More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Kabir
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
A)British
B)American
C)French
D)Russian
Answer: French
- Q. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor diamond __________
A)Firuz Shah
B)Nadir Shah
C)Mohammed Shah
D)Mohammed Ghori
Answer: Nadir Shah
- Q. Who has written the famous book Padmavat?
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Nakhshabi
C)Al Biruni
D)Hasan Nizami
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. Who worte “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai”?
A)Ramprasad Bismil
B)Mohammad Iqbal
C)Kazi Nazrul Islam
D)Firaq Gorakhpuri
Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
- Q. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on
A)February 20, 1947
B)February 20, 1942
C)March 20, 1947
D)March 20, 1942
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
A)Feudalism
B)Humanism
C)Rationalism
D)Scientific Temperament
Answer: Feudalism
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against
A)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
B)Martial law in the Punjab
C)Rawlatt Acts
D)All the above
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. In the world history, who is also known as “Little Corporal”
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Bismark
C)Lord Curzon
D)Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Q. Todar Mal was associated with
A)literature
B)music
C)land revenue reforms
D)law
Answer: land revenue reforms
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of Nation?
A)Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement
B)He was universally adored, admired and respected by all castes, communities and classes
C)His social political, economic and religious ideologies were based on Indian values with a very strong moral and ethical content
D)He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
Answer: He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
- Q. Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when he landed at Calicut
A)Devaraya
B)Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
C)Zamorin
D)Krishnadevaraya
Answer: Zamorin
- Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. After his coronation Shivaji assumed the title of
A)Peshwa
B)Maharaja
C)Chhatrapati
D)Samrat
Answer: Chhatrapati
- Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
A)Gladstone
B)Lord Ripon
C)W.W Hunter
D)Hastings
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Both I and III
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the Princely States would be represented by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
A)93
B)90
C)103
D)100
Answer: 93
- Q. In which year America got independence
A)1776
B)1760
C)1780
D)1782
Answer: 1776
- Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
A)Gangetic Doab
B)Central India
C)Saptasindhu
D)Kashmir and Punjab
Answer: Saptasindhu
- Q. Kalibangan is situated in
A)Sindh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Rajasthan
D)Gujarat
Answer: Rajasthan
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