial Revolution in England represented the climax of the transition from
A)Feudalism to capitalism
B)Slavery to feudalism
C)Capitalism to socialism
D)Socialism to market socialism
Answer: Feudalism to capitalism
- Q. Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?
A)The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations
B)The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it
C)The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
D)Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference
Answer: The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
- Q. The organisation ‘League of Nations’ was founded after the end of
A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Crimean War
D)Vietnam War
Answer: World War I
- Q. Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?
A)V. K. Krishna Menon
B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Rajeswar Dayal
Answer: Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- Q. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
A)land owned by the emperor himself
B)entire Imperial establishment
C)religious land grants
D)land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury
Answer: land owned by the emperor himself
- Q. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in :
A)1920
B)1924
C)1916
D)1911
Answer: 1924
- Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
A)Vima Taktu
B)Vima Kadphises
C)Vasishka
D)Kujula Kadphises
Answer: Vima Kadphises
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