More Questions on History
- Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)AO Hume
C)GK Gokhale
D)BG Tilak
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Annie Besant joined The Theosophical Society on 21 May __________
A)1878
B)1867
C)1879
D)1889
Answer: 1889
- Q. Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of
A)Cripps Mission
B)Wavel Plan
C)August Offer
D)Cabinet Mission
Answer: Cabinet Mission
- Q. The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________
A)1584
B)1484
C)1684
D)1784
Answer: 1784
- Q. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
A)Queen Elizabeth-II
B)Queen Victoria
C)Queen Mary Tudor
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Queen Elizabeth-II
- Q. Who among the following organised the “All India Depressed Classes Association” in colonial India?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)Pandita Ramabai
D)B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Nirvruthi Panchakam was written by __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)C.Kesavan
C)Brahmananda Sivayogi
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
A)1826
B)1866
C)1843
D)1857
Answer: 1866
- Q. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
A)Agra
B)Delhi
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Patna
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
A)Indian National Congress
B)The India League
C)Madras Mahajana Sabha
D)Bombay Presidency Association
Answer: The India League
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi doctrine of Satyagraha?
A)Non-Violence
B)Truthfulness
C)Fearlessness
D)Abstinence
Answer: Abstinence
- Q. The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was
A)the presence of a 'council of ministers'
B)wide powers enjoyed by the provincial governors
C)the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
D)an extensive network of spy-system
Answer: the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy
- Q. Bijapur is known for its
A)Gol Gumbaz
B)Sever drought condition
C)Heavy rainfall
D)Statue of Gomateswara
Answer: Gol Gumbaz
- Q. Who among the following was named as Zinda Pir or Living Saint in Mughal period?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. The economy of the Indus Valley people was based on?
A)Trade and Commerce
B)Agriculture
C)Crafts
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. __________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A)860
B)800
C)871
D)899
Answer: 800
- Q. Who is known as ‘The Father of English History’
A)Alfred the Great
B)Jerome
C)John Chrysostom
D)Bede
Answer: Bede
- Q. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
A)Pindari menace
B)Russian menace
C)Rohelas
D)Attack by Burmese
Answer: Russian menace
- Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
A)Chelmsford
B)Hardinge-II
C)Reading
D)Irwin
Answer: Chelmsford
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