More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following was not an Indus Valley site?
A)Rangpur
B)Pataliputra
C)Sukatagendor
D)Lothal
Answer: Pataliputra
- Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
A)Jodhpur
B)Haryana
C)Kashmir
D)Ludhiana
Answer: Ludhiana
- Q. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus?
A)Arjan Dev
B)Hari Rai
C)Tegh Bahadur
D)Gobind Singh
Answer: Gobind Singh
- Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Diwan
- Q. The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency was founded by __________ in 1852
A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Amaresh Chakravarty
D)Prankrishna Parija
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayananda stressed on :
A)Swadharma
B)Swabhasha and Swarajya
C)Swadeshi
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was an important Hindu religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the __________
A)Brahma Samaj
B)Arya Samaj
C)Ramakrishna Mission
D)Theosophical society
Answer: Arya Samaj
- Q. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B)Dayanand Sarshawati
C)The Chapekar brothers
D)None of these
Answer: The Chapekar brothers
- Q. Shivaji’s Agra Adventure was planned by
A)Shayista Khan
B)Afzal Khan
C)Jai Singh
D)Mir Jumla
Answer: Jai Singh
- Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
A)Nirankari
B)Namdhari
C)Tilak
D)Sri Aurobindo
Answer: Namdhari
- Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?
A)Krishna
B)Kaveri
C)Wainganga
D)Tungabhadra
Answer: Tungabhadra
- Q. Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called
A)Swatantra Bharat Brigade
B)Himalayan Brigade
C)Bhagat Singh Brigade
D)Subhash Brigade
Answer: Subhash Brigade
- Q. Who among of the following was the Viceroy of India when Indian University Act, 1904 was passed?
A)Lord Lansdowne
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Minto
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?
A)Report of Simon Commission
B)Severe unrest among the people
C)Failure of the Cripps Mission
D)British involved in the world was-II
Answer: Failure of the Cripps Mission
- Q. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:
A)Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
B)Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi
C)Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge
D)Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
- Q. Which of the following reason compel the leaders of Muslim League to enter in the Interim Government?
A)The Viceroy accepted its stand that it would not join the Constituent Assembly
B)The Congress accepted their demand that it would not nominate a non-Muslim League Muslim to the Interim Government
C)The Viceroy had accepted its stand that it would not take steps to rescind the League Council's resolution of July 29
D)The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan
Answer: The Muslim League wanted to get a foothold to fight for the cherished goal of Pakistan
- Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
A)Kadphises II
B)Kadphises I
C)Kanishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kadphises II
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to
A)work for harijan welfare
B)consolidate Khadi programme
C)cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence
D)write his autobiography
Answer: work for harijan welfare
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1922 because of
A)The Congress' extremist policies
B)Gandhi's ill health
C)Afervent appeal by the government to do so
D)Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
Answer: Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
- Q. Who has written the famous book Padmavat?
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Nakhshabi
C)Al Biruni
D)Hasan Nizami
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
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