More Questions on History

  • Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
    A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
    C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
    D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
    Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
  • Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
    A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
    B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
    C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
    D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
    Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
  • Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
    A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
    B)Foment class and caste strife
    C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
    D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
    Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
  • Q. __________first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs
    A)Patliputra
    B)Delhi
    C)Calcutta
    D)Taxila
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. The Servants of India Society was founded in 1905 by
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)BG Tilak
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)Aurobindo Ghosh
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
    A)Mount Tambora
    B)Mount Pelee
    C)Mount Etna
    D)Mount Vesuvius
    Answer: Mount Vesuvius
  • Q. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
    A)Warangal
    B)Dwarasamudra
    C)Kalyani
    D)Devagiri
    Answer: Devagiri
  • Q. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)G. K. Gokhale
    D)B. R. Ambedkar
    Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
    A)Young Indian Organization
    B)Bhinav Bharat
    C)Young India
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: Indian National Congress
  • Q. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
    A)01 August 1947
    B)18 July 1947
    C)01 June 1947
    D)01 September 1947
    Answer: 18 July 1947
  • Q. The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
    A)Surendra Nath Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Dr. BR Ambedkar
    D)C. R. Das
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas?
    A)Vashnavaite Alwars
    B)Saivaite Nayanmars
    C)Both A & B
    D)Advaita
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on 6th April __________
    A)1919
    B)1918
    C)1926
    D)1925
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Which scripture was called his ‘mother’ by Gandhiji?
    A)The New Testament
    B)Ramayana
    C)Bhagwat Gita
    D)The Holy Quran
    Answer: Bhagwat Gita
  • Q. Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?
    A)Gopala
    B)Dharmapala
    C)Nagpala
    D)Mahipala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
    A)National Herald
    B)Pioneer
    C)Kesari
    D)Patriot
    Answer: National Herald
  • Q. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
    A)Twelve Upangas
    B)Fourteen Purvas
    C)Twelve Angas
    D)Fourteen Uparvas
    Answer: Twelve Angas
  • Q. Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Gokhale
    C)Tilak
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Tilak
  • Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
    A)Wellesley
    B)William Bentinck
    C)Wavell
    D)Mountbatten
    Answer: Mountbatten

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