More Questions on History
- Q. The Kailasa temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temple located at Ellora was built by?
A)Krishna I
B)Krishndev Rai
C)Nadivarman
D)Rajendra Chola
Answer: Krishna I
- Q. The greatest contribution of the British rule to the growth of India nationalism was the __________
A)Racial arrogance of the British
B)Introduction of western education in India
C)Denial of Higher Jobs to deserving Indians
D)Queen's proclamation of 1858
Answer: Introduction of western education in India
- Q. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)G. K. Gokhale
D)B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. On which theatre house, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
A)Ford's Theatre
B)Senator Theater
C)Oscar Theater
D)Gold Theater
Answer: Ford's Theatre
- Q. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
A)Mridula Sarabhai
B)Annie Besant
C)Muthu Lakshmi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of
A)Arcot
B)Trichinopoly
C)Wandiwash
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
A)C. Raja Gopalachari
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
- Q. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
A)Nana Sahib
B)Bhakt Khan
C)Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
D)Jung Bhadur Rana
Answer: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
- Q. William Shakespeare was born in the year
A)1523
B)1487
C)1564
D)1588
Answer: 1564
- Q. Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
A)1942
B)1935
C)1945
D)1943
Answer: 1945
- Q. In 1934 Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because
A)the political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement
B)of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement
C)he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
D)of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of 1935
Answer: he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
- Q. Assuming the title of Alamgir, Aurangzeb crowned himself as Emperor on July 21, 1658 at
A)Aurangabad
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
A)Rowlatt Satyagraha
B)Bhoodan Movement
C)Bardoli Satyagraha
D)Swadeshi Movement
Answer: Bardoli Satyagraha
- Q. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________
A)Sir John Shore
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced In India?
A)Dohakosa
B)Divya Vandana
C)Vjrachedika
D)Vamsathapakasini
Answer: Vamsathapakasini
- Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta
C)Kanishka
D)Harshavardhan
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Ram Prasad Bismil had been associated with the case?
A)Kanpur conspiracy
B)Alipore bomb
C)Kokori bomb
D)Meerut conspiracy
Answer: Kokori bomb
- Q. Where Ajitnatha Tirthankar was born?
A)Kiskindha
B)Ayodhya
C)Nasik
D)Ujjain
Answer: Ayodhya
- Q. The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by
A)BC Pal
B)Surendra Nath Bennerjee
C)Aurobindo Ghose
D)Rash Behari Bose
Answer: Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. The Singh Sabha intended to restore Sikhism to its past purity by publishing historical religious books, magazines and journals, to propagate knowledge using Punjabi, to return Sikh apostates to their original faith, and to involve highly placed __________in the educational programme of the Sikhs
A)Frenchmen
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)Englishmen
Answer: Englishmen
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