More Questions on History

  • Q. The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year
    A)1821
    B)1805
    C)1852
    D)1895
    Answer: 1821
  • Q. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala?
    A)Shuktimati
    B)Sravasti
    C)Kaushambi
    D)Indraprastha
    Answer: Sravasti
  • Q. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
    A)Muhammad Shah
    B)Alamgir-I
    C)Jahadar Shah
    D)Shah Alam-II
    Answer: Shah Alam-II
  • Q. When was the Communist Party of China founded?
    A)1920
    B)1918
    C)1919
    D)1923
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
    A)Right Effort
    B)Right Speech
    C)Right Desire
    D)Right Conduct
    Answer: Right Desire
  • Q. In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:
    A)Satyagrah
    B)An Individual Civil Disobedience
    C)Bharat Chhoro Aandolan
    D)None of these
    Answer: An Individual Civil Disobedience
  • Q. On June 14, 1927 __________consecrated a mirror – with the message “Om shanti” written on the surface – in a temple in Kalavankode
    A)T. K. Madhavan
    B)Rajaram Mohan Roy
    C)Sree Narayana Guru
    D)Govindan Vaidyar
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
    A)H. P. Blavatsky
    B)Annie Besant
    C)W. T. Stead
    D)H. S. Olcott
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
    A)Devendra Nath Tagore
    B)K M Pannikar
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. In which year, New Zealand became the first country in world to grant women vote
    A)1893
    B)1887
    C)1898
    D)1905
    Answer: 1893
  • Q. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
    A)Diwan-e-Aam
    B)Diwan-e-khas
    C)Ibadat Khana
    D)Buland Darwaza
    Answer: Ibadat Khana
  • Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Abdul Kalam Azad
    C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
    D)Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
  • Q. To bring Hindu-Muslim unity, Akbar
    A)prohibited cow-killing
    B)encouraged cow-killing
    C)taxed cow-killing
    D)remained silent to cow-killing
    Answer: prohibited cow-killing
  • Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in December 1906 at
    A)Dacca
    B)Karachi
    C)Calcutta
    D)Aligarh
    Answer: Dacca
  • Q. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of
    A)All India Unity Mahasabha
    B)All India Hindu Mahasabha
    C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
    D)None of these
    Answer: All India Kisan Mahasabha
  • Q. The Vedic economy was based on
    A)crafts and industries
    B)trade and commerce
    C)agriculture and cattle rearing
    D)all the above
    Answer: agriculture and cattle rearing
  • Q. Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system
    A)Pitt's India Act
    B)Rowaltt Act
    C)Partition of Bengal
    D)Simon Commission
    Answer: Simon Commission
  • Q. Guru Arjan Dev transferred the headquarters to
    A)Amritsar
    B)Agra
    C)Karachi
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?
    A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
    B)Jyotiba Phule
    C)Mahadew Govind Ranade
    D)Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
    Answer: Jyotiba Phule
  • Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
    A)three centuries
    B)two centuries
    C)four centuries
    D)a little over one century
    Answer: three centuries

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