More Questions on History
- Q. The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was
A)India Gazette
B)Navjivan
C)Afrikaner
D)Indian Opinion
Answer: Indian Opinion
- Q. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
A)Shiva
B)Ganesh
C)Durga
D)Vishnu
Answer: Shiva
- Q. The English who twice served as President of the Indian National Congress was
A)Sir William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)AO Hume
D)Mrs Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Wedderburn
- Q. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
A)Indians living in Tokyo
B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
C)Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
Answer: different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
- Q. Muhammad BinTughlaq transferred his capital from
A)Delhi to Devagiri
B)Delhi to Warangal
C)Delhi to Madurai
D)Delhi to Vijayanagar
Answer: Delhi to Devagiri
- Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Diwan
- Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
A)1797
B)1795
C)1894
D)1897
Answer: 1897
- Q. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
A)BP Wadia
B)BC Pal
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)GS Arundale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which Indian literature is a collection of 1028 hymns written in Vedic Sanskrit?
A)Sama Vedas
B)Rig Vedas
C)Brahamans
D)Aryankas
Answer: Rig Vedas
- Q. Which among the following has not been found in the excavation of Harappan sites?
A)Fort
B)Drains and well
C)Reservoirs
D)Temple with Shikhar
Answer: Temple with Shikhar
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to __________
A)Parliament
B)The Secretary of State
C)Viceroy
D)Commander-in-Chief
Answer: The Secretary of State
- Q. Which mughal emperor was a good veena player?
A)Akbar
B)Aurangazeb
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Aurangazeb
- Q. Which Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
A)Individual Satyagraha
B)Salt Satyagraha
C)Ryots Satyagraha
D)Flag Satyagraha
Answer: Flag Satyagraha
- Q. Gandhara school of art came into existence in
A)Mahayana sect
B)Hinayana sect
C)Vaishnava sect
D)Shaiva sect
Answer: Mahayana sect
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
- Q. In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?
A)1674
B)1608
C)1646
D)1710
Answer: 1674
- Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
A)Vima Taktu
B)Vima Kadphises
C)Vasishka
D)Kujula Kadphises
Answer: Vima Kadphises
- Q. The Dyarchy which was introduced on 1921 in province was in force till the year
A)1935
B)1927
C)1937
D)1947
Answer: 1937
- Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
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