More Questions on History
- Q. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by
A)Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
B)Indian Council Act of 1892
C)Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
D)Government of India of 1935
Answer: Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
- Q. Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
A)Dr. S Gopal
B)Ashok Mehta
C)Syed Hasan Imam
D)V. D. Savarkar
Answer: V. D. Savarkar
- Q. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)R.C. Dutt
D)M.K. Gandhi
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
A)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Abbas Tayyabji
D)Maulana Abdul Kalarn Azad
Answer: Abbas Tayyabji
- Q. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
A)Rafi-ud-Darajat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammed Shah
Answer: Farrukhsiyar
- 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. Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?
A)The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
B)The Religious Disabilities Act
C)Both the above
D)None of the above
Answer: Both the above
- Q. The English who twice served as President of the Indian National Congress was
A)Sir William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)AO Hume
D)Mrs Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Wedderburn
- Q. As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Lord Benttick
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Macaulay
- Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came to each other in 1916 at
A)Amritsar
B)Lahore
C)Lucknow
D)Haripura
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. The term ‘Cold War’ was coined by
A)Prof. Lippmann
B)Bernard Baruch
C)Palmer Perkins
D)Roosevelt
Answer: Bernard Baruch
- Q. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
A)Anandmath
B)Pariksha Guru
C)Rangbhoomi
D)Padmarag
Answer: Anandmath
- Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
A)Thailand
B)Singapore
C)Britain
D)Italy
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
A)Surdas
B)Tulsidas
C)Tukaram
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Surdas
- Q. When was the building of the Parthenon at Athens started?
A)424 BC
B)447 BC
C)404 BC
D)399 BC
Answer: 447 BC
- Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
A)Michelangelo
B)Filippo Brunelleschi
C)Vincent van Gogh
D)Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
A)Passive resistance
B)Organisation of secret societies
C)Constitutional agitation
D)Terrorism
Answer: Passive resistance
- Q. Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s assassination. “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
A)Nelson Mandela
B)Bertrand Russel
C)Albert Einstein
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Albert Einstein
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
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