More Questions on History

  • Q. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
    A)Forward Block
    B)Communist Party of India
    C)Socialist-Swarajist Party
    D)Swarajya Party
    Answer: Swarajya Party
  • Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
    A)1925
    B)1919
    C)1927
    D)1930
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar attained Nirvana?
    A)Parsnath
    B)Sammed Shikhar
    C)Girnar
    D)Pawapur
    Answer: Sammed Shikhar
  • Q. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
    A)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    B)Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
    C)Bengal Society
    D)None of these
    Answer: Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
  • Q. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar’s reign was the port of
    A)Calcutta
    B)Karachi
    C)Surat
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
    A)Coluccio Salutati
    B)Bernardo Rossellino
    C)Leonardo Bruni
    D)Lorenzo Valla
    Answer: Leonardo Bruni
  • Q. I. It favoured Dominion Status. II. It favoured a federal system. III. It rejected the system of Communal Electorate. IV. It was against the setting up of a Supreme Court. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct related to the Nehru Report?
    A)I & III
    B)I & IV
    C)II, III & IV
    D)I, II & III
    Answer: I, II & III
  • Q. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated?
    A)1907
    B)1906
    C)1910
    D)1914
    Answer: 1914
  • Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
    A)Krishna Cult
    B)Kabirpanthi
    C)Nathpanthi
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Nathpanthi
  • Q. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?
    A)All the members of the commission were Englishmen
    B)Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause
    C)It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period
    D)Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police
    Answer: All the members of the commission were Englishmen
  • Q. During Kanishka’s reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to
    A)Ayodhya
    B)Delhi
    C)Kannauj
    D)Purushapura (Peshawar)
    Answer: Purushapura (Peshawar)
  • Q. Which of the following pair of Congress Session is not correctly matched?
    A)Madras Session 1927: Independence Resolution passed for the first time at the instance of Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Nagpur Session 1920: Changes in the Constitution of the Congress
    C)Calcutta Session 1928: Return of Gandhi to active politics after six years
    D)Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
    Answer: Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
  • Q. In which century, Qutub Minar of Delhi was built?
    A)13th Century
    B)12th Century
    C)14th Century
    D)11th Century
    Answer: 13th Century
  • Q. Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
    A)Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
    B)Priority to be given to communal question
    C)Grant of Dominion Status
    D)Date of transfer of power
    Answer: Priority to be given to communal question
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. Which empire lasted the longest among the following?
    A)The Pratiharas
    B)The Palas
    C)The Rashtrakutas
    D)The Senas
    Answer: The Rashtrakutas
  • Q. The court language of the Mughals was
    A)Hindi
    B)Urdu
    C)Arabic
    D)Persian
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
    B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
    C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
    D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
    Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
  • Q. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in India (and transfer of power to responsible Indian hands by a date not later than June1948) on
    A)February 20, 1947
    B)May 16, 1946
    C)March 10, 1946
    D)December 31, 1946
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?
    A)Firoz Shah Suri
    B)Muhammad Adil Shah
    C)Sikandar Shah Suri
    D)Sher Shah Suri
    Answer: Sher Shah Suri

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