More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
- Q. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
A)Ahilyadevi
B)Rudramadevi
C)Bhagwati
D)Bhanumati
Answer: Rudramadevi
- Q. The city of “Tashkent” is located in
A)Kazakhstan
B)Uzbekistan
C)Russia
D)Kyrgyzstan
Answer: Uzbekistan
- Q. Which of the following is not matched correctly?
A)Vardhamana Mahavira's mother- Trisala
B)Vardhamana Mahavira's father-Siddhartha
C)Vardhamana Mahavira's wife-Yashoda
D)Vardhamana Mahavira's daughter-Cheiiana
Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira's daughter-Cheiiana
- Q. In which year America got independence
A)1776
B)1760
C)1780
D)1782
Answer: 1776
- Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
A)Mahabharta
B)Ramayana
C)Jataka
D)Panchatantra
Answer: Jataka
- Q. The normal form of government during the Vedic period was
A)republics
B)democracy
C)oligarchy
D)monarchy
Answer: monarchy
- Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
- Q. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahmo Samaj?
A)Keshab Chandra Sen
B)Debendranath Tagore
C)Raja ram Mohan Rai
D)Atma Ram Pandurang
Answer: Atma Ram Pandurang
- Q. The famous Jain centre in South India is situated at
A)Madurai
B)Rameshvaram
C)Kanchi
D)Shravanbelgola
Answer: Shravanbelgola
- Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
A)The USSR
B)The USA
C)Canada
D)Ireland
Answer: The USSR
- Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
A)Gladstone
B)Lord Ripon
C)W.W Hunter
D)Hastings
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. The term yavanika meant
A)Dancer
B)Foreign goods
C)Curtain
D)Theatre
Answer: Curtain
- Q. Who composed the song “Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindostan Hamara”?
A)Josh Malihabadi
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Chandra Shekhar Azad
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. What was the policy of “doctrine of lapse”?
A)States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir
B)States were allowed to adopt son as an heir
C)According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army
D)None of these
Answer: States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir
- Q. Of the following who did not find a place in the Legislative Council as per the Act of 1853?
A)Additional Members
B)The Governor-General
C)The Commander-in-Chief
D)The Lieutenant Governor
Answer: The Lieutenant Governor
- Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
A)Lord Curzon
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Lansdowne
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. The Mughal subdued the Pathans by following the policy of
A)Association
B)Annexation
C)Divide and rule
D)Co-existence
Answer: Divide and rule
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. Who was called India’s Napoleon because of his victories?
A)Chandragupta
B)Skandagupta
C)Brahmagupta
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Samudragupta
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