More Questions on History
- Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
B)the poverty of the Indian people
C)his identification with the Indian people
D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
Answer: his identification with the Indian people
- Q. Kabir was contemporary of
A)Sultan Sikandar Lodi
B)Guru Nanak
C)Both (A) and (B) above
D)Babur
Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
- 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. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak’s biography was
A)Guru Amardas
B)Guru Angad Dev
C)Guru Ramdas
D)Guru Arjun Dev
Answer: Guru Angad Dev
- Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
A)Baba Farid
B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
C)Saiyid Mummed
D)Shah Alam Bukhari
Answer: Baba Farid
- Q. Who switched on the world’s first large-scale electrical supply network?
A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Albert Einstein
C)Benjamin Franklin
D)Thomas Edison
Answer: Thomas Edison
- Q. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from
A)London
B)Moscow
C)Paris
D)Stockholm
Answer: London
- Q. Which of the following Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka describes the Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka?
A)No. X
B)No. XIII
C)No. XI
D)No. XII
Answer: No. XIII
- Q. Pearl Harbour, an American Naval and Airforce base was attacked by
A)Japan
B)Germany
C)France
D)England
Answer: Japan
- Q. Why did King Vipulvahan develop aversion for worldly life?
A)Because of son
B)Because of wife
C)Because of famine
D)Because of subjects
Answer: Because of famine
- Q. Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James I, the king of England?
A)Willia Todd
B)John Hawkins
C)Sir Thomas Roe
D)Sir Walter Raleigh
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who provided inspiration to the Indian National Movement were
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore
B)Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
C)MG Ranade and DK Karve
D)Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
- Q. The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
A)The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
B)The Marathas did not fight bravely
C)The Maratha army was short of food supplies
D)The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
Answer: The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
- Q. Who is regarded as the second Alexander?
A)Mubarak Khalji
B)Jalaluddin Khalji
C)Khusru Khan
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. In Indus Valley Civilization, Dholavira is famous for which of the following?
A)Sea port
B)Rock cut architecture
C)Water Conservation
D)Pottery
Answer: Water Conservation
- Q. When was the modern petroleum industry started?
A)1829
B)1808
C)1846
D)1898
Answer: 1846
- Q. Which of the following leaders were associated with the Revolt of Khasis in 1820-32?
A)Sambu Singh
B)Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
C)Sidhu and Kanu
D)Vir Manik
Answer: Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
- Q. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
D)Birbal
Answer: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
- Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
A)Lord Reading
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Irwin
D)Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Q. Which of the following was not included in the Treaty to be negotiated as provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan?
A)Constituent Assembly
B)The Indian Union
C)Indian National Congress
D)The United Kingdom
Answer: Indian National Congress
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