More Questions on History

  • Q. India was partitioned as a consequence of the formula contained in
    A)Attlee's Declaration
    B)Cabinet Mission Plan
    C)June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
    D)Both B and C above
    Answer: June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
  • Q. When did the Turkish army defeat the Byzantine army?
    A)1060
    B)1040
    C)1070
    D)1071
    Answer: 1071
  • Q. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Sikandar Lodi
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
    A)Megasthenese
    B)Hiuen Tsang
    C)I-Tsing
    D)Fahien
    Answer: Megasthenese
  • Q. The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of
    A)Brahmanas
    B)Samhitas
    C)Aranyakas
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Assertion (A): Alauddin Khalji imposed price control in Delhi. Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages to artisans building his palaces in Delhi.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made?
    A)Government of India Act 1925
    B)Government of India Act 1918
    C)Government of India Act 1930
    D)Government of India Act 1935
    Answer: Government of India Act 1935
  • Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
    A)Upendranath Basu
    B)Annie Besant
    C)I. N. Gurtu
    D)George Thompson
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book
    A)Indika
    B)Travels of Megasthanes
    C)Indicoplecusts
    D)Both (B) and (C)
    Answer: Indika
  • Q. Which of the following literatures is known as Apaurusheya?
    A)Brahman
    B)Vedas
    C)Upanishad
    D)Aranyak
    Answer: Vedas
  • Q. In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha
    A)1784
    B)1783
    C)1872
    D)1884
    Answer: 1884
  • Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
    A)Bombay
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. The Peasant and the Raj is the work of __________
    A)A. R. Desai
    B)Eric Stokes
    C)D. N. Dhanagare
    D)Shirin Mehta
    Answer: Eric Stokes
  • Q. Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?
    A)Indigo disturbances
    B)Santhal rebellion
    C)Sanyasi rebellion
    D)Pabna disturbances
    Answer: Indigo disturbances
  • Q. During Quit India Movement,’Parallel Government’ was constituted at
    A)Allahabad
    B)Varanasi
    C)Lucknow
    D)Ballia
    Answer: Ballia
  • Q. Muslim communalism was lent an impetus by the activities of
    A)Liaqat Hussain
    B)Ashfaqullah
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
    Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
  • Q. The President of the Congress Sessions of 1898 and 1902 was
    A)Tilak
    B)Hume
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
    A)Gupta
    B)Maurya
    C)Kushan
    D)Kanva
    Answer: Maurya
  • Q. Which Rajput dynasty had not surrendered to Akbar?
    A)Sisodiya
    B)Pratihara
    C)Rathor
    D)Parmar
    Answer: Sisodiya
  • Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)S. N. Bannerjee
    C)Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Mrs. Annie Besant
    Answer: S. N. Bannerjee

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