More Questions on History

  • Q. The first lawful Hindu widow remarriage among upper castes in our country was celebrated under which of the following reformer
    A)Keshub Chandra Sen
    B)Raja Rammohan Roy
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • Q. From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state?
    A)Britain
    B)Canada
    C)Russia
    D)France
    Answer: Russia
  • Q. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
    A)Ghagra
    B)Panipat
    C)Khanwa
    D)Kannauj
    Answer: Kannauj
  • Q. Who was the first christian emperor of the Roman Empire
    A)Nero
    B)Julius Caesar
    C)Constantine
    D)Domitian
    Answer: Constantine
  • Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
    A)Dacca
    B)Lucknow
    C)Lahore
    D)Aligarh
    Answer: Dacca
  • Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the author of
    A)New India
    B)India Wins Freedom
    C)Gita Rahasya
    D)Discovery of India
    Answer: India Wins Freedom
  • Q. Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the
    A)Schism edict
    B)Rummindei inscription
    C)Kandhar inscription
    D)Bhabru edict
    Answer: Bhabru edict
  • Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
    A)1657
    B)1557
    C)1857
    D)1957
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Gokhale
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The first Shivaji festival was held at Raigarh in __________
    A)1892
    B)1890
    C)1895
    D)1899
    Answer: 1895
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Bhakti Movement? I. The leader of the bhakti movement focusing on the Lord as Rama was Ramananda. II. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of Sri Vaishnavism
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
    A)Man Singh I
    B)Raja Todar Mal
    C)Birbal
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Man Singh I
  • Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
    A)Sevagram
    B)Wardha
    C)Sabarmati
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Sabarmati
  • Q. The Times of India’ which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1988, was first published in 1838 as
    A)Bombay Times
    B)Bombay Chronicle
    C)Indian Times
    D)National Times
    Answer: Bombay Times
  • Q. Find out the contributions of Bhakti Movement in India: I. Surge in vernacular Literature II. Development of Philosophies III. Devotional transformation of society and Inclusiveness IV. New forms of Worship
    A)I, II, III & IV
    B)I, II & IV
    C)Both I & IV
    D)Only IV
    Answer: I, II, III & IV
  • Q. Land Revenue under Tipu__________
    A)Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
    B)Was mainly collected through revenue officers
    C)Was collected by interme-diaries
    D)Was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
    Answer: Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
  • Q. Who wrote, “On the Geneology of Morals”?
    A)Immanual Kant
    B)Friedrich Nietzsche
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Sigmund Freud
    Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Q. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
    A)1917
    B)1919
    C)1934
    D)1909
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The first newspaper which was published in India was
    A)The Bombay Gazette
    B)The Calculatta Gazette
    C)The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta
    D)The Bengal Gazette
    Answer: The Bengal Gazette

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