More Questions on History

  • Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
    A)Jinnah
    B)Mohammed Iqbal
    C)Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Rahmat Ali
    Answer: Rahmat Ali
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
    A)Muazzam
    B)Jahander Shah
    C)Akbar
    D)Farukhsiyar
    Answer: Muazzam
  • Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?
    A)Munda
    B)Uraon
    C)Santhal
    D)Konadora
    Answer: Uraon
  • Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
    A)Regulating Act: 1773
    B)Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
    C)Pitt's India Act: 1761
    D)Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
    Answer: Regulating Act: 1773
  • Q. The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was
    A)a military State
    B)a loose federation
    C)a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
    D)a regency of the Peshwa
    Answer: a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
  • Q. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were known as
    A)Barawardi
    B)Walashahi
    C)Jcumaki
    D)Dakhili
    Answer: Dakhili
  • Q. Advaita Deepika is the work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)C.Kesavan
    D)Dr. Palpu
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Who had given the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the ‘Quit India’ resolution?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Jayaprakash Narayan
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was
    A)Ramatanu Pande
    B)Makaranda Pandey
    C)Haridas
    D)Lal Kalawant
    Answer: Ramatanu Pande
  • Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
    D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
  • Q. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag?
    A)18
    B)22
    C)24
    D)14
    Answer: 24
  • Q. Which of the following is not correct about Montegu- Chelmsford’s Reform & Government of India Act, 1919?
    A)In this Act the central legislative council was replaced by two houses-the imperial legislative assembly and the council of state
    B)It changed the administrative system in India
    C)Education and public health were placed under charge of ministers responsible to the legislature
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: All of the above are incorrect
  • Q. Dandi March started from __________ in 1930
    A)Sabarmati Ashram
    B)Surat
    C)Delhi Durbar Hall
    D)Vedaranyan
    Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
  • Q. Which of the following was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th century
    A)monogamy
    B)emancipation of women
    C)female education
    D)untouchability
    Answer: untouchability
  • Q. The famous vedic saying “war begins in the minds of men” is contained in the
    A)Mahabharata
    B)Mundakopanishad
    C)Rig Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Atharva Veda
  • Q. “The Three Emperors League” 1873 was also known as
    A)Triple Alliance
    B)Dreikaiserbund Treaty
    C)Reinsurance Treaty
    D)The Dual Alliance
    Answer: Dreikaiserbund Treaty
  • Q. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Ramananda
    C)Tukaram
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Mirabai
  • Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
    A)In the name of the Crown
    B)By the Company
    C)By a Board of Directors
    D)In the name of Governor-General of India
    Answer: In the name of the Crown
  • Q. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :
    A)Bombay Session, 1934
    B)Ramgarh Session, 1940
    C)Tripuri session, 1939
    D)Wardha Session, 1942
    Answer: Tripuri session, 1939
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
    A)He died in Indian in 1833
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772
    C)He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor
    D)He started the newspaper named "Sambad Kaumudi"
    Answer: He died in Indian in 1833

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