More Questions on History

  • Q. Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?
    A)Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
    B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
    C)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
    D)None of these
    Answer: Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
  • Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
    A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
    B)To oust the British from India
    C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
    D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
    Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
  • Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
    A)a positive state of law
    B)truth
    C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
    D)doing good even to the evildoers
    Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
  • Q. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?
    A)Vikramaditya
    B)Kanishka
    C)Samudra Gupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
    A)Madina
    B)Baghdad
    C)Kahira
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind?
    A)Abul Fazl
    B)Abu Said
    C)Firdausi
    D)AI-Beruni
    Answer: AI-Beruni
  • Q. Who constructed Humayun’s tomb in Delhi?
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Haji Begum
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Haji Begum
  • Q. In 1934 Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because
    A)the political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement
    B)of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement
    C)he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
    D)of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of 1935
    Answer: he wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
  • Q. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
    A)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    B)Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
    C)Bengal Society
    D)None of these
    Answer: Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
  • Q. Who among the following leader headed the interim Government of 1946?
    A)M.K Gandhi
    B)C. Rajagopalachari
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who worte “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai”?
    A)Ramprasad Bismil
    B)Mohammad Iqbal
    C)Kazi Nazrul Islam
    D)Firaq Gorakhpuri
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. A new period in__________’s life began in 1913 when she became active in Indian politics, and gave a lead by claiming ‘Home Rule’ for India
    A)Malati Patwardhan
    B)Ammu Swaminathan
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Ambujammal
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the presence of temples or public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Harappans, religion was perhaps more a personal and a private matter than a public affair
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
    A)Mohammad Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Balban
    Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
  • Q. Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
    A)Nizam of Hyderabad
    B)Scindia of Gwalior
    C)Dalip Singh of Punjab
    D)Gaikwad of Baroda
    Answer: Nizam of Hyderabad
  • Q. Punic Wars were fought between
    A)Greece and Rome
    B)Greece and Gaul
    C)Rome and Gaul
    D)Rome and Carthage
    Answer: Rome and Carthage
  • Q. Where is the Bara Imambara located?
    A)Lucknow
    B)Agra
    C)Patna
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. When were ancient Olympic games held first?
    A)780 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)790 BC
    D)800 BC
    Answer: 776 BC
  • Q. When was the construction of Great Wall of China started?
    A)252 BC
    B)294 BC
    C)249 BC
    D)221 BC
    Answer: 221 BC
  • Q. Which of the following act was the revision of Vernacular Act?
    A)Newspaper Act, 1908
    B)Indian Press act, 1910
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Indian Press act, 1910

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