More Questions on History

  • Q. Who said “Knowledge is Power”?
    A)Milton
    B)Shakespeare
    C)Francis Bacon
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Francis Bacon
  • Q. Which of the following was common to both the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?
    A)Female deities
    B)Horse
    C)Urban centres
    D)Iron implements
    Answer: Horse
  • Q. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
    A)National Herald
    B)Pioneer
    C)Kesari
    D)Patriot
    Answer: National Herald
  • Q. Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of
    A)1858
    B)1853
    C)1892
    D)1833
    Answer: 1892
  • Q. The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at
    A)Kanpur
    B)Delhi
    C)Lucknow
    D)Madras
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
    A)Elizabeth II
    B)Elizabeth I
    C)Henry VIII
    D)James I
    Answer: Elizabeth I
  • Q. The Upanishads are the__________
    A)Story Books
    B)Great Epics
    C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
    D)Law Books
    Answer: Source of Hindu Philosophy
  • Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of
    A)English
    B)Dutch
    C)French
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Who among the following writer’s book gives the detail information about the invasion of India by Alexander?
    A)Megasthenes
    B)Herodotus
    C)Arrian
    D)Ptolemy
    Answer: Arrian
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
    A)Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
    B)First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69
    C)Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
    A)The Dewan of Travancore
    B)The Maharaja of Baroda
    C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    D)The Raja of Jodhpur
    Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
  • Q. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is
    A)Devendra Nath Tagore
    B)Keshab Chandra Sen
    C)Ishwar chandra
    D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. The English established their first factory in Bengal in 1651 at __________
    A)Kassimbazar
    B)Hugli
    C)Patna
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Hugli
  • Q. The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on
    A)August 10, 1942
    B)July 14, 1942
    C)August 8, 1942
    D)June 30, 1942
    Answer: July 14, 1942
  • Q. Kasturba Gandhi died in detention (in 1944) at
    A)Ahmedabad Prison
    B)Yeravada Jail
    C)Aga Khan Palace
    D)Ahmednagar Fort
    Answer: Aga Khan Palace
  • Q. The strategy of ‘divide and rule’ had been actually practised by
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Minto
    D)Lord Dufferin
    Answer: Lord Minto
  • Q. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
    A)The Ilbert Bill
    B)The Government of India Act, 1858
    C)Indian Councils Act of 1892
    D)Queen Victoria's Proclamation
    Answer: Queen Victoria's Proclamation
  • Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar-Nama” in Persian was
    A)Guru Har Krishan
    B)Guru Har Rai
    C)Guru Gobind Singh
    D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
    Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
  • Q. The origin of Indian music can be traced to which of the following Vedic Samhitas?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Yajurveda
    D)Atharvaveda
    Answer: Samaveda
  • Q. The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem adopted by the Government of India have been taken from which Upanishad?
    A)Mundaka Upanishad
    B)Aitareya Upanishad
    C)Adhyatma Upanishad
    D)Prasna Upanishad
    Answer: Mundaka Upanishad

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