More Questions on History
- Q. The Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
A)propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
B)constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
C)India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
D)failure of the British to define their war aims
Answer: failure of the British to define their war aims
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
A)Kabir
B)Ramananda
C)Nanak
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Sumtinath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Marudevi
B)Tara
C)Vijaya
D)Sumangla
Answer: Sumangla
- Q. The first to invade India were the
A)Greeks
B)Aryans
C)Persians
D)Arabs
Answer: Aryans
- Q. In which year Vatican City was established as an independent state
A)1782
B)1756
C)1835
D)1929
Answer: 1929
- Q. The battle of Balakot was in __________
A)1821
B)1806
C)1831
D)1896
Answer: 1831
- 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. The film Mangal Pandey released in August 2005 deals with
A)Netaji Subash Bose's fight against British occupation of India
B)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
C)The first war of Indian Independence in 1857
D)The partition of India and Pakistan
Answer: The first war of Indian Independence in 1857
- Q. The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendations of the
A)Cabinet Mission Plan
B)Government of India Act, 1935
C)Cripps' Mission
D)Mountbatten Plan
Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan
- Q. Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
A)Taxila
B)Swarnagiri
C)Ujjain
D)Tosali
Answer: Taxila
- Q. Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
A)Nizam of Hyderabad
B)Scindia of Gwalior
C)Dalip Singh of Punjab
D)Gaikwad of Baroda
Answer: Nizam of Hyderabad
- Q. Who wrote the famous Kural which in verse deals with many aspects of life and religion?
A)Bana
B)Bhartrihari
C)Magha
D)Thiruvalluvar
Answer: Thiruvalluvar
- Q. Which world Heritage Monument has been acclaimed as the “Necropolis of the Mughal dynasty”?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Humayun's Tomb
- Q. Cripps Mission came to India
A)1945
B)1946
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
- Q. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatashatru
D)Harshvardhana
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the __________ age
A)Paleolithic
B)Megalithic
C)Neolithic
D)Chalcolithic
Answer: Chalcolithic
- Q. Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
A)common brotherhood
B)friendship and goodwill to all
C)fraternity and friendship
D)harmony and peace to all
Answer: harmony and peace to all
- Q. Who among the following Gupta rulers faced invasion of Hunas?
A)Kumaragupta-I
B)Budhagupta
C)Kumaragupta-II
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Skandagupta
- Q. Who wrote the article “The Gospel of Wealth”?
A)Cornelius Vanderbilt
B)Andrew Carnegie
C)Dale Carnegie
D)Napoleon Hill
Answer: Andrew Carnegie
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
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