More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following provision was not included in the Nehru Report?
    A)The Governor General must be only the constitutional head
    B)India must be given Dominion status
    C)There was to be no separate electorate
    D)Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
    Answer: Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
  • Q. What was the number of Gandhars of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
    A)114
    B)112
    C)116
    D)118
    Answer: 116
  • Q. Which of the following leader is correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore: Patrika
    B)Devendranath Tagore: Young India
    C)M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
    D)B. G. Tilak: Kesari
    Answer: B. G. Tilak: Kesari
  • 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. Who said “Liberty consists in obedience to the general will”?
    A)Rousseau
    B)Hobbes
    C)Green
    D)Laski
    Answer: Rousseau
  • Q. Which of the following Vedas was compiled first?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Yajurveda
    D)Atharvaveda
    Answer: Rigveda
  • Q. Banda Bahadur, a Sikh leader who led a revolt against the Mughals after the assassination of Guru Gobind Singh, was captured and executed during the reign of
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Jahandar Shah
    D)Farrukh Siyar
    Answer: Farrukh Siyar
  • Q. The East India Company was established in the year
    A)1600 AD
    B)1607 AD
    C)1700 AD
    D)1669 AD
    Answer: 1600 AD
  • Q. The immediate cause for the Mutiny was
    A)The Social Legislation of 1856
    B)Doctrine of Lapse
    C)The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
    D)The fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity
    Answer: The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
  • Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
    A)Pakistan
    B)Union of India
    C)Constituent Assembly
    D)Groups by Provinces
    Answer: Pakistan
  • Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)II, IV, III, I
    Answer: I, II, III , IV
  • Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
    A)Guru Nanak Dev
    B)Tukaram
    C)Mirabai
    D)Guru Ram Das
    Answer: Guru Ram Das
  • Q. I. System of Purva Mimamsa was propagated by sage Jaimini, a disciple of Veda Vyasa. II. The main objective of the Purva Mimamsa School is to interpret and establish the authority of the Vedas. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Purva Mimamsa?
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. The Jaina saint credited with the spread of Jainism in Karnataka (south India) was
    A)Adinatha
    B)Bhadrabahu
    C)Parshvanatha
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhadrabahu
  • Q. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of which one of the following?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Ashoka
    C)Harsha
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after
    A)refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League
    B)signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
    C)being permitted by the Congress
    D)receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
    Answer: signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
  • Q. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the Princely States would be represented by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
    A)93
    B)90
    C)103
    D)100
    Answer: 93
  • Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
    A)Evil custom of sati
    B)Caste system
    C)Degrading position of women in society
    D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
    Answer: Evil custom of sati
  • Q. The first constitutional measure introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was
    A)the Act of 1935
    B)the Act of 1919
    C)Indian Independence Bill
    D)Cabinet Mission Plan
    Answer: the Act of 1935
  • Q. The most famous Chera ruler was
    A)Nedunjeraladan
    B)Udiyanjeral
    C)Senguttuvan
    D)Sengannan
    Answer: Senguttuvan

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