More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
A)Amir Khusro
B)Hussain Shah
C)Barbak Shah
D)Nanak
Answer: Amir Khusro
- Q. Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and__________
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Rana Sanga
C)Hemu
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- 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 philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
A)Vedanta
B)Advaita
C)Yoga
D)Samkhya
Answer: Vedanta
- Q. Who was the US President during World War II
A)Joseph Stalin
B)Winston Churchill
C)Franklin D Roosevelt
D)Harry S Truman
Answer: Franklin D Roosevelt
- Q. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?
A)Mohanjodaro
B)Kalibangan
C)Harappa
D)Chanhudaro
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. After how many years of practice Sambhavnath acquired Kewalya Gyan and formed DharamTirth?
A)12
B)10
C)14
D)16
Answer: 14
- Q. Noakhali is situated in
A)Bangladesh
B)West Bengal
C)Tripura
D)Bihar
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. The Great Depression in the 1930s refers to
A)An ailment afflicting millions overhung to a new vector borne disease
B)A tropical storm that raged for weeks
C)An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
D)A prolonged seasonal influence of unpredictable weather owing to earthquakes and tsunamis
Answer: An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
- Q. Who composed ‘The History of the Kings of Britain’?
A)Geoffrey of Monmouth
B)Ambrosius Aurelianus
C)Thomas Malory
D)Vortigern
Answer: Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Q. __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka
A)Lord Rippon
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Hastings
D)Wellesley
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Cold War refers to
A)Ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
B)Tension between East and West
C)Tension between Superpowers
D)Tension between Superpowers
Answer: Tension between East and West
- Q. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
A)Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
B)Khidmatgars (Servants)
C)Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
D)Angels of Freedom
Answer: Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
- Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
A)Lala Hardyal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)M G Ranade
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Who was the first leader to preside over the INC?
A)S Subramanya Iyer
B)Ananda Charlu
C)WC Banerji
D)Surendranath Bannerjee
Answer: WC Banerji
- Q. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
A)Agra Fort
B)Gwalior Fort
C)Lahore Fort
D)Allahabad Fort
Answer: Gwalior Fort
- 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. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
A)August 1943
B)August 1940
C)September 1946
D)September 1942
Answer: September 1946
- Q. India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister
A)Winston Churchill
B)Clement Attlee
C)Ramsay Mac Donald
D)William Pitt
Answer: Clement Attlee
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