More Questions on History

  • Q. India attained ‘Dominion status’ on
    A)15th August, 1947
    B)15th January, 1947
    C)15th August, 1950
    D)15th October, 1947
    Answer: 15th August, 1947
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1922 because of
    A)The Congress' extremist policies
    B)Gandhi's ill health
    C)Afervent appeal by the government to do so
    D)Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
    Answer: Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
  • Q. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what?
    A)Medicine
    B)Prophecy
    C)Love
    D)Peace
    Answer: Prophecy
  • Q. Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:
    A)The year 1915
    B)The year 1910
    C)The year 1917
    D)The year 1920
    Answer: The year 1920
  • Q. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Sikandar Lodi
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Which of the following leader who presided All India Congress Committee session on 9th August?
    A)Aruna Asif Ali
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Aruna Asif Ali
  • Q. When did the Nanking Massacre start?
    A)1936
    B)1935
    C)1937
    D)1939
    Answer: 1937
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
    A)Vedanta
    B)Vedas
    C)Brahamans
    D)Bhagwat Gita
    Answer: Bhagwat Gita
  • Q. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Macaulay
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
    A)Agni
    B)Indra
    C)Pashupati
    D)Vishnu
    Answer: Indra
  • Q. Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’
    A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Sri Aurobindo
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. When did the Space Age bring the first human spaceflight?
    A)1970
    B)1961
    C)1975
    D)1980
    Answer: 1961
  • Q. Who had rounded the first women’s university in India?
    A)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
    B)Rani Ahilya Devi
    C)Rani of Thomi
    D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
    Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
  • Q. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
    A)Rangoon
    B)Andaman and Nicobar
    C)Singapore
    D)Mandalay
    Answer: Mandalay
  • Q. What do you consider to be the least important cause for Alauddin’s south Indian campaigns?
    A)Imperialism
    B)Political condition of South India
    C)Fabulous wealth
    D)Religion
    Answer: Religion
  • Q. In March 1923 Chittranjan Das along with Motilal Nehru formed :
    A)The Forward Block
    B)The Gaddar Party
    C)The Swaraj Party
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Swaraj Party
  • Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
    A)Curzon
    B)Salisbury
    C)Wedgwood Benn
    D)Montagu
    Answer: Wedgwood Benn
  • Q. The first metal used by man was
    A)Copper
    B)Aluminium
    C)Iron
    D)Silver
    Answer: Copper

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