More Questions on History
- Q. When was ‘Hammer of the Witches’ published?
A)1471
B)1414
C)1484
D)1487
Answer: 1487
- Q. __________, second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character
A)Krishnamohan Banerjee
B)Annie Besant
C)Hari Mohan
D)Govind Chandra Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
A)Second Delhi Durbar
B)Establishment of the department of Archaeology
C)Formation of Indian National Congress
D)Partition of Bengal
Answer: Formation of Indian National Congress
- 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. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Tavernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Tavernier
- Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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: A is false but R is true
- Q. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
A)Namadeva
B)Chaitanya
C)Guru Nanak
D)Kabir
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. In which year Vatican City was established as an independent state
A)1782
B)1756
C)1835
D)1929
Answer: 1929
- Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)JB Kripalani
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
- Q. The Marathas first served the rulers of
A)Mughal empire
B)Muhammadan kingdoms of the south
C)Vijayanagar
D)Afghanistan
Answer: Muhammadan kingdoms of the south
- Q. The Harappan site that had a dock is
A)Harappa
B)Alamgirpur
C)Lothal
D)Mohenjo-Daro
Answer: Lothal
- Q. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?
A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B)Jyotiba Phule
C)Mahadew Govind Ranade
D)Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
A)Hastings
B)Clive
C)Wellesley
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Simon Commission?
A)The British Government appointed the Simon commission in Nov., 1927
B)The activities of Swaraj party had induced the British Government to review the working of the diarchy system introduced by the Montague- Chelmsford reforms
C)Simon commission was opposed because its all members were the English
D)Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission
- Q. The death of millions of Indian in frequent famines which visited India during the 19th century, were mainly due to
A)commercialisation of agriculture
B)overall shortage of food and its improper distribution
C)poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
D)unremunerative agriculture and fall in agricultural production
Answer: poor purchasing power of the people due to their extreme poverty and rise in prices
- Q. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
A)Khan Bahadur Khan - RuhelKhand
B)Rani Laxmibai - Indore
C)Kunwar Singh - Sahabad
D)Nana Saheb - Kanpur
Answer: Rani Laxmibai - Indore
- Q. The Company’s monopoly of Trade was abolished by the Act of
A)1813
B)1793
C)1833
D)Pitt's India Act
Answer: 1833
- Q. When did Battle of Marathon take place?
A)480 BC
B)490 BC
C)479 BC
D)475 BC
Answer: 490 BC
- Q. The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Brahma Datt
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)None of these
Answer: Brahma Datt
- Q. In which year America got independence
A)1776
B)1760
C)1780
D)1782
Answer: 1776
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