More Questions on History

  • Q. Who of the following has the distinction of having Authored the National Anthems of two countries of the world?
    A)WB Yeats
    B)TS Eliot
    C)Rabindranath Tagore
    D)Mohammad Iqbal
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
    A)Surat
    B)Agra
    C)Delhi
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. Who is the creator of the world famous statue ‘David’ in Florence
    A)Raphael
    B)Leonardo da Vinci
    C)Filippo Brunelleschi
    D)Michelangelo
    Answer: Michelangelo
  • Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
    A)Guru Nanak Dev
    B)Tukaram
    C)Mirabai
    D)Guru Ram Das
    Answer: Guru Ram Das
  • Q. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
    A)Pindari menace
    B)Russian menace
    C)Rohelas
    D)Attack by Burmese
    Answer: Russian menace
  • Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
    A)Baroda
    B)Travancore
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    C)Lord Pethick Lawrence
    D)Lord Mountbatten
    Answer: Lord Mountbatten
  • Q. Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Wellesley
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Cornwallis
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)none of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the attitudes of Alvars and Nayanars towards caste system? I. Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement of protest against the caste system and the dominance of Brahmanas or at least attempted to reform the system. II. Alvars and Nayanars always supported the caste system in the society. III. The importance of the traditions of the Alvars and Nayanars was sometimes indicated by the claim that their compositions were as important as the Vedas
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: I and III
  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • Q. Madam Bhikaji Cama unfolded the National Flag of India in 1907 at
    A)International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
    B)India House, London
    C)Vande Mataram Office at San Francisco
    D)Indian Workers Meet Vancouver
    Answer: International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
  • Q. Satavahana dynasty originated from?
    A)South of Vindhya
    B)South of Arawali
    C)South of Satpura
    D)South of Satmola
    Answer: South of Vindhya
  • Q. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.’?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Aurobindo Ghosh
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Swami Vivekananda
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. When did United Kingdom declared war on Germany which lead to World War II?
    A)18th August 1939
    B)4th April 1939
    C)28th August 1939
    D)3rd September 1939
    Answer: 3rd September 1939
  • Q. The last of the Charter Act concerning India was the Act of
    A)1813
    B)1773
    C)1853
    D)1793
    Answer: 1853
  • Q. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
    A)Indian Revenues
    B)The Consolidated Fund of England
    C)Funds Voted by Parliament
    D)The revenues of Princely States
    Answer: Indian Revenues
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
    A)Kheda
    B)Dandi
    C)Sabarmati
    D)Champaran
    Answer: Champaran
  • Q. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)C R Das
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Lokmanya Tilak
    Answer: Lokmanya Tilak

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