More Questions on History

  • Q. Which one of the following Indus cities has houses with doors on the main streets?
    A)Surkotada
    B)Lothal
    C)Chanhudaro
    D)Banawali
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. On account of severe British repression the Civil Disobedience movement was again suspended In July 1933 and people were asked to offer Satyagraha
    A)in groups
    B)individually
    C)locally
    D)against liquor shops
    Answer: individually
  • Q. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly
    A)because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commanderin- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
    B)because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab
    C)because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield
    D)because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawab's service by the English
    Answer: because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commanderin- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
  • Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company’s monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
    A)Charter Act of 1813
    B)Charter Act of 1793
    C)Charter Act of 1833
    D)Charter Act of 1853
    Answer: Charter Act of 1833
  • Q. In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry was not formed in June 1937?
    A)Central Provinces
    B)United Provinces
    C)Madras
    D)Assam
    Answer: Assam
  • Q. Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?
    A)Italy, Japan, Britain
    B)Poland, Japan, Germany
    C)Germany, Italy, France
    D)Germany, Italy, Japan
    Answer: Germany, Italy, Japan
  • Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Sukhdev
    C)Surya Sen
    D)Rajguru
    Answer: Surya Sen
  • Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ajatashatru
    D)Pulakesin
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. What does Jahangir mean?
    A)The Grand Monarch
    B)National Monarach
    C)Conqueror of the world
    D)Hero of hundred battles
    Answer: Conqueror of the world
  • Q. As per Pitt’s India Act the Committee of Secrecy would consist of three members of __________
    A)The Court of Directors
    B)The Board of Control
    C)The House of Commons
    D)The House of Lords
    Answer: The Court of Directors
  • Q. Prince of Piligrims’ was the name attributed to
    A)Hiuen-tsang
    B)Fa-Hien
    C)I-tsing
    D)Megasthenes
    Answer: Hiuen-tsang
  • Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
    A)The Portuguese
    B)The French
    C)The Dutch
    D)The English
    Answer: The Portuguese
  • Q. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress?
    A)A. O. Hume
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Lokmanya Tilak
    D)Surendra Nath Banerjee
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
    A)Swami Vivekananda
    B)Narayan Guru
    C)Krishna swami Aiyar
    D)Keshav Chandra Sen
    Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
  • Q. Which saint and reformer of Bengal who popularized the Krishna Cult?
    A)Madhava
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Chaitanya
    D)Nimbarka
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the
    A)Gupta period
    B)Later Vedic period
    C)Mauryan period
    D)Vedic period
    Answer: Later Vedic period
  • Q. The Social System of the Harappans was
    A)Slave Labour based
    B)Fairly egalitarian
    C)Colour Varna based
    D)Caste based
    Answer: Fairly egalitarian
  • Q. Who is consider as the first Pope of christianity
    A)St Linus
    B)St Peter
    C)St Evaristus
    D)St Alexander I
    Answer: St Peter
  • Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were drawn from
    A)The Nehru Committee Report
    B)The Simon Commission Report
    C)The White Paper issued by the British Government
    D)Morley-Minto Reforms
    Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms
  • Q. When was the building of the Parthenon at Athens started?
    A)424 BC
    B)447 BC
    C)404 BC
    D)399 BC
    Answer: 447 BC

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