More Questions on History

  • Q. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
    A)King of Jhansi
    B)Peshwa Baji Rao II
    C)Madhav Rao Sindhia
    D)Malhar Rao Holkar
    Answer: Peshwa Baji Rao II
  • Q. Who is known as ‘The Father of English History’
    A)Alfred the Great
    B)Jerome
    C)John Chrysostom
    D)Bede
    Answer: Bede
  • Q. Why Simon commission was established?
    A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
    B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
    C)To declare India as republic state
    D)None of these
    Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
  • Q. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
    A)Lucknow session in 1916
    B)Lahore session in 1940.
    C)Meerut Session 1946
    D)Tripuri Session in 1939
    Answer: Lahore session in 1940.
  • Q. With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated?
    A)Arya Samaj
    B)Ramakrishna Mission
    C)ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
    D)Theosophical Society
    Answer: Theosophical Society
  • Q. Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided ‘a machine with strong brakes but no engine’?
    A)Rajendra Prasad
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India?
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Huvishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Calcutta medical college in__________
    A)1745
    B)1735
    C)1832
    D)1835
    Answer: 1835
  • 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 was the author of the book My Experiment with Truth?
    A)Tilak
    B)Aurobindo
    C)Gandhi
    D)Vinobha
    Answer: Gandhi
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • Q. Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’?
    A)Lala Hardyal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)M G Ranade
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which one is the first dynasty that ruled China
    A)Xia dynasty
    B)Shang dynasty
    C)Qin dynasty
    D)Ming dynasty
    Answer: Xia dynasty
  • Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
    A)Biology
    B)Astronomy
    C)Medicine
    D)Physiology
    Answer: Astronomy
  • Q. What was the valid reason of the decline in trade and commerce during the period of later Mughals?
    A)Closure of old routes of trade
    B)Deterioration in law and order situation
    C)Abuse of trade licence by European companies
    D)Poverty of the Mughal nobility
    Answer: Deterioration in law and order situation
  • 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. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
    A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
    B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
    C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
    D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
    Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
  • Q. When did the Battle of France take place?
    A)1941
    B)1940
    C)1945
    D)1942
    Answer: 1940
  • Q. Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress?
    A)Republican party
    B)Indian National Army
    C)Forward Bloc
    D)Socialist Party
    Answer: Forward Bloc
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Mirabai

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