More Questions on History
- Q. Chanakya was known as__________
A)R.C.Majumdar
B)Sumit Sarkar
C)Panikkar K.N
D)K.K.N.Kurup
Answer: Panikkar K.N
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A)Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals
B)Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828
C)Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
D)Sati Pratha was abolished in 1829
Answer: Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
- Q. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
A)Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
B)Tarabai
C)Peshwa Bajirao
D)Shahu
Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
- Q. The Quit India Movement was Launched in 1942 in the month of
A)March
B)January
C)August
D)December
Answer: August
- Q. The city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in the year
A)325BC
B)331 BC
C)322 BC
D)365 BC
Answer: 331 BC
- Q. Who founded the Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam?
A)Periyar Swami
B)Daya Nand Saraswati
C)Narayan Guru
D)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
A)Kanpur
B)Agra
C)Jhansi
D)Lucknow
Answer: Agra
- Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
B)To oust the British from India
C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘Oliver Twist’
A)Mark Twain
B)William Shakespeare
C)Charles Dickens
D)Christopher Marlowe
Answer: Charles Dickens
- Q. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilization?
A)Cunningham
B)Charles Mason
C)M. Wheeler
D)M.S. Vats
Answer: M.S. Vats
- Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Gokhale
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is
A)Sabastu
B)Sindhu
C)Shatudri
D)Saraswati
Answer: Saraswati
- Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
A)Jaipur
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Amarkot
Answer: Agra
- Q. The main centre of Wahabi Movement during the freedom movement was
A)Mysore
B)Lucknow
C)Patna
D)Delhi
Answer: Patna
- Q. In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:
A)Satyagrah
B)An Individual Civil Disobedience
C)Bharat Chhoro Aandolan
D)None of these
Answer: An Individual Civil Disobedience
- Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
A)Sevagram
B)Wardha
C)Sabarmati
D)Dandi
Answer: Sabarmati
- Q. When did the Chinese Civil War began?
A)1948
B)1927
C)1950
D)1937
Answer: 1927
- 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. 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. The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was
A)Jahandar Shah
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Shah Alam I
Answer: Bahadur Shah
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