More Questions on History

  • Q. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” – this was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
    A)C Raja Gopalchari
    B)Dr. B R Ambedkar
    C)Jawaharlal Neheru
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawaharlal Neheru
  • Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
    D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
  • Q. Who is the excavator of Harappa site?
    A)Rakhal das Bannerji
    B)Daya ram sahni
    C)Mackey
    D)B.K. Thapar
    Answer: Daya ram sahni
  • Q. In which year was Burma separated from India?
    A)1902
    B)1863
    C)1937
    D)1947
    Answer: 1937
  • Q. In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?
    A)1674
    B)1608
    C)1646
    D)1710
    Answer: 1674
  • Q. Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in :
    A)1909
    B)1906
    C)1912
    D)1911
    Answer: 1911
  • Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Which of the following Craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans?
    A)Jewellery
    B)Pottery
    C)Carpentry
    D)Blacksmith
    Answer: Blacksmith
  • 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. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of
    A)CR Das
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Gokhale
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
    A)Evil custom of sati
    B)Caste system
    C)Degrading position of women in society
    D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
    Answer: Evil custom of sati
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the techniques of ‘Satyagraha’ advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
    A)Fasting
    B)Ahimsa
    C)Civil Disobedience
    D)Non-Cooperation
    Answer: Ahimsa
  • Q. Whose model is based on the Mandate of Heaven?
    A)Li Ling
    B)Ban Gu
    C)Qin Shi Huang
    D)Sima Qian
    Answer: Sima Qian
  • Q. When did the Three Kingdoms period begin in China?
    A)226
    B)220
    C)238
    D)280
    Answer: 220
  • Q. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
    A)Maurya
    B)Gnathrika
    C)Shakya
    D)Kuru
    Answer: Shakya
  • Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
    A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
    B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
    C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
    D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
    Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
  • Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
    A)Sumit Sarkar
    B)Ania Loomba
    C)Cohn Bernard
    D)Ranajith Guha
    Answer: Sumit Sarkar
  • Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
    A)Kanva Dynasty
    B)Gupta Dynasty
    C)Shunga Dynasty
    D)Maurya Dynasty
    Answer: Gupta Dynasty
  • Q. To avenge the brutal lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai (October 30, 1928), which was believed to have caused his death subsequently, who murdered Saunders, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lahore?
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Batukeshwar Dutt
    C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
    D)Sachindra Sanyal
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
    A)Upendranath Basu
    B)Annie Besant
    C)I. N. Gurtu
    D)George Thompson
    Answer: Annie Besant

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