More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
A)Brahmo Samaj
B)Prathana Samaj
C)Arya Samaj
D)Rama Krishna Mission
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
A)Bessus
B)King Darius III
C)King Porus
D)Spitamenes
Answer: King Porus
- Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
C)C. Rajagopalachari
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
- Q. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
- Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. What was the single most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Indian History?
A)As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
B)He was responsible for the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan by the Congress
C)He was the leading light of Mahatma Gandhi's NonCooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements
D)As President of the Indian National Congress he engineered the passing of the Quit India Resolution
Answer: As the Home Minister of free India he brought about the integration of 600-odd Indian States with the Indian Republic
- Q. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
A)Vedas
B)Upanishad
C)Tripitaka
D)Jatakas
Answer: Tripitaka
- Q. What were the collective farms under Stalin’s Collectivization Programme in Russia known as
A)Ferma
B)Kolkhoz
C)Lider
D)Kollektsiya
Answer: Kolkhoz
- Q. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals?
A)Berar
B)Bijapur
C)Ahmednagar
D)Bedar
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. In __________, a man named Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded an organization called ‘Brahma Samaj’
A)1728
B)1628
C)1828
D)1928
Answer: 1828
- Q. Bajirao-I (1720-1740 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Peshwas
B)Nanda
C)Haryanka
D)Maurya
Answer: Peshwas
- Q. Who murdered Julius Caesar?
A)Marcus Brutus
B)Augustus
C)Mark Antony
D)Pompey
Answer: Marcus Brutus
- Q. Which metal was first used by the Vedic people?
A)Gold
B)Silver
C)Iron
D)Copper
Answer: Copper
- Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. The Swadeshi Movement was launched
A)With a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
B)As a protest against division of Bengal
C)As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
D)Due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
Answer: As a protest against division of Bengal
- Q. Bucephalus’ was the name of the horse of
A)Alexander
B)Napoleon
C)Julius Caesar
D)Mark Antony
Answer: Alexander
- Q. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
A)Varanasi
B)Lucknow
C)Hyderabad
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The decisive battle of the third Carnatic War was waged between the French and the British at
A)Jhansi
B)Arcot
C)Plassey
D)Wandiwash
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
A)Gujarat
B)Madras
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Gujarat
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