More Questions on History

  • Q. Where did the February Revolution take place
    A)Petrograd
    B)Moscow
    C)Paris
    D)London
    Answer: Petrograd
  • Q. Whose speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’
    A)Sri Ramakrishna
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
    D)Shyama Charan Sen
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in
    A)Arabic
    B)Persian
    C)Sanskrit
    D)French
    Answer: Arabic
  • 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
  • Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
    A)T N Das
    B)Robert Knight
    C)Ashok Mehta
    D)K M Pannikar
    Answer: Ashok Mehta
  • Q. The partition of Bengal was occurred in __________
    A)1805
    B)1804
    C)1904
    D)1905
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Mirabai
  • Q. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of
    A)CR Das
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Gokhale
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:
    A)Sachindra Bakshi
    B)Hemu Kalani
    C)Manmath Nath Gupta
    D)Abdulla Seth
    Answer: Abdulla Seth
  • Q. The Saivaite Nayanmars and Vashanavaite Alwar preached the Bhakti Cult under which of the following rulers?
    A)Pallavas, Cheras and Rashtrakutas
    B)Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
    C)Pallavas, Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms
    D)Cheras & Pandavas
    Answer: Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas
  • Q. Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a State?
    A)Shyama Shastri
    B)Tyagaraja
    C)Muthu Swami Diskshitar
    D)Swati Thirunal
    Answer: Swati Thirunal
  • Q. The last in the succession of Jaina Tirthankaras was
    A)Rishabha
    B)Parsvanatha
    C)Mahavira
    D)Manisubruta
    Answer: Mahavira
  • Q. Humayun’s Tomb was built by
    A)Bega Begum
    B)Humayun
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Bega Begum
  • Q. During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
    A)Curzon
    B)Dalhousie
    C)Bentick
    D)Conrnwallis
    Answer: Conrnwallis
  • Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
    A)Pali
    B)Prakrit
    C)Sanskrit
    D)Both A & B
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. The theosophical society was marked by the close understanding of the cosmos and the mundane life. Which among the listed options is not a part of their curriculum?
    A)Salvation
    B)Divinity
    C)Means of enlightenment
    D)Mystic superstition
    Answer: Mystic superstition
  • Q. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    C)Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
    D)Jalal-id-din Khilji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about the Muslim League?
    A)It was established in Calcutta in 1906
    B)It was established by the Nawab Salimullah
    C)The league supported the partition on Bengal
    D)The league opposed the Swadeshi movement
    Answer: It was established in Calcutta in 1906
  • Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
    A)1657
    B)1557
    C)1857
    D)1957
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Bentinck
    D)Lord Hastings
    Answer: Lord Bentinck

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