More Questions on History
- Q. Guru Arjan Dev transferred the headquarters to
A)Amritsar
B)Agra
C)Karachi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Amritsar
- Q. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established?
A)1817
B)1829
C)1858
D)1853
Answer: 1817
- Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
A)Saktism
B)Shaivism
C)Bhagavatism
D)Tantricism
Answer: Bhagavatism
- Q. The ‘Hero of Plassey’ was
A)Dupleix
B)Warren Hastings
C)Clive
D)Shuja-ud-Daulah
Answer: Clive
- Q. Vivian Derozio had been associated with the __________ movement
A)Back to the Vedas
B)Swadeshi
C)Young Bengal
D)Young India
Answer: Young Bengal
- Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was a failure because
A)He was not a practical states man
B)He was mad
C)He transferred the capital
D)He waged war with China
Answer: He was not a practical states man
- Q. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers
A)Bombay
B)Madras
C)Surat
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Ahmedabad
- Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
B)Peter I
C)Nicholas I
D)John Adams
Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
- Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Ekanatha
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Jataka tales? I. It is a collection of tales belonging to the pre-Buddhist period give us a revealing glimpse into a period when the fusion between the Aryan and the Dravidian races had been almost completed. II. It gives us the periods of rule and genealogies of dynasties of kings.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
B)Foment class and caste strife
C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
- Q. Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement “Anarchism”?
A)Gorkhy
B)Mikhail Bakunin
C)Leo Tolstoy
D)Turganew
Answer: Mikhail Bakunin
- Q. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
A)Establishment of village industries
B)Abolition of machinery
C)Adoption of non-violence
D)Trusteeship theory
Answer: Trusteeship theory
- 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. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
A)Hastings
B)Clive
C)Wellesley
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
A)Lucknow session in 1916
B)Lahore session in 1940.
C)Meerut Session 1946
D)Tripuri Session in 1939
Answer: Lahore session in 1940.
- Q. Which of the following literatures is known as Apaurusheya?
A)Brahman
B)Vedas
C)Upanishad
D)Aranyak
Answer: Vedas
- Q. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?
A)Indra
B)Varuna
C)Surya
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Quit India Movement
C)Non-Cooperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: Swadeshi Movement
- Q. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came to each other in 1916 at
A)Amritsar
B)Lahore
C)Lucknow
D)Haripura
Answer: Lucknow
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