More Questions on History
- Q. Under Shivaji’s rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as
A)Havaldar
B)Jumadar
C)Faujdar
D)Hazari
Answer: Havaldar
- Q. The Industrial Revolution in England represented the climax of the transition from
A)Feudalism to capitalism
B)Slavery to feudalism
C)Capitalism to socialism
D)Socialism to market socialism
Answer: Feudalism to capitalism
- Q. Vasco da Gama a sailor belongs to __________.
A)American
B)Portuguese
C)German
D)South American
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
A)A future administration of India
B)Provision of provincial autonomy
C)Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
Answer: A future administration of India
- Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
A)Farrukh-Siyar
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
- Q. Which European power was the last who reached India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: The French
- 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. During 18th century who among the following philosophers said these famous words? “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”
A)Jack Dareda
B)Voltaire
C)Jean Jacques Rousseaou
D)Montesqueue
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseaou
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. For how many years Sumtinath Tirthankar prayed?
A)20
B)10
C)30
D)40
Answer: 20
- Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)D. G. B. Pant
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Which one of the following is associated with the Gupta Age of Indian History?
A)Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
B)Visit of Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang
C)Significant contribution to poetry and literature by Banabhatta
D)Macedonian invasion
Answer: Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
- Q. Who built Imambara and Rumi Darwaza?
A)Asaf-ud-daula
B)Wajid Ali Shah
C)Shuja-ud-daula
D)Adbdul Mansur
Answer: Asaf-ud-daula
- Q. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?
A)Rousseau
B)Locke
C)Hegel
D)Plato
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. Who was Mahavira?
A)24th Tirthankara
B)21st Tirthankara
C)23rd Tirthankara
D)22nd Tirthankara
Answer: 24th Tirthankara
- Q. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
A)Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
B)Competition from British manufacturing industries only
C)Establishment of alien rule only
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
B)of superior resources of the British empire
C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
- Q. Which of the following Vedas is rendered musically?
A)Yajur Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Sama Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Sama Veda
- Q. Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
A)Sakas
B)Indo-Greeks
C)Parthinas
D)Kushanas
Answer: Sakas
- Q. Which of the following Assamese literature is Buddhist songs composed in the 8th to 12th centuries?
A)Kotha Ramayana
B)Charyapadas
C)Drona Parva
D)None of the above
Answer: Charyapadas
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