More Questions on History
- Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
A)a positive state of law
B)truth
C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
D)doing good even to the evildoers
Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
- Q. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?
A)William Jones
B)Alexander Cunningham
C)James Prinsep
D)Charles Wilkins
Answer: Charles Wilkins
- Q. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1945
D)1940
Answer: 1945
- Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
A)Gwalior
B)Baghat
C)Sambalpur
D)Satara
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
A)Sahir Ludhianvi
B)Ashafaqullah Khan
C)Mohammad Iqbal
D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. Where French established their first factory?
A)Masaulipatam
B)Surat
C)Pulicat
D)Cochin
Answer: Surat
- Q. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started:
A)Som Prakash
B)Jugantar
C)Vichar Lahiri
D)Sandhya
Answer: Jugantar
- Q. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
A)They were taller and stronger
B)They used elephants on a large scale
C)They were from an advanced urban culture
D)They used chariots driven by horses
Answer: They used chariots driven by horses
- Q. Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James I, the king of England?
A)Willia Todd
B)John Hawkins
C)Sir Thomas Roe
D)Sir Walter Raleigh
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. The medieval Hindu ruler who was a contemporary of Akbar, and took the title of Vikramaditya was
A)Sadasiva Raya (of Vijayanagar)
B)Rana Pratap (of Mewar)
C)Raja Man Singh (of Amber)
D)Hemachandra (Hemu)
Answer: Hemachandra (Hemu)
- Q. Who said this message, the name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone. Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Narayana Guru
D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events? I. Appointment of the Simon Commission. II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain. III. Submission of the Nehru report. IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference
A)I, III, IV & II
B)II, I, III & IV
C)I, II, IV & III
D)II, IV, I & III
Answer: II, I, III & IV
- Q. Akbar (1556-1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Maurya
B)Nanda
C)Mughal
D)Haryanka
Answer: Mughal
- Q. The Home Rule Society, popularly called ‘India House’ , had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence, by
A)Madan Lal Dhingra
B)Lala Hardayal
C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
D)V D Savarkar
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. As a result of the partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon in 1905, Bengal was partitioned into two provinces of
A)Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
B)East Bengal and West Bengal
C)Bengal and Assam
D)Bengal and Odisha and East Bengal and Assam
Answer: Bengal and Eastern Bengal & Assam
- Q. Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Munro and Charles Reed
C)John shore
D)None of these
Answer: Munro and Charles Reed
- Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Dharmapala
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Hinduism
D)Sikhism
Answer: Jainism
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