More Questions on History

  • Q. Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • 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. Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?
    A)Bhima
    B)Yudhishthira
    C)Sahadeva
    D)Nakula
    Answer: Yudhishthira
  • Q. The portion of the actual produce fixed as state’s share under the Zabti System of Mughals was __________
    A)One-third
    B)One-half
    C)One-fourth
    D)One-fifth
    Answer: One-third
  • Q. To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
    A)Sakyas
    B)Licchavis
    C)Mallas
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Sakyas
  • Q. What was the age of Akbar at the time of his coronation at Kalanaur?
    A)Fifteen
    B)Thirteen
    C)Eighteen
    D)Twenty
    Answer: Thirteen
  • Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
    A)12th
    B)11th
    C)14th
    D)13 th
    Answer: 11th
  • Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
    A)1776
    B)1775
    C)1783
    D)1791
    Answer: 1791
  • Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
    A)Veer Kunwar
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which of the following ladies wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?
    A)Noorjahan Begum
    B)Gulbadan Begum
    C)Jahanara Begum
    D)Zebun-nissah Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • 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 had conceived and founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Swami Muktananda
    C)CR Das
    D)Swami Vivekananda
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. From which European country did Belgium gain independence in 1830
    A)England
    B)Italy
    C)Portugal
    D)Netherlands
    Answer: Netherlands
  • Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
    A)Bentinck
    B)Ripon
    C)Curzon
    D)Mayo
    Answer: Ripon
  • Q. Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following Sayyid rulers of Delhi? I. Muhammad Shah II. Alauddin Alam Shah III. Mubarak Shah IV. Khizr Khan
    A)IV, III, I, II
    B)I, II, III, IV
    C)IV, I, II, III
    D)IV, II, III, I
    Answer: IV, III, I, II
  • Q. The State is a necessary evil according to
    A)Liberalists
    B)Communists
    C)Individualists
    D)Anarchists
    Answer: Individualists
  • Q. When did the October Revolution occur?
    A)1918
    B)1917
    C)1920
    D)1923
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the
    A)Gupta period
    B)Later Vedic period
    C)Mauryan period
    D)Vedic period
    Answer: Later Vedic period
  • Q. Narayana Guru started a Sanskrit school in __________
    A)Kottayam
    B)Varkala
    C)Mahi
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Varkala
  • Q. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?
    A)Agni
    B)Varuna
    C)Vishnu
    D)Rudra
    Answer: Varuna

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