More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
A)Herbert Bakers
B)Sir Edward Lutyens
C)Robert Tor Tussell
D)Antonin Raymond
Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
- Q. What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
A)Administrative reforms
B)Social reforms
C)Educational reforms
D)Political consolidation
Answer: Educational reforms
- Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
A)Chelmsford
B)Hardinge-II
C)Reading
D)Irwin
Answer: Chelmsford
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
- Q. The Woods Despatch of 1854 resulted in the
A)Introduction of the postal system
B)Founding of several Indian universities
C)Establishment of the education system
D)Abolition of child marriage
Answer: Establishment of the education system
- Q. The only Hindu noble at the court of Akbar to accept the Din-i-llahi was
A)Todar Mal
B)Man Singh
C)Birbal
D)Bhagwan Das
Answer: Birbal
- Q. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
A)Ensure racial and communal harmony
B)Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
C)Found a religious institution
D)Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
- Q. Who said that “India’s Soul live in villages”?
A)Jayaprakash Narayan
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka’s monuments may be grouped?
A)Pillars
B)Stupas
C)Viharas
D)Caves
Answer: Viharas
- Q. Marxian materialism came from the idea of
A)Feuerbach
B)Hegel
C)Drwin
D)Engels
Answer: Feuerbach
- Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
A)1866
B)1766
C)1869
D)1870
Answer: 1866
- Q. Benito Mussolini was the prime minister of which country
A)Belgium
B)French
C)Italy
D)Turkey
Answer: Italy
- Q. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
A)Germany
B)China
C)Italy
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A)Poor
B)Nobles
C)Middle Class
D)Foreign residents
Answer: Poor
- Q. Who founded the Great Seljuq Empire in 1037
A)Tughril Beg
B)Seljuq Beg
C)Alp Arslan
D)Malik-Shah I
Answer: Tughril Beg
- Q. Which scripture was called his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji?
A)The New Testament
B)Ramayana
C)Bhagwat Gita
D)The Holy Quran
Answer: Bhagwat Gita
- Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
C)The greatest good of all
D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
- Q. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
A)Foreign affairs
B)Intelligence
C)Army organisation
D)Finance
Answer: Army organisation
- Q. Which of the following has not been found in the excavation in Terracotta of Indus Valley sites?
A)Sheep
B)Buffalo
C)Cow
D)Pig
Answer: Cow
- Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
A)In the name of the Crown
B)By the Company
C)By a Board of Directors
D)In the name of Governor-General of India
Answer: In the name of the Crown
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