More Questions on History

  • Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
    A)Charles Darwin
    B)Auguste Comte
    C)Emile Durkheim
    D)Herbert Spencer
    Answer: Herbert Spencer
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between
    A)Gandhi and Ambedkar
    B)Nehru and Ambedkar
    C)Malaviya and Ambedkar
    D)Gandhi and Nehru
    Answer: Gandhi and Ambedkar
  • Q. The first weekly paper published by the INC (in 1889) was
    A)India
    B)Young India
    C)Indian People
    D)Voice India
    Answer: India
  • Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Annie Besant
    C)George Yule
    D)Sir William Wedderburn
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj (1540) also constructed the Purana Qila of New Delhi
    A)Malik Kafur
    B)Adil Shah
    C)Bin-Kasim
    D)Sher Shah Suri
    Answer: Sher Shah Suri
  • Q. To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire” attributed?
    A)M K Gandhi
    B)Acharya Narendra Dev
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Jayaprakash Narayan
    Answer: M K Gandhi
  • Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
    A)Chhota Nagpur
    B)Punjab
    C)Tarai
    D)Manipur
    Answer: Chhota Nagpur
  • Q. Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911 during the Viceroyalty of
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Hardinge
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Lord Reading
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. As per the Act of 1853 the Governor-General’s Council was enlarged for the purpose of
    A)Legislation
    B)Defence
    C)Finance
    D)Security
    Answer: Legislation
  • Q. Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
    A)Taxila
    B)Swarnagiri
    C)Ujjain
    D)Tosali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor diamond __________
    A)Firuz Shah
    B)Nadir Shah
    C)Mohammed Shah
    D)Mohammed Ghori
    Answer: Nadir Shah
  • Q. Montagu who toured in India in 1918 was a
    A)Member of Viceroy's Council
    B)Member of Privy Council
    C)Secretary of State for India
    D)Viceroy of India
    Answer: Secretary of State for India
  • Q. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
    A)Jahandar Shah
    B)Shah Alam II
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
    A)Subash Chandra Bose
    B)Madame Bhikaji Cama
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Sardar Patel
    Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama
  • Q. Who termed Cripps proposals as ” a post dated cheque in a crashing bank”?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Ambedkar
    C)Patel
    D)Gandhiji
    Answer: Gandhiji
  • Q. Who among the following 8th century Sanskrit poet wrote Gandavadha which describes the exploits of Yasoverman (king of Kanyakubj) ?
    A)Vemana
    B)Vagabhatta
    C)Vidyapati
    D)Vakpati
    Answer: Vakpati
  • Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
    A)Qutb-din-Aibak
    B)Nasir-ud-din
    C)Bahram Shah
    D)Aram Shah
    Answer: Nasir-ud-din
  • Q. The world’s first drainage system was built by the people of
    A)Indus Valley civilization
    B)Egyptian civilization
    C)Chinese civilization
    D)Mesopotamian civilization
    Answer: Indus Valley civilization
  • Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lord Wavell
    C)Lord Willingdon
    D)Winston Churchill
    Answer: Winston Churchill

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