More Questions on History
- Q. In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society founded?
A)1908
B)1905
C)1911
D)1914
Answer: 1905
- Q. Narayana Guru’s later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written in__________
A)Malayalam
B)Tamil
C)Sanskrit
D)Hindi
Answer: Malayalam
- Q. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
A)Nawab Vajib Ali Sah
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Harsha
D)Akbar
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
A)Warren Hastings
B)Macaulay
C)Lord Canning
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. The Buddha attained nirvana at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Bodh Gaya
C)Sanchi
D)Kusinagara
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
A)Humayun
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)Akbar
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Buland Darwaza is located in
A)Gujarat
B)West Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Shah Jahan
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?
A)Scheduled Tribes
B)Scheduled Caste
C)Anglo-Indian
D)Landed Gentry
Answer: Landed Gentry
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
A)SM Joshi
B)Hiren Mukherjee
C)MN Roy
D)RC Dutt
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self-government in modern India?
A)Mayo
B)Ripon
C)Lytton
D)Curzon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The title ‘Indian Napoleon’ has been attached to
A)Samudragupta
B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
C)Chandragupta-I
D)Harshavardhana
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
A)Sutta Pitaka
B)Vinaya Pitaka
C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
D)All the three Pitakas
Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
- Q. Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
A)Sakas
B)Indo-Greeks
C)Parthinas
D)Kushanas
Answer: Sakas
- Q. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
A)Lord Linlithgow
B)Lord Wavell
C)Sir George Stanley
D)Lord Willingdon
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
A)Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Lytton
- Q. The revolutionary like Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were all associated with :
A)1857 Revolt
B)The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
C)Chauri Chaura Case
D)The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Answer: The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
- Q. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Amar Das
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Hargovbind
Answer: Guru Ramdas
- Q. The slogan of ‘Vande Matram’ was first adopted during the __________ Movement?
A)Civil Disobedience
B)Non-cooperation
C)Swadeshi
D)Quit India
Answer: Swadeshi
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