More Questions on History
- Q. __________ joined the National Secular Society in 1874 and worked in the free thought and radical movements led by Charles Bradlaugh, MP
A)Tarachand Chakravarty
B)Annie Besant
C)D. R. Mukhopadhyaya
D)Brojnath Dhar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. During Akbar’s reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as
A)Razm Nama
B)Iqbal Nama
C)Akbar Nama
D)Sakinat-ul-Auliya
Answer: Razm Nama
- Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Kanishka
C)Gautamiputra Satakarni
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
A)Praja Mandal Movement
B)State People's Movement
C)Both A and B above
D)Swaraj Movement
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. What is the literal meaning of Bhakti?
A)Prayer
B)Salvation
C)Offer words of praise
D)None of the above
Answer: Salvation
- Q. Of the following who did not find a place in the Legislative Council as per the Act of 1853?
A)Additional Members
B)The Governor-General
C)The Commander-in-Chief
D)The Lieutenant Governor
Answer: The Lieutenant Governor
- Q. The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to __________
A)The House of Lords
B)The House of Common
C)The Home Government of the Company
D)The Council of Senior Merchants
Answer: The Home Government of the Company
- Q. The famous Indo-Greek Kin, who embraced Buddhism was __________
A)Menander
B)Strato I
C)Demetrios
D)Alexander
Answer: Menander
- Q. Who was the first Caliph?
A)Abu Bakr
B)Sulaiman, the Great
C)Imam Hussain
D)Constantine
Answer: Abu Bakr
- Q. Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. The immortal national Song ‘Vande Mataram’ has been written by
A)Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
D)Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
- Q. What was the name of the atom bomb dropped in Nagasaki city
A)Fat Man
B)Fat Boy
C)Scorpion
D)Death Kiss
Answer: Fat Man
- Q. Where did Moplah revolt took place?
A)Bihar
B)Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A)William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)A. O. Hume
D)Henry Cotton
Answer: George Yule
- Q. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India?
A)GK Gokhale
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C)Raj Ram Mohun Roy
D)MM Malaviya
Answer: Raj Ram Mohun Roy
- Q. Who said “Spanish ulcer was the cause of my ruin”
A)Napoleon
B)Matternich
C)Marshal Fouch
D)Chamberlain
Answer: Napoleon
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
A)Sukhdev
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
- Q. John Locke profounded
A)Theory of Divine Rights
B)Social Contract Theory
C)Patriarchal Theory
D)Theory of Force
Answer: Social Contract Theory
- Q. The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
A)Kadambini Ganguli
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Pherozeshah Mehta
D)D.Ewacha
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
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