More Questions on History
- Q. Who formed SNDP Yogam?
A)Nataraja Guru
B)T. K. Madhavan
C)Narayana Guru
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
A)Marathas
B)Rohelas
C)Sikhs
D)Tamils
Answer: Rohelas
- Q. The stone railing which Aurangzeb ordered to remove was presented to Keshav Rai Temple by
A)Shivaji
B)Shah Jahan
C)Dara Shikoh
D)Dadaji
Answer: Dara Shikoh
- Q. In the Carnatic, the English supported the claims of
A)Chanda Sahib
B)Anwaruddin
C)Nasir Jang
D)Muzaffar Jang
Answer: Anwaruddin
- Q. What was Jagat Seth’s claim to fame in Bengal?
A)Leading popular poet
B)Diwan of Siraj-ud-Daulah
C)Biggest banker in Bengal
D)Commander of the Nawab's troops
Answer: Biggest banker in Bengal
- Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
A)1856 AD
B)1848 AD
C)1858 AD
D)1862 AD
Answer: 1858 AD
- Q. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India?
A)GK Gokhale
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C)Raj Ram Mohun Roy
D)MM Malaviya
Answer: Raj Ram Mohun Roy
- Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
A)Benjamin Disraeli
B)Oliver Cromweli
C)Robert Walpole
D)Gladstone
Answer: Robert Walpole
- Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1857
D)1957
Answer: 1857
- Q. Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?
A)Government of India Act, 1858
B)Charter Act of 1813
C)Charter Act of 1853
D)Charter Act of 1833
Answer: Charter Act of 1853
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
B)of superior resources of the British empire
C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
- Q. Who said “Man is a social animal”?
A)Rousseau
B)Aristotle
C)Laski
D)Plato
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency was founded by __________ in 1852
A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Amaresh Chakravarty
D)Prankrishna Parija
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
A)Thailand
B)Singapore
C)Britain
D)Italy
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Inder Kumar Gujral
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Mohammad Iqbal
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. Jathi Nirnayam is the work of __________
A)C. Kesavan
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Nataraja Guru
D)T. K. Madhavan
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire
A)Orhan
B)Osman I
C)Mura I
D)Bayezid I
Answer: Osman I
- Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
A)Gautam
B)Vyasa
C)Kapila
D)Charaka
Answer: Gautam
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