More Questions on History

  • Q. When was congress split?
    A)At Benares session in 1905
    B)At Surat session in 1907
    C)At Madras in1908
    D)At Lahore in1909
    Answer: At Surat session in 1907
  • Q. Motilal presided over the Congress Session of 1919 held at
    A)Amritsar
    B)Lahore
    C)Calcutta
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission :
    A)In 1897
    B)In 1892
    C)In 1937
    D)In 1939
    Answer: In 1897
  • Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
    A)Rahim
    B)Tansen
    C)Kabir
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. The Jaina literature is known as
    A)Epics
    B)Tripitakas
    C)Aryasutras
    D)Angas
    Answer: Angas
  • Q. On October 16, 1905, when the partition of Bengal was enforced, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, to emphasise the unity of Bengal, suggested the programme of
    A)tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
    B)singing Bande Mataram
    C)composing of patriotic songs
    D)establishing national educational institutions
    Answer: tying of Rakhi on each other's wrists
  • Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
    A)Vishnu Shastri
    B)Jagannath Shankar
    C)Bal Shastri
    D)Krishna Shastri
    Answer: Bal Shastri
  • 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. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
    A)French
    B)Dutch
    C)British
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: British
  • Q. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
    A)Persian
    B)French
    C)Portugese
    D)Arabic
    Answer: Persian
  • 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. In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
    A)Madras session held in 1927
    B)Lahore session held in 1929
    C)Ahmadabad session held in 1921
    D)Gaya session held in 1922
    Answer: Lahore session held in 1929
  • Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
    A)1914
    B)1913
    C)1915
    D)1916
    Answer: 1913
  • Q. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
    A)1925
    B)1924
    C)1926
    D)1927
    Answer: 1927
  • Q. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was __________
    A)Vasumitra
    B)Asvaghosa
    C)Upagupta
    D)Bhadrabahu
    Answer: Bhadrabahu
  • Q. Who said, “this (the revolt 1857) was an eruption of social volcano, where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars if rebellion remained deep and shining?”
    A)Ashok Mehta
    B)J K Hikki
    C)K M Pannikar
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Ashok Mehta
  • Q. Who discovered Troy?
    A)Frank Calvert
    B)Arthur Evans
    C)Heinrich Schliemann
    D)Homer
    Answer: Heinrich Schliemann
  • Q. Which decade is called as the “Era of Decolonisation”?
    A)1980's
    B)1950's
    C)1990's
    D)1970's
    Answer: 1950's
  • Q. Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Sukumar Dutt
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya
  • 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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