More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following Act(s) was/were passed in 1856?
    A)The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
    B)The Religious Disabilities Act
    C)Both the above
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both the above
  • Q. With which conspriracy case Aurobindo Ghosh’s name is conected?
    A)Lahore Conspiracy Case
    B)Kakori Conspiracy Case
    C)Meerut Conspiracy Case
    D)Alipore Conspiracy Case
    Answer: Alipore Conspiracy Case
  • Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
    A)Nirankari
    B)Namdhari
    C)Tilak
    D)Sri Aurobindo
    Answer: Namdhari
  • Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
    A)J. Krishnamurti
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
    A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
    B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
    C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
    D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
    Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
  • Q. The correct chronological sequence of these Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb: I. Alamgir-II II. Farrukh Siyar III. Jahandar Shah IV. Shah Alam-II
    A)II,III,IV,I
    B)III,II,IV,I
    C)II,III,I,IV
    D)III,II,I,IV
    Answer: III,II,I,IV
  • Q. In the Rigvedic period, after the king the next most important functionary of the state was the
    A)Revenue collector
    B)Senani
    C)Magician-doctor
    D)Purohita
    Answer: Purohita
  • Q. According to Dadabhai Naoroji ‘Swaraj’ means
    A)Self government
    B)Complete independence
    C)Economic independence
    D)Political independence
    Answer: Self government
  • Q. Who among the following was an illiterate?
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Jahagir
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Which governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord William Bentinck
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord William Bentinck
  • Q. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
    A)The Ilbert Bill
    B)The Government of India Act, 1858
    C)Indian Councils Act of 1892
    D)Queen Victoria's Proclamation
    Answer: Queen Victoria's Proclamation
  • Q. The liberal religion preached by the saints of Maharashtra and rigidly followed by Shivaji is known as
    A)Maharashtra Dharma
    B)Desh Dharma
    C)Rashtra Dharma
    D)Hindu Dharma
    Answer: Maharashtra Dharma
  • Q. Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
    A)The Factory Act
    B)Self-government
    C)System of Dyarchy
    D)Transfer of Power of Congress
    Answer: System of Dyarchy
  • Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
    A)Khilafat Agitation
    B)Bardoli Satyagraha
    C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. Which dynasty came to power in India after the Tughlaq dynasty?
    A)The Khaljis
    B)The Guptas
    C)The Mughals
    D)The Sayyids
    Answer: The Sayyids
  • Q. Which of the following were the main aims of Satyashodhak Samaj? I. Social service II. Spread of education among women and lower caste III. Complete abolition of caste system and inequalities
    A)I and II
    B)Only II
    C)II and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
    A)Impact of World War II
    B)Change in the government of the UK
    C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which one was the last city founded in the Russian Empire
    A)Vologda
    B)Arkhangelsk
    C)Veliky Novgorod
    D)Murmansk
    Answer: Murmansk
  • Q. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__________?
    A)Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
    B)Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
    C)Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
    D)Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
    Answer: Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad

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