More Questions on History
- Q. In which year, New Zealand became the first country in world to grant women vote
A)1893
B)1887
C)1898
D)1905
Answer: 1893
- Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindias
B)Holkars
C)Bundela Rajputs
D)Chandela Rajputs
Answer: Chandela Rajputs
- Q. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C)Mahatma Ghandhi
D)Pingali Venkaiya
Answer: Pingali Venkaiya
- Q. Under Shivaji each province was under a
A)Governor
B)Viceroy
C)Diwan
D)Zamindar
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. I. System of Purva Mimamsa was propagated by sage Jaimini, a disciple of Veda Vyasa. II. The main objective of the Purva Mimamsa School is to interpret and establish the authority of the Vedas. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Purva Mimamsa?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
Answer: The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
- Q. AI Hilal’ was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)DE Wacha
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
A)The Factory Act
B)Self-government
C)System of Dyarchy
D)Transfer of Power of Congress
Answer: System of Dyarchy
- Q. In which year Bastille of Paris stormed by the people which lead to the French Revolution
A)1779
B)1746
C)1789
D)1808
Answer: 1789
- Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
A)1925
B)1919
C)1927
D)1930
Answer: 1919
- Q. The Prime causes of the 1857 mutiny did not include
A)The Widow Remarriage Act
B)The new system of education
C)The despatch of Indian Sepoys to Afghanistan
D)Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
Answer: Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
- Q. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
A)1840
B)1788
C)1872
D)1814
Answer: 1788
- Q. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander the Great?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Bimbisara
C)Ashoka
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
A)Satkari Datta
B)Derozio
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsar
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Akbar defeated Hemu in which of the following battle?
A)Second Battle of Panipat
B)Battle of Haldighati
C)Battle of Talikota
D)Third Battle of Panipat
Answer: Second Battle of Panipat
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. Prince of Piligrims’ was the name attributed to
A)Hiuen-tsang
B)Fa-Hien
C)I-tsing
D)Megasthenes
Answer: Hiuen-tsang
- Q. Baba Ram Singh passed away on November 29, __________
A)1887
B)1885
C)1889
D)1923
Answer: 1885
- Q. The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established:
A)Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad
B)Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
C)Under the leadership of M.A. Ansari
D)Under the leadership of Syed Hasan Imam
Answer: Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
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