More Questions on History
- Q. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
A)Educational Despatch, 1854
B)Pitts India Act, 1784
C)Macaulay Minute, 1835
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Macaulay Minute, 1835
- Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
A)Montesquieu
B)Voltaire
C)Diderot
D)Rousseau
Answer: Voltaire
- Q. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A)The British Government Authority
B)Muslim Land Holders
C)The non-tribal outsiders
D)Hindu Land Holders
Answer: Hindu Land Holders
- Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
A)Japan
B)China
C)Sri Lanka
D)Tibet
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. The Hindu of Madras started in 1868 as a weekly, became a Daily in
A)1899
B)1889
C)1890
D)1855
Answer: 1889
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked
A)Konkan
B)Gujarat
C)Surat
D)Poena
Answer: Konkan
- Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Irwin
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Linlithgow
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following
A)Upanishads
B)Tripitakas
C)Angas
D)Aranyakas
Answer: Tripitakas
- Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
A)Lord Reading
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Irwin
D)Lord Wavell
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Q. Which of the following statement is not related to the Akbar’s reign?
A)A syncretic religion, called "divine faith," which stressed loyalty to the emperor
B)Religious toleration for Hindus and Sikhs
C)A centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces
D)Education and basic rights for Indian women
Answer: Education and basic rights for Indian women
- Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
A)Morley
B)Minto
C)Northbrook
D)Hastings
Answer: Northbrook
- Q. Who among the following was also known as ‘Zinda Pir’?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
A)Kalibangan
B)Lothal
C)Harappa
D)Mohenjo Daro
Answer: Lothal
- Q. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the princely State of
A)Jhansi
B)Satara
C)Avadh
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Satara
- Q. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
A)Passive resistance
B)Organisation of secret societies
C)Constitutional agitation
D)Terrorism
Answer: Passive resistance
- Q. When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A)860
B)800
C)871
D)899
Answer: 800
- Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
A)October 17, 1940
B)October 17, 1942
C)October 17, 1939
D)October 17, 1938
Answer: October 17, 1940
- Q. I. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the “Calcutta Unitarian Committee”. II. Social Service League was established by Mahadev Govind Ranade. III. Deccan Education Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. IV. Annie Besant started the Central Hindu School. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct with reference to the reformers & leaders of India’s Struggle for Independence?
A)I & IV
B)I, II & IV
C)II & III
D)III Only
Answer: I & IV
- Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A)Noncooperation Co-operation
B)Khilafat movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Quit India Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. One of the important factors that led to the World War-II the humiliating provisions in one of the following treaties. Which is that treaty?
A)Treaty of Versailles
B)Treaty of Paris
C)Treaty of Lorraine
D)Treaty of Brussels
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
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