More Questions on History
- Q. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for __________ years
A)10 years
B)20 years
C)30 years
D)15 years
Answer: 20 years
- Q. Who said “Knowledge is Power”?
A)Milton
B)Shakespeare
C)Francis Bacon
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Francis Bacon
- Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
A)Bodh Gaya
B)Sarnath
C)Kapilavastu
D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
A)The Portuguese
B)The French
C)The Dutch
D)The English
Answer: The Portuguese
- Q. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?
A)Qasim Bazar
B)Calcutta
C)Singur
D)Burdwan
Answer: Qasim Bazar
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself
A)Ashoka Priyadarshi
B)Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
C)Dhammasoka (Dharmasoka)
D)Daivaputra
Answer: Devanampriya Priyadarshi King
- Q. I. His reign saw beginning of a new intercourse between Europe of India II. Attempted to prohibit traffic in eunuchs III. Started practices of inter-caste marriages between the families of government officers IV. Ordered the abolition of inhuman corporal punishments Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
A)I, II, and IV
B)I, II, and III
C)II, III, and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II, and IV
- Q. The leader of the Anuslian Samiti was
A)Pulin Das
B)Barindra Kumar Ghosh
C)Kanai Lal Dutta
D)Prafulla Chaki
Answer: Barindra Kumar Ghosh
- Q. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist Council?
A)Kalasoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Ashoka
D)Ananda
Answer: Kalasoka
- Q. As per Wavell’s Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________
A)Parliament
B)Viceroy
C)An Indian Member of the Executive Council
D)Secretary of State
Answer: An Indian Member of the Executive Council
- Q. The non cooperation movement was called off due to
A)Chauri Chaura Incident
B)Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
C)Poona pact
D)Gandhi-Irwin pact
Answer: Chauri Chaura Incident
- Q. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year
A)1729
B)1707
C)1774
D)1823
Answer: 1707
- Q. Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
A)General
B)Justice
C)Member of Parliament
D)Secretary of State for India
Answer: Justice
- Q. When did the Third Battle of Panipat take place?
A)1761
B)1707
C)1751
D)1765
Answer: 1761
- Q. Dasavatara temple of Nagra style is located at which of the following places?
A)Gorakhpur
B)Badrinath
C)Jhansi (Lalitpur)
D)Samstipur
Answer: Jhansi (Lalitpur)
- 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. The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of
A)suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
B)communal representation
C)grant of dominion status
D)date of transfer of power
Answer: communal representation
- Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
A)It proposed to partition India
B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
- Q. Kasturba Gandhi died in detention (in 1944) at
A)Ahmedabad Prison
B)Yeravada Jail
C)Aga Khan Palace
D)Ahmednagar Fort
Answer: Aga Khan Palace
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