More Questions on History
- Q. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
A)Government of India Act 1918
B)The Government of India Act 1935
C)Government of India Act 1925
D)Government of India Act 1930
Answer: The Government of India Act 1935
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from
A)The Constitution of Australia
B)The Constitution of the USA
C)From the Government of India Act of 1919
D)From Pitt's India Act
Answer: From the Government of India Act of 1919
- Q. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was ended with the signed of
A)Treaty of Munich
B)Treaty of Vienna
C)Treaty of Paris
D)Treaty of Versailles
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
- Q. My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
C)Pheroze Shah Mehta
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Why did King Vipulvahan develop aversion for worldly life?
A)Because of son
B)Because of wife
C)Because of famine
D)Because of subjects
Answer: Because of famine
- Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
A)three centuries
B)two centuries
C)four centuries
D)a little over one century
Answer: three centuries
- Q. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
A)Anandmath
B)Pariksha Guru
C)Rangbhoomi
D)Padmarag
Answer: Anandmath
- Q. In which year Vatican City was established as an independent state
A)1782
B)1756
C)1835
D)1929
Answer: 1929
- Q. The immediate cause for the Mutiny was
A)The Social Legislation of 1856
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
D)The fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity
Answer: The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
- Q. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
A)1813
B)1814
C)1815
D)1816
Answer: 1815
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793? I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years. II. Regulated the finances of the Company. III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues. IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General’s Council
A)I, II & IV
B)I, II & III
C)I & II
D)II & III
Answer: I, II & IV
- Q. Who is the author of “Shahnama”?
A)Firdausi
B)Utbi
C)Hasan Nizami
D)AI-Beruni
Answer: Firdausi
- Q. Where did Aurangzeb died?
A)Aurangabad
B)Pune
C)Ahmednagar
D)Mumbai
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
A)Pindari menace
B)Russian menace
C)Rohelas
D)Attack by Burmese
Answer: Russian menace
- Q. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?
A)Mohanjodaro
B)Kalibangan
C)Harappa
D)Chanhudaro
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. Who presided over the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 ?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Sarojani Naydu
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Q. According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ? I. non-cooperation II. Strike, III. Demonstration IV. Civil disobedience
A)I and IV are correct
B)I and II are correct
C)II and IV are correct
D)III and IV are correct
Answer: I and IV are correct
- Q. The first invasion of India by Sultan Mahmud Ghazni was in
A)1001 AD
B)1004 AD
C)1000 AD
D)999 AD
Answer: 1000 AD
- Q. When did John Cabot visit Cape Breton Island?
A)1500
B)1497
C)1524
D)1350
Answer: 1497
- Q. I. This school eventually merged because of their closely related metaphysical theories (although Vaisheshika only accepted perception and inference as sources of valid knowledge). II. Mimamsa accept the logical and philosophical teachings of the other schools, they insist that salvation can only be attained by acting in accordance with the prescriptions of the Vedas. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Purva Mimamsa?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: II only
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