More Questions on History
- Q. Who said “Liberty consists in obedience to the general will”?
A)Rousseau
B)Hobbes
C)Green
D)Laski
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
A)Indian Revenues
B)The Consolidated Fund of England
C)Funds Voted by Parliament
D)The revenues of Princely States
Answer: Indian Revenues
- Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
A)Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
B)Hare Ram
C)Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
D)Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
Answer: Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
- Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence I. Non-Cooperation Movement II. Civil Disobedience Movement III. Chauri – Chaura
A)I, III, II
B)I, II, III
C)II, I, III
D)III, II, I
Answer: I, III, II
- Q. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B)Dayanand Sarshawati
C)The Chapekar brothers
D)None of these
Answer: The Chapekar brothers
- Q. When Alexander invaded India, Magadha was being ruled by the
A)Sisunagas
B)Haryankas
C)Nandas
D)Mauryas
Answer: Nandas
- Q. Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year
A)1643
B)1543
C)1743
D)1843
Answer: 1643
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Sir John Shore
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. The prominent leaders of Indian Association which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 were :
A)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das
B)Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
C)Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand Mukherjee
D)Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
- Q. Mausoleum (Dargah) of Salim Chishti is situated in?
A)Fatehpur Sikri
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Gwalior Fort
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself
A)Ashoka Priyadarshi
B)Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
C)Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
D)Daivaputra
Answer: Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
- Q. Sati was prohibited by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Warren Hastings
C)Lord William Bentinck
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
A)Akbar
B)Sher Shah
C)Humayun
D)Bhadur Shah
Answer: Humayun
- Q. The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Sukh Dev
C)Jatin Das
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Which of the following revolts during Aurangzeb’s period had a peasant agrarian background?
A)Jats and Satnamis
B)Rajputs
C)Marathas
D)Sikhs
Answer: Jats and Satnamis
- Q. What was the number of Gandhars of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)114
B)112
C)116
D)118
Answer: 116
- Q. Potato was introduced to Europe by
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)Spanish
D)Dutch
Answer: Spanish
- Q. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built by which ruler?
A)Qutubuddin Aibak
B)Iltutmish
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Qutubuddin Aibak
- Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar receive Shiksha (enlightenment)?
A)Nasik
B)Ayodhya
C)Ujjain
D)Kiskindha
Answer: Ayodhya
- Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
A)Sanskrit
B)Hindi
C)Ardh-Magadhi
D)Regional vernacular languages
Answer: Regional vernacular languages
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