More Questions on History
- Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
A)Ashvaghosha
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasumitra
D)Buddhaghosha
Answer: Ashvaghosha
- Q. With whom is ‘Junagarh Rock Inscription’ associated?
A)Bimbisara
B)Rudradaman
C)Chandragupta-II
D)Gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer: Rudradaman
- Q. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
A)A future administration of India
B)Provision of provincial autonomy
C)Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
Answer: A future administration of India
- Q. Which painting is made from Fresco style?
A)Piklikhal
B)Bhimbetka
C)Ajanta
D)Ellora
Answer: Ajanta
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
B)The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre
C)Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
D)In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Answer: In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
- Q. Siraj-ud-Daulah renamed which city as Alinagar?
A)Agra
B)Calcutta
C)Ferozpur
D)Fatehpur
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year
A)1674
B)1664
C)1670
D)1660
Answer: 1674
- Q. The Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885 at__________
A)Calcutta
B)Bombay
C)Madras
D)Gujarat
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Which of the following statement is related with the provision of the Charter Act of 1833?
A)Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
B)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China
C)Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China
D)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years
Answer: Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
- Q. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
A)Pulicat
B)Masulipatnam
C)Surat
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Pulicat
- Q. The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by
A)Mao-Tse-tung
B)Pu-yi
C)Chiang-Kai-shek
D)Sun-Yat-Sen
Answer: Sun-Yat-Sen
- Q. Assertion (A): The introduction of ‘Western Education’ and English language as medium of instruction led the foundation for the rise and growth of nationalism in India. Reason (R): The Indian National Movement would not have been possible without the English language as the medium
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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 is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
A)Pallavas
B)Chola
C)Pandyas
D)Kaktiya
Answer: Pallavas
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayan and captured Gaur in the battle of
A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
- Q. Who among the following is the head of theosophical society in India
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Blavatsky
D)Did not come to india
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The East India Company was established in the year
A)1600 AD
B)1607 AD
C)1700 AD
D)1669 AD
Answer: 1600 AD
- Q. Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri?
A)Moti Masjid
B)The Panch Mahal
C)Tomb of Salim Chishti
D)The Moriam Palace
Answer: Moti Masjid
- Q. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
A)Act of 1919
B)Act of 1909
C)Act of 1935
D)Act of 1947
Answer: Act of 1909
- Q. The revolutionary who was an accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case and who died in Jail after 64 days fast was
A)Sukh Dev
B)Jatin Das
C)Raj Guru
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
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