More Questions on History
- Q. What is the correct meaning of Khanqah?
A)A form of veena
B)A form of music
C)The place where Sufi Mystics lived
D)None of the above
Answer: The place where Sufi Mystics lived
- Q. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
A)Columbus
B)Magellan
C)Bartholomew Dias
D)Vasco da Gama
Answer: Bartholomew Dias
- Q. When was ‘Hammer of the Witches’ published?
A)1471
B)1414
C)1484
D)1487
Answer: 1487
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Willington
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
A)1904
B)1907
C)1903
D)1896
Answer: 1904
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab?
A)Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
B)Pallavas and Chalukyas
C)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
D)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms
Answer: Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Harsha was defeated by
A)King of Valabhi
B)Sasanka
C)Bhaskarvarman
D)Pulakeshin II
Answer: Pulakeshin II
- Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
A)M Kelappan
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Veer Savarkar
D)Shankaran Nair
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 primarily to promote among Indian Muslims
A)political consciousness
B)mutual unity and goodwill
C)feeling of loyalty to the British Government
D)hatred for the Congress
Answer: feeling of loyalty to the British Government
- Q. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at
A)Delhi
B)Lucknow
C)Bombay
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year
A)1729
B)1707
C)1774
D)1823
Answer: 1707
- Q. The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by
A)Queen Anbolin
B)Queen Elizabeth I
C)Queen Mary
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
- Q. Marx belonged to
A)Holland
B)Germany
C)France
D)Britain
Answer: Germany
- Q. According to Marx, the source of value is
A)Land
B)Capital
C)Labour
D)None of the above
Answer: Labour
- Q. Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
A)April 1906
B)April 1907
C)April 1905
D)April 1904
Answer: April 1907
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Panini’s great grammar the Ashtadhyayi?
A)It was stated that with Panini the language attained its highest state of development and thereafter there was improvement only in its vocabulary
B)It was most probably composed towards the 4th century BC
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of
A)Arjan Dev
B)Tegh Bahadur
C)Har Gobind
D)Nanak
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
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