More Questions on History

  • Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
    A)Tea
    B)Jute
    C)Sugarcane
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Tea
  • Q. The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
    A)Mahalwari System
    B)Roytwari System
    C)Zamindari System
    D)Iqtadari System
    Answer: Zamindari System
  • Q. Who among of the following started Marathi fortnightly newspaper ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’?
    A)Vir Savarkar
    B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Vinobha Bhave
    D)Lokmanya Tilak
    Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Mahabhasya was written by
    A)Manu
    B)Gargi
    C)Bana
    D)Patanjali
    Answer: Patanjali
  • Q. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
    A)Trivarga
    B)Triratna
    C)Trisarga
    D)Trimurti
    Answer: Triratna
  • Q. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad?
    A)Subhash Chandra Bose
    B)Chandrashekhar Azad
    C)Bhagat Singh
    D)Iqbal
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • 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
  • Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
    A)Nadir Shah
    B)Timur Lang
    C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Genghis Khan
  • Q. The Cabinet Mission which arrived Delhi in 1946 was headed by
    A)Sir Stafford Cripps
    B)Lord Pethrick Lawrence
    C)AV Alexander
    D)Lord Attlee
    Answer: Lord Pethrick Lawrence
  • Q. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
    A)Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
    B)Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji
    C)Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram
    D)Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram
    Answer: Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
  • Q. In the world history, who is also known as “Little Corporal”
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Bismark
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Napoleon Bonaparte
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Q. Name three important forms of Satyagraha
    A)Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion
    B)Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
    C)Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum
    D)Revolution, plebiscite and boycott
    Answer: Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
  • Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
    A)M. K. Gandhi
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Sardar Patel
    D)D. G. B. Pant
    Answer: M. K. Gandhi
  • Q. Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
    A)Jahandar Shah
    B)Shah Alam II
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on
    A)August 10, 1942
    B)July 14, 1942
    C)August 8, 1942
    D)June 30, 1942
    Answer: July 14, 1942
  • Q. On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/Union Territory is that town now?
    A)Culcutta
    B)Tripura
    C)Manipur
    D)Mizoram
    Answer: Manipur
  • Q. Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
    A)Taxila
    B)Swarnagiri
    C)Ujjain
    D)Tosali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
    A)Noakhali
    B)Dandi
    C)England
    D)South Africa
    Answer: South Africa
  • Q. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi?
    A)Prohibition of child marriage
    B)Remarriage of widows
    C)Monogamy
    D)Rejection of seclusion of women
    Answer: Rejection of seclusion of women
  • Q. The ‘Ajivikas’ were
    A)Breakaway branch of the Buddhists
    B)Sect contemporary to the Buddha
    C)Sect founded by Charvaka
    D)Sect founded by Shankaracharya
    Answer: Sect contemporary to the Buddha

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