More Questions on History
- 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 Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis of
A)Markings on seals
B)Mystical insight by modern seers
C)Radio carbon dating
D)Travellers written accounts
Answer: Radio carbon dating
- Q. Who among the following is the great disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and helped in spreading the message that there are many roads to god and salvation and service of god for man was embodiment of god?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Raja Rammohan Roy
C)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
A)The Kalinga War
B)The third Buddhist Council
C)His embracing of Buddhism
D)His sending missionary to Ceylon
Answer: The Kalinga War
- 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 one of the following pairs does not belong to the same category?
A)Satavahanas - Simuka
B)Mauryas - Brihadratha
C)Sungas - Devabhuti
D)Kanvas - Susaraman
Answer: Satavahanas - Simuka
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
- Q. Under the Mughals the Governor was popularly known as
A)Wazir
B)Subahdar
C)Vakil
D)Faujdar
Answer: Subahdar
- 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. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Alamgir-I
C)Jahadar Shah
D)Shah Alam-II
Answer: Shah Alam-II
- Q. AI Hilal’ was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)DE Wacha
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed at establishing Maratha rule in Delhi. Reason (R): Shivaji took the leadership of the Maratha resistance against the Mughals.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is false but R is true
- 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. Of the following, in which did Napolenic France suffer final defeat?
A)Battle of Wagram
B)Battle of Trafalgar
C)Battle of Pyramids
D)Battle of Austerlitz
Answer: Battle of Trafalgar
- Q. Which of the following were the main aims of Satyashodhak Samaj? I. Social service II. Spread of education among women and lower caste III. Complete abolition of caste system and inequalities
A)I and II
B)Only II
C)II and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The world’s first drainage system was built by the people of
A)Indus Valley civilization
B)Egyptian civilization
C)Chinese civilization
D)Mesopotamian civilization
Answer: Indus Valley civilization
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. The first President of Indian National congress was :
A)Annie Besant
B)Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)George Yule
Answer: Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
- Q. Emperor Harsha’s southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by
A)Pulakesin-Il
B)Pulakesin-I
C)Vikramaditya-I
D)Vikramaditya-II
Answer: Pulakesin-Il
- Q. The main brain behind hurling a bomb at Lord Hardinge, while he was making his state entry into Delhi was
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Ras Behari Bose
C)Sachindra Sanyal
D)Jatin Das
Answer: Ras Behari Bose
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