More Questions on History

  • Q. The idea of starting a Home Rule League in 1915 was first propounded by
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)B G Tilak
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the
    A)10th Century AD
    B)9th Century AD
    C)12th Century AD
    D)14th Century AD
    Answer: 14th Century AD
  • Q. Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made?
    A)Government of India Act 1925
    B)Government of India Act 1918
    C)Government of India Act 1930
    D)Government of India Act 1935
    Answer: Government of India Act 1935
  • Q. The worship of Mother goddess was related
    A)With the Mediterranean Civilization
    B)With the Aryan Civilization
    C)With the Indus Valley Civilization
    D)With the Vedic Civilization
    Answer: With the Indus Valley Civilization
  • Q. When was First Anglo Sikh War fought?
    A)1826 A.D.
    B)1846 A.D.
    C)1725 A.D.
    D)1816 A.D.
    Answer: 1846 A.D.
  • Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
    A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
    B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
    C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
    D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
    Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
  • Q. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance
    A)Venice
    B)Florence
    C)Rome
    D)London
    Answer: Florence
  • Q. __________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka
    A)Lord Rippon
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Hastings
    D)Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
    A)Gujarat
    B)Madras
    C)Delhi
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Gujarat
  • Q. Akbar was enthroned in a garden at
    A)Ajmer
    B)Kalanaur
    C)Gaur
    D)Kabul
    Answer: Kalanaur
  • Q. When was first telegraph line started in India?
    A)1875
    B)1851
    C)1884
    D)1900
    Answer: 1851
  • Q. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by
    A)Demetrius
    B)Darius
    C)Deimachos
    D)Philip
    Answer: Deimachos
  • Q. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    B)Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
  • Q. Who wrote Vedanta-Parijatasourabha, a commentary on the Brahma Sutra, in simple language?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Nimbarka
    C)Madhva
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Nimbarka
  • Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
    A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
    B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
    C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
    D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
    Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
  • Q. What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Kesari
    B)Young India
    C)Bombay Chronicle
    D)Resurgent India
    Answer: Young India
  • Q. The British Conservative Party was earlier known as
    A)Fabians
    B)Whigs
    C)Levellors
    D)Tories
    Answer: Tories
  • Q. The number of members in the Simon Commission/was __________
    A)20
    B)10
    C)7
    D)12
    Answer: 7
  • Q. Who was the disciple of Vallabhacharya?
    A)Surdas
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Tukaram
    D)Ramanuja
    Answer: Surdas
  • Q. Arrange the following events in a correct sequence of Indian National Movement I. Foundation of Indian National Congress II. Simon Commission III. Home Rule Movement IV. Cabinet Mission
    A)III, I, IV, II
    B)I, III, II, IV
    C)I, II, IV, III
    D)I, IV, III, II
    Answer: I, III, II, IV

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