More Questions on History
- Q. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
A)Aravidu
B)Sangam
C)Tuluva
D)Saluva
Answer: Tuluva
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?
A)Vallabhbhai Patel
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Rajagopalachari
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was
A)Jatin Das
B)Surya Sen
C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
D)CR Das
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
A)The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
B)The Marathas did not fight bravely
C)The Maratha army was short of food supplies
D)The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
Answer: The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
A)Bihar
B)Assam
C)Madras
D)Punjab
Answer: Punjab
- Q. The Prime causes of the 1857 mutiny did not include
A)The Widow Remarriage Act
B)The new system of education
C)The despatch of Indian Sepoys to Afghanistan
D)Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
Answer: Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
- Q. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)G. K. Gokhale
D)B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book
A)Indika
B)Travels of Megasthanes
C)Indicoplecusts
D)Both (B) and (C)
Answer: Indika
- Q. The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by
A)Sir William Jones
B)TB Macaulay
C)GK Gokhale
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by :
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Lala Hardyal
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. When was The Government of India Act 1858 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom?
A)June,1857
B)August 2, 1858
C)January, 1858
D)December, 1857
Answer: August 2, 1858
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
A)Kolhapur Bomb Case
B)Alipore Bomb case
C)Lahore Conspiracy Case
D)Kakori
Answer: Alipore Bomb case
- Q. Benito Mussolini was a leader of
A)Italy
B)Germany
C)French
D)Portugal
Answer: Italy
- Q. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
A)Moneylenders and Slaves
B)Merchants and Priests
C)Warriors and Traders
D)Women and Sudras
Answer: Women and Sudras
- Q. The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
A)Plassey
B)Buxar
C)Swally
D)Trafalgar
Answer: Swally
- Q. Which Ancient Indian literature deals with concepts about origin of universe, death and birth, material and spiritual world?
A)AtharvaVedas
B)Rig Vedas
C)Aryankas
D)Upanishad
Answer: Upanishad
- Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
A)The USSR
B)The USA
C)Canada
D)Ireland
Answer: The USSR
- Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
A)Samiti
B)Sabha
C)Gana
D)Vidatha
Answer: Vidatha
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