More Questions on History
- Q. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted
A)Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
B)Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
C)Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
D)Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
Answer: Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
- Q. Benito Mussolini was the prime minister of which country
A)Belgium
B)French
C)Italy
D)Turkey
Answer: Italy
- Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Kabir
Answer: Namadev
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding Gyana Prasarak Mandalis or student literary and scientific societies is / are correct? I. Formed by common people to educate youth II. Had two branches Marathi and Guajarati III. Aimed to start schools for girls. IV. Organized lectures to propagate their ideas
A)I III and IV only
B)I and II only
C)II and III only
D)II, III and IV
Answer: II, III and IV
- Q. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__________?
A)Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
B)Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
C)Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
D)Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
Answer: Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Skill
D)Power
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
A)Charter Act, 1813
B)Pitt's India Act, 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1813
- Q. Who was the founder of Lodi dynasty?
A)Sikandar Lodi
B)Daulat Khan Lodi
C)Bahlol Lodi
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Bahlol Lodi
- Q. August Offer’ was issued by __________
A)Parliament
B)Crown
C)Viceroy
D)Secretary of State
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
A)Tarachand Chakravarty
B)Annie Besant
C)D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
D)Brojnath Dhar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?
A)The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states"
B)This act ended the system of diarchy
C)Burma became the part of India
D)The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people
Answer: Burma became the part of India
- Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
A)1914
B)1913
C)1915
D)1916
Answer: 1913
- Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- Q. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
A)Mundakopanishad
B)Chhandogyopanishad
C)Kathopanishad
D)Kenopanishad
Answer: Kathopanishad
- 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. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
A)Mewar
B)Bijapur
C)Gujarat
D)Bengal
Answer: Bijapur
- Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A)Noncooperation Co-operation
B)Khilafat movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Quit India Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was
A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
B)Subhas Chandra Bose
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Who was given the title of “The Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity” for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?
A)Fazl-ul-Haq
B)Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
C)Sayyid Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
D)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Q. The Greeks were driven out of India by
A)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ashoka
D)Bindusara
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
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