More Questions on History
- Q. The Act constituting the first legislative interference by the British Parliament in the affairs of India was the
A)Pitt's India Act, 1784
B)Fox's India Act, 1783
C)Regulating Act, 1773
D)Declaratory Act, 1781
Answer: Regulating Act, 1773
- Q. Upanishads are books on
A)Philosophy
B)Politics
C)Medicine
D)Social life
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
A)Chauth
B)Land-tax
C)Sardeshmukhi
D)Pilgrim tax
Answer: Pilgrim tax
- Q. Seringapatnam was the capital of __________
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Pazhassi Raja
C)Kurumbranad Raja
D)Srimoolam Tirunal
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
A)Lord Bentick
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Subhash Bose established the Provisional Government of Free India at
A)Bangkok
B)Berlin
C)Singapore
D)Tokyo
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Who was Lord Morley?
A)Viceroy of India
B)Secretary of the state
C)Governor General of India
D)None of the above
Answer: Secretary of the state
- Q. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Ghananand
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at
A)Belur
B)Kanyakumari
C)Hyderabad
D)Murshidabad
Answer: Belur
- Q. The Vijaynagar ruler Krishna Dev Raya’s work ‘Amuktamalayada’ was written in which language?
A)Malayalam
B)Tamil
C)Kanada
D)Telugu
Answer: Telugu
- Q. Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country, for religion could not appease hunger?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
A)Minto-Morley Reforms
B)Rowlatta Act
C)Simon Commission
D)Pitts India Act
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
A)Mauryan period
B)Harappan period
C)Buddhist period
D)Gupta period
Answer: Gupta period
- Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
A)Kavindra Acharya
B)Kavi Kalash
C)Kavi Bhusan
D)Kavi Martanda
Answer: Kavi Kalash
- Q. With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:
A)The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
B)The Harijan Hitkari sabha
C)The Harijan Uthan sabha
D)The Bahishkrit Utthan sabha
Answer: The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
- 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. Who was the in-charge of a pargana?
A)Pattidar
B)Amin
C)Shiqdar
D)Oanungo
Answer: Shiqdar
- Q. After the elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in July 1946, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on
A)January 15, 1947
B)December 9, 1946
C)February 10, 1947
D)August 15, 1947
Answer: December 9, 1946
- Q. Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Samaj’ in 1932?
A)Acharya Narendra Dev
B)B R Ambedkar
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Jagjivan Ram
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
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