More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
A)Rangpur
B)Pataliputra
C)Sukatagendor
D)Lothal
Answer: Pataliputra
- Q. The Second World War started in the year
A)1939
B)1940
C)1941
D)1942
Answer: 1939
- Q. Bande Matram was a series of articles published in the year 1907 by :
A)Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Domadar Chapekar
D)Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked
A)Konkan
B)Gujarat
C)Surat
D)Poena
Answer: Konkan
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Simon Commission?
A)The British Government appointed the Simon commission in Nov., 1927
B)The activities of Swaraj party had induced the British Government to review the working of the diarchy system introduced by the Montague- Chelmsford reforms
C)Simon commission was opposed because its all members were the English
D)Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
- Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
A)1858 A.D.
B)1848 A.D.
C)1862 A.D.
D)1856 A.D.
Answer: 1858 A.D.
- Q. Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?
A)Magadha
B)Anga
C)Vajji
D)Kasi
Answer: Anga
- Q. Assertion (A): The Delhi Sultans are credited with introducing the institution of dalal in India to facilitate commercial transactions on a large scale. Reason (R): The dalals immediately established the dalal system in the whole of India to procure goods meant for export.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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 are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Jyotirao’s family belonged to __________ caste
A)Thiyya
B)Mali
C)Pulaya
D)Mahar
Answer: Mali
- Q. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
A)1907
B)1906
C)1909
D)1919
Answer: 1909
- Q. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
A)Grihastha- Brahmacharya- Vanaprashta- Sanyasa
B)Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
C)Brahmacharya- Vanprastha- Sanyasa- Grihastha
D)Grihastha- Sanyasa- Vanaprastha- Brahmacharya
Answer: Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
- Q. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the
A)Kushanas
B)Mauryas
C)Sungas
D)Guptas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
A)Japan
B)China
C)Sri Lanka
D)Tibet
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. By whom among the following was the Paramdham Ashram established?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Acharya Kripalani
C)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
D)Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Answer: Acharya Vinoba Bhave
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Durrani Empire
A)Zaman Shah Durrani
B)Timur Shah Durrani
C)Mahmud Shah Durrani
D)Ahmad Shah Durrani
Answer: Ahmad Shah Durrani
- Q. Who was the spatial (Sthaanik) during Mauryan’s period?
A)Provincial Administrator
B)District Administrator
C)Village Administrator
D)City Administrator
Answer: District Administrator
- Q. Peking is the sacred place of
A)Shintoism
B)Taoism
C)Confucianism
D)Judaism
Answer: Confucianism
- Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
A)George Washington
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)Benjamin Franklin
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. A Royal Commission on the Public Service was appointed in the year
A)1915
B)1912
C)1910
D)1918
Answer: 1912
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