More Questions on History
- Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Q. On account of his differences with Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress (April 1939) and organised a new party called
A)Azad Hind Fauz
B)Congress Socialist Party
C)Congress Liberal party
D)Forward Block
Answer: Forward Block
- Q. Who compiled the tales of “The Panchatantra”?
A)Veda Vyasa
B)Valmiki
C)Vishnu Sharma
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
- Q. After a few years Olcott and Blavatsky moved to India and established the International Headquarters at Adyar, in__________
A)Canada
B)New Zealand
C)Australia
D)Madras
Answer: Madras
- Q. The most outstanding representative of Militant Nationalist School of thought was
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bismil
D)Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. When was Government of India Act passed?
A)1819
B)1818
C)1858
D)1800
Answer: 1858
- Q. Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna after how many days of receipt of Diksha?
A)Two
B)One
C)Three
D)Four
Answer: Two
- Q. Advaita Deepika is the work of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)C.Kesavan
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Tripitakas’ are sacred books of
A)Jains
B)Hindus
C)Parsis
D)Buddhists
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian
A)trade
B)agriculture
C)industry
D)handicrafts
Answer: handicrafts
- Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
A)Angas
B)Prabandhas
C)Nibandhas
D)Chartis
Answer: Angas
- Q. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)M.K. Gandhi
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
Answer: Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
- Q. Who was the Governor-General when Pindaris had created havoc in Central India by indulging in large-scale looting?
A)Lord Hastings
B)Lord William Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. When was Xerxes I murdered?
A)460 BC
B)465 BC
C)449 BC
D)447 BC
Answer: 465 BC
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
A)The Year 1939
B)The Year 1935
C)The Year 1937
D)The Year 1942
Answer: The Year 1939
- Q. Guru died on 20 September, __________
A)1908
B)1902
C)1918
D)1928
Answer: 1928
- Q. When did the Nanking Massacre start?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
A)Sheep
B)Buffalo
C)Cow
D)Pig
Answer: Cow
- Q. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
A)Lord Canning
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Disraeli
Answer: Disraeli
- Q. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in
A)Egypt
B)Sumer
C)China
D)All the three
Answer: All the three
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