More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?
A)Indian Councils Act, 1919
B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1909
- Q. The language from which the term ‘India’ is derived is
A)Greek
B)English
C)Persian
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established?
A)1817
B)1829
C)1858
D)1853
Answer: 1817
- Q. Who said this message, the name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone. Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Narayana Guru
D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Which type of pottery was most popular with the Later Vedic people?
A)Black and Red Ware
B)Black-slipped Ware
C)Painted Grey Ware
D)Red Ware
Answer: Painted Grey Ware
- Q. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was
A)Sir Shaukat Hayat
B)Sir SP Sinha
C)Sir Hari Singh Gaur
D)VJ Patel
Answer: Sir SP Sinha
- Q. The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
A)September 2, 1946
B)August 16, 1946
C)October 15, 1946
D)July 29, 1946
Answer: August 16, 1946
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagraha came in 1917 in
A)Champaran
B)Ahemdabad
C)Kheda
D)Dandi
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
A)Hitopdesha
B)Panchtanra
C)Mahabharata
D)None of the above
Answer: Hitopdesha
- Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
A)Baji Rao-I
B)Balaji Baji Rao
C)Madhava Rao
D)Balaji Vishwanath
Answer: Baji Rao-I
- Q. Swarajist Party was organised by
A)Subash Chandra Bose
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Annie Besant
D)Gokhale
Answer: Motilal Nehru
- Q. Who among the following had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru?
A)Pheroze Shah Mehta
B)Surendranath Banerjee
C)Mahadev Gobind Ranade
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Mahadev Gobind Ranade
- Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
A)Vima Taktu
B)Vima Kadphises
C)Vasishka
D)Kujula Kadphises
Answer: Vima Kadphises
- Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
A)Curzon
B)Salisbury
C)Wedgwood Benn
D)Montagu
Answer: Wedgwood Benn
- Q. Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak?
A)Kalidasa
B)Sant Kabir
C)Harisena
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Sant Kabir
- Q. India’s trade with the Roman Empire came to an end with the invasion of Rome by the
A)Hungarians
B)Arabs
C)Hunas
D)Turks
Answer: Hunas
- Q. With whom is ‘Junagarh Rock Inscription’ associated?
A)Bimbisara
B)Rudradaman
C)Chandragupta-II
D)Gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer: Rudradaman
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A)Buddhist order or organisation
B)Buddhist monastery
C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
- Q. A new phase began in the Guru’s life in 1904. He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana (spiritual practice). He chose__________, twenty miles north of Thiruvananthapuram
A)Sivagiri
B)Karunagapally
C)Kayamkulam
D)Kannur
Answer: Sivagiri
- Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
A)Darius III
B)Alexander the Great
C)King Porus
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: King Porus
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