More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following organised the “All India Depressed Classes Association” in colonial India?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)Pandita Ramabai
D)B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Historian Abdul Hamid Lahori was in the court of
A)Akbar
B)Aurangzeb
C)Shahjahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Shahjahan
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Cooch Behar was seized by
A)Prince Akbar
B)Mir Jumla
C)Shayista Khan
D)Jai Singh
Answer: Mir Jumla
- Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
A)Lloyd George
B)Ramsay Mcdonald
C)Stanley Baldwin
D)AV Alexander
Answer: Ramsay Mcdonald
- Q. Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy?
A)Provision of free legal aid and advice
B)Equal pay for equal work
C)Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
D)Protection of the mounments of historical importance
Answer: Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
- Q. After receipt of Diksha, under which tree Abhinandannath Tirthankar attained Kaivalya gyan (enlightenment)?
A)Devdar
B)Neem
C)Vat
D)Priyangu
Answer: Devdar
- Q. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their
A)carving
B)monolithic structure
C)polish
D)uniformity of workmanship
Answer: polish
- Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)V N Mandalik
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Abdul Kalam Azad
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
A)Bombay
B)Surat
C)Masulipatnam
D)Madras
Answer: Madras
- Q. Where did the revolutionaries have their deliberations, which led to the formation of the Hindustan Republican Association?
A)Kanpur
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Allahabad
Answer: Kanpur
- Q. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
A)Vice-President
B)President
C)General Secretary
D)Member of the Working Committee
Answer: General Secretary
- Q. Independence movement of Vietnam was headed by
A)Zhou Enlai
B)Ngo Dinh Diem
C)Pol Pot
D)Ho Chi Minh
Answer: Ho Chi Minh
- Q. Wahabi movement aimed to organize Muslims around two fold ideas, which of the following forms the ideas among them? I. Harmony among 4 schools of Muslim which were divided at that time II. Recognition of the role of individual conscience in religion as conflicting interpretations were derived from quran and other practices
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)None of the above stated
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Who among the following came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni?
A)Al-Biruni
B)AI-Masudi
C)Sulaiman
D)Abdul Haq
Answer: Al-Biruni
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Sir Saiyad breathed his last on Sunday, 27th March__________
A)1898
B)1878
C)1901
D)1906
Answer: 1898
- Q. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
A)Guru Govind Singh
B)Guru Nanak
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Har rai
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev
- Q. The estate of Shivaji’s father was
A)Poona
B)Konkan
C)Torna
D)Rajgarh
Answer: Poona
- Q. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Agra Fort
- Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
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