More Questions on History

  • Q. Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
    A)Amir Khusro
    B)Hussain Shah
    C)Barbak Shah
    D)Nanak
    Answer: Amir Khusro
  • Q. In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to
    A)practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings
    B)follow three jewels and five vows
    C)renounce the world and attain right knowledge
    D)believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence
    Answer: follow three jewels and five vows
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
    A)Awadh
    B)Delhi
    C)Bombay
    D)The Chambal Region
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. Assertion (A): Wazir Nizam-ul-Mulk left Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah to realize his own ambition of founding the State of Hyderabad. Reason (R): Muhammad Shah, instead of supporting his able Wazir, intrigued against him.
    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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1922 because of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. __________ is the acknowledged high priest of the drain theory
    A)S. N. Bose
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)J. N. Ghosh
    D)J. N. Mukherjee
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs does not belong to the same category?
    A)Satavahanas - Simuka
    B)Mauryas - Brihadratha
    C)Sungas - Devabhuti
    D)Kanvas - Susaraman
    Answer: Satavahanas - Simuka
  • Q. As per Indian Independence Act, the suzerainty of His Majesty over the Indian State would come to an end on __________
    A)14 August 1947
    B)15 August 1947
    C)15 August 1950
    D)26 January 1950
    Answer: 14 August 1947
  • Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
    A)Dhyana
    B)Abhaya
    C)Dharmachakra
    D)Bhumisparsha
    Answer: Dharmachakra
  • Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
    A)Humayun
    B)Jahangir
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
    A)Very rich food
    B)Infantry of the Mughals
    C)Royal household
    D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
    Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
  • Q. The Mughal troops were largely drawn from
    A)Tributary Chiefs
    B)The Rajput Chiefs
    C)Mansabdars
    D)Central Contingents
    Answer: Mansabdars
  • Q. The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
    A)Chapekar brothers
    B)Jyotiba Phule
    C)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
    D)Yatindra Das
    Answer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke
  • Q. The archaeologist to initially discover the Mohenjo-Daro site of the Indus Valley Civilization was
    A)Daya Ram Sahni
    B)Sir John Marshall
    C)Sir Martimir Wheeler
    D)Rakhal Das Banerji
    Answer: Rakhal Das Banerji
  • Q. Individual Satyagrah was started on:
    A)October 17, 1939
    B)October 17, 1935
    C)October 17, 1940
    D)October 17, 1942
    Answer: October 17, 1940
  • Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
    A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
    C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
    Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
  • Q. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organized a Bhishkrit Hitkari Sabha, (The Depressed Classes Institute) in :
    A)1920
    B)1924
    C)1916
    D)1911
    Answer: 1924
  • Q. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was
    A)Guru Govind Singh
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Dalip Singh
    D)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
  • Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II, III and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II and III
  • Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
    A)Government of India Act of 1935
    B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
    C)Indian Council Act of 1909
    D)Government of India Act of 1919
    Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919

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