More Questions on History

  • Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)AO Hume
    C)GK Gokhale
    D)BG Tilak
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Firuz Tughluq
    D)Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
    Answer: Firuz Tughluq
  • Q. Marco Polo was a traveller from __________
    A)England
    B)Portugal
    C)Italy
    D)Spain
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. Who has given a call “Go back to nature”?
    A)Aristotle
    B)Plato
    C)Rousseau
    D)Hobbes
    Answer: Rousseau
  • Q. Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu’s philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a ‘Hatha yogi’
    A)Thycattu Ayyaavu
    B)Madan Asan
    C)Krishnan Vaidyan
    D)Kumaran Asan
    Answer: Thycattu Ayyaavu
  • Q. During Shivaji’s rule the Council of the State consisted of
    A)Eighteen Ministers
    B)Eight Ministers
    C)Twelve Ministers
    D)Fifteen Ministers
    Answer: Eight Ministers
  • Q. In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
    A)18
    B)17
    C)19
    D)20
    Answer: 19
  • Q. Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called __________
    A)Nearchos
    B)Ptolemy
    C)Menander
    D)Porus
    Answer: Nearchos
  • Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
    A)Mill-owners
    B)Indigo
    C)Plague
    D)Fresh assessment of land
    Answer: Indigo
  • Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
    A)753 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)752 BC
    D)742 BC
    Answer: 753 BC
  • Q. The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was
    A)expulsion of Tilak from the INC
    B)election of the President of the INC
    C)demand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC
    D)resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
    Answer: election of the President of the INC
  • Q. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of
    A)Ashoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Dharmapala
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
    A)Prayag
    B)Mathura
    C)Varanasi
    D)Tamralipt
    Answer: Prayag
  • Q. Who was the founder of Pataliputra?
    A)Ajatashatru
    B)Bimbisara
    C)Udayin
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Ajatashatru
  • Q. Assertion (A): The announcement of the Simon Commission aroused widespread Indian resentment. Reason (R): The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is 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: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement In January 1932?
    A)Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government
    B)Failure of the Second Round Table Conference
    C)British policies of repression
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who has completed the annexation of Ahmednagar?
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Jahangir
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Wahabi Movement
    B)Champarah Satyagraha
    C)Non-Coorperation Movement
    D)Civil Disobedience Movenment
    Answer: Wahabi Movement
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Both I and III
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
    A)Ashvaghosha
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Vasumitra
    D)Buddhaghosha
    Answer: Ashvaghosha

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