More Questions on History

  • Q. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
    A)Punjab
    B)Assam
    C)Bengal
    D)N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
    Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
  • Q. In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
    A)18
    B)17
    C)19
    D)20
    Answer: 19
  • Q. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
    A)Vajrata
    B)Anangpal
    C)Rudrane
    D)Devraja
    Answer: Anangpal
  • Q. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”?
    A)Muin
    B)Lowell
    C)Marriot
    D)Bagehot
    Answer: Muin
  • Q. Zabti System of revenue was prevalent during the reign of
    A)Babar
    B)Akbar
    C)Humayun
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
    A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
    B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
    C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. When was congress split?
    A)At Benares session in 1905
    B)At Surat session in 1907
    C)At Madras in1908
    D)At Lahore in1909
    Answer: At Surat session in 1907
  • Q. In 1528, __________ defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Babur
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. __________ started an all-India campaign for restoring the entrance age of 21 and for simultaneous ICS examination in India
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)Gokahale
    C)Tilak
    D)William Logan
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
    A)Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
    B)Dayanand Sarshwati
    C)Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
    D)Narayan Guru
    Answer: Narayan Guru
  • Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
    A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
    B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
    C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
    D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
    Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
  • Q. The greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
    A)Racial arrogance of the British
    B)Introduction of western education in India
    C)Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
    D)Queen's proclamation of 1858
    Answer: Introduction of western education in India
  • Q. Find the odd one
    A)Yajur veda
    B)Sam veda
    C)Vishnu Purana
    D)Rig veda
    Answer: Vishnu Purana
  • Q. In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Ahmedabad
    D)Wardha
    Answer: Wardha
  • Q. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
    A)Government of India, 1935
    B)Cripps Mission 1942
    C)Independent India 1947
    D)August Offer of 1940
    Answer: August Offer of 1940
  • Q. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at
    A)Agra
    B)Ajmer
    C)Delhi
    D)Daulatabad
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of __________
    A)Jainism
    B)Sikhism
    C)Buddhism
    D)Jewism
    Answer: Jainism
  • Q. The Battle of Buxar fought between __________
    A)Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
    B)The English, the Nawab of Bengal and the French
    C)Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab of Oudh
    D)Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and the Marathas
    Answer: Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
  • Q. Subhash Bose established the Provisional Government of Free India at
    A)Bangkok
    B)Berlin
    C)Singapore
    D)Tokyo
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
    A)Guru Ramdas
    B)Guru Amar Das
    C)Guru Arjan Dev
    D)Guru Hargovbind
    Answer: Guru Ramdas

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