More Questions on History

  • Q. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was
    A)A.O. Hume
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Ferozshah Mehta
    D)Badruddin Tayyabji
    Answer: A.O. Hume
  • Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)G. K. Gokhale
    C)Aurobindo Ghosh
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: G. K. Gokhale
  • Q. Which one of the following was the cause of disintegration of the Mughal Empire?
    A)Attacks of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali
    B)War of succession among sons of Aurangzeb
    C)Revolts of various communities like Jats, Sikhs, Rajputs etc.
    D)All of the above mentioned factors contributed to the downfall of the Mughal Empire.
    Answer: All of the above mentioned factors contributed to the downfall of the Mughal Empire.
  • Q. The English established their first factory in India at
    A)Surat
    B)Bombay
    C)Sutanati
    D)Madras
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
    A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
    B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
    C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
    D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
    Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
  • Q. When did the Battle of Nicopolis take place?
    A)1453
    B)1396
    C)1305
    D)1378
    Answer: 1396
  • Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
    A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
    B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
    C)The greatest good of all
    D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
    Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
  • Q. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the
    A)Kushanas
    B)Mauryas
    C)Sungas
    D)Guptas
    Answer: Guptas
  • Q. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
    A)Abdur Rahim
    B)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
    C)Mulla Wajhi
    D)Chand Bardai
    Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
  • Q. The first atomic bomb was thrown over
    A)Hiroshima
    B)Nagasaki
    C)Tokyo
    D)Hong Kong
    Answer: Hiroshima
  • Q. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of
    A)Tarain in 1192 A.D.
    B)Tarain in 1191 A.D.
    C)Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
    D)Ranthambor in 1195 A.D.
    Answer: Tarain in 1192 A.D.
  • Q. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for
    A)Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc
    B)An extra tax levied on all subjects
    C)It was a voluntary offering by people to the king
    D)King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production
    Answer: An extra tax levied on all subjects
  • Q. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
    A)Menander
    B)Seleucus Nicator
    C)Rudradaman
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Seleucus Nicator
  • Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
    A)Venice
    B)Rome
    C)Jerusalem
    D)Vienna
    Answer: Jerusalem
  • Q. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?
    A)It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all injustice, oppression and exploitation
    B)It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul against social, political and economic dominance
    C)It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
    D)Mahatma Gandhi's theory of Satayagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering
    Answer: It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong
  • Q. In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Ahmedabad
    D)Wardha
    Answer: Wardha
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1858 A.D.
    B)1848 A.D.
    C)1862 A.D.
    D)1856 A.D.
    Answer: 1858 A.D.
  • Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
    A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
    B)North America and South America
    C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
    D)France and Poland
    Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
  • Q. The use of the mother tongue in India in the law Court was permitted by
    A)Cornwallis
    B)Lord Hastings
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Bentinck
    Answer: Bentinck
  • Q. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
    A)Calcutta
    B)Lucknow
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bombay

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