More Questions on History

  • Q. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
    A)Establishment of village industries
    B)Abolition of machinery
    C)Adoption of non-violence
    D)Trusteeship theory
    Answer: Trusteeship theory
  • Q. The revolutionary like Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri were all associated with :
    A)1857 Revolt
    B)The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
    C)Chauri Chaura Case
    D)The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
    Answer: The Kakori Conspiracy case (1925)
  • Q. Quit India movement began on:
    A)August 9, 1941
    B)August 9, 1940
    C)August 8, 1942
    D)August 9, 1944
    Answer: August 8, 1942
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1856 AD
    B)1848 AD
    C)1858 AD
    D)1862 AD
    Answer: 1858 AD
  • Q. The Renaissance movement is described as the ending of
    A)Ancient Era
    B)Pre Historic Era
    C)Medieval Era
    D)Modern Era
    Answer: Medieval Era
  • Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
    A)Peasant uprisings
    B)Tribal uprisings
    C)Civil uprisings
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. __________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution
    A)Rani ki vav
    B)Nalanda
    C)Hill Forts of Rajasthan
    D)Fatehpur Sikri
    Answer: Nalanda
  • Q. Which of the following was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th century
    A)monogamy
    B)emancipation of women
    C)female education
    D)untouchability
    Answer: untouchability
  • Q. The foreign traveller who visited Indian during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert description of the Peacock Throne, was
    A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
    B)Geronimo Verroneo
    C)Travernier
    D)Austinof Bordeaux
    Answer: Travernier
  • Q. Who wrote Shiksha Ashtak which was called as the cream of the Shastras?
    A)Tulsidas
    B)Mirabai
    C)Kabir
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. When did the Battle of Lechfeld happen?
    A)955
    B)918
    C)987
    D)996
    Answer: 955
  • Q. In 1542 Akbar was born at
    A)Herat
    B)Agra
    C)Umarkot
    D)Kabul
    Answer: Umarkot
  • Q. Who among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt? I. Kunwar Singh II. Tantia Tope III. Nana Saheb IV. Maulavi Ahmaduallah
    A)I, III and IV
    B)All of the above
    C)I, II and III
    D)II, III and IV
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
    A)1925
    B)1924
    C)1926
    D)1927
    Answer: 1927
  • Q. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Sankaracharya
    D)Ramananda
    Answer: Ramananda
  • Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
    A)Loria
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kesaria
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sanchi
  • Q. Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?
    A)The West Punjab
    B)East Bengal
    C)Sind
    D)West Bengal
    Answer: West Bengal
  • Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
    A)Christian
    B)Brahmin
    C)Pulaya
    D)Nayar
    Answer: Brahmin
  • Q. By whom among the following was the Paramdham Ashram established?
    A)Swami Vivekananda
    B)Acharya Kripalani
    C)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    D)Ramakrishna Paramhansa
    Answer: Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  • Q. Who was Lord Morley?
    A)Viceroy of India
    B)Secretary of the state
    C)Governor General of India
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Secretary of the state

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