More Questions on History
- Q. Shivaji attacked Shaista Khan in the night at
A)Konkan
B)Agra
C)Bijapur
D)Poona
Answer: Poona
- Q. The Religious lessons of ‘Jews’ are called
A)Musa Sanhita (Torah)
B)Gnome Collection (Sukti Sangraha)
C)Tripitaka
D)Tend Alesta
Answer: Musa Sanhita (Torah)
- Q. Whom did Henry Tudor defeat in 1485?
A)Richard I
B)Edward IV
C)Richard III
D)Edward V
Answer: Richard III
- Q. In which year did the Indian National Congress split between moderates and extremists?
A)1908
B)1907
C)1909
D)1910
Answer: 1907
- Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
A)Sahir Ludhianvi
B)Ashafaqullah Khan
C)Mohammad Iqbal
D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
- Q. Guru Gobind Singh was assassinated by a
A)Hindu
B)Mughal
C)Afghan Pathan
D)Sikh
Answer: Afghan Pathan
- Q. The sun saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was
A)Baba Farid
B)Muin-ud-din Chishti
C)Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
D)Shah Alam Bukhari
Answer: Muin-ud-din Chishti
- Q. The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was
A)expulsion of Tilak from the INC
B)election of the President of the INC
C)demand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC
D)resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
Answer: election of the President of the INC
- Q. The first elected Indian President of the Legislative Assembly was
A)Rangachariar
B)Motilal Nehru
C)CR Das
D)VJ Patel
Answer: VJ Patel
- Q. What was the another name of ‘Quit India movement’?
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Khilafat Movement
C)Home Rule Movement
D)August Kranti
Answer: August Kranti
- 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. Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?
A)The discovery of fire
B)Writing
C)Agriculture
D)The use of internet
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. The socialist group in the INC during, the 1930s had been led by
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)Bipin Chandra Pal
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose
- Q. The Great Depression in the 1930s refers to
A)An ailment afflicting millions overhung to a new vector borne disease
B)A tropical storm that raged for weeks
C)An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
D)A prolonged seasonal influence of unpredictable weather owing to earthquakes and tsunamis
Answer: An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
- Q. Which European power was the last who reached India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: The French
- Q. Which of the following according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
A)Non-violence of the weak
B)Non-violence of the brave
C)Non-violence of the coward
D)Non-violence of the down-trodden
Answer: Non-violence of the brave
- Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Harsha
C)Akbar
D)Krishnadeva Raya
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which of the following books is based on Astrology?
A)Aryabhattiya
B)Romak Siddhanta
C)Hora Shastra
D)Brahma Siddhanta
Answer: Hora Shastra
- Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by
A)Bipan Chandra Pal
B)Annie Besant
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Annie Besant
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