More Questions on History

  • Q. The Home Rule League was started by
    A)B. G. Tilak
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)Ranade
    D)K. T. Telang
    Answer: B. G. Tilak
  • Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
    A)Bodh Gaya
    B)Sarnath
    C)Kapilavastu
    D)Rajgriha
    Answer: Bodh Gaya
  • Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from France?
    A)1453
    B)1306
    C)1492
    D)1376
    Answer: 1306
  • Q. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
    A)Economic independence
    B)Industrialisation
    C)Economic growth
    D)Moral purity
    Answer: Economic independence
  • Q. Who was called India’s Napoleon because of his victories?
    A)Chandragupta
    B)Skandagupta
    C)Brahmagupta
    D)Samudragupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. The huge wealth of the Mughals Cell into the hands of __________ after the capture of Delhi in 1739
    A)The English
    B)Nadir Shah
    C)The French
    D)The Portuguese
    Answer: Nadir Shah
  • Q. The Mughal subdued the Pathans by following the policy of
    A)Association
    B)Annexation
    C)Divide and rule
    D)Co-existence
    Answer: Divide and rule
  • Q. In 1913 . . . . . founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva.
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Narayana Guru
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)K.Madhavan
    Answer: Narayana Guru
  • Q. Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935
    A)Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy
    B)This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces
    C)The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
    D)The diarchy was introduced at the centre
    Answer: The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
  • Q. Which were the two countries that fought during the Falklands War
    A)Germany and Austria
    B)Britain and France
    C)Argentina and Britain
    D)Austria and Russia
    Answer: Argentina and Britain
  • Q. When did M.K Gandhi suspend non cooperation movement after the violent act of peasants at Police station of Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur in UP?
    A)Mar 1922
    B)Feb 1922
    C)Jan 1920
    D)Feb 1920
    Answer: Feb 1922
  • Q. __________ started The Adyar Bulletin, which continued until 1929
    A)J. Krishnamurti
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Durgabai Deshmukh
    D)Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Charter Act of 1793? I. Renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 more years. II. Regulated the finances of the Company. III. Lay down that the salaries of the Board of Control and their staffs were to be paid from the British revenues. IV. Prohibited the Commander-in-Chief from being a member of the Governor General’s Council
    A)I, II & IV
    B)I, II & III
    C)I & II
    D)II & III
    Answer: I, II & IV
  • Q. Find the correct pair of Poet in the Court of the King during Ancient India
    A)Harisena : Chandragupta II
    B)Vasumitra : Kanishka
    C)Kalidasa : Samudragupta II
    D)Banabhatta : Pulkesin II
    Answer: Vasumitra : Kanishka
  • Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
    A)Dakhma
    B)Tripitaka
    C)Khanjah
    D)Synagogue
    Answer: Khanjah
  • Q. Champaran, the site of Gandhi’s first experiment in Satyagraha, is located in the state of
    A)Kerala
    B)Bihar
    C)Gujarat
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Bihar
  • Q. When did the king Ferdinand VII die?
    A)1829
    B)1808
    C)1833
    D)1898
    Answer: 1833
  • Q. Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Wahabi Movement
    B)Champarah Satyagraha
    C)Non-Coorperation Movement
    D)Civil Disobedience Movenment
    Answer: Wahabi Movement
  • Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
    A)C. Raja Gopalachari
    B)B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
    Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
  • Q. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar

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