More Questions on History

  • Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
    A)Upendranath Basu
    B)Annie Besant
    C)I. N. Gurtu
    D)George Thompson
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Jayaprakash Narayan
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Lenin
    Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
  • Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
    A)1900
    B)1898
    C)1901
    D)1903
    Answer: 1898
  • Q. Todar Mal was associated with
    A)literature
    B)music
    C)land revenue reforms
    D)law
    Answer: land revenue reforms
  • Q. Who had written the book “poverty and Un-British rule in India”
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)R. C. Dutta
    C)D. R. Gadgil
    D)P. C. Mahalnobis
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilization?
    A)Cunningham
    B)Charles Mason
    C)M. Wheeler
    D)M.S. Vats
    Answer: M.S. Vats
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Dharmasutras and the Smritis? I. Texts were considered as the rules and regulations for the general public and for the rulers. II. Dharmasutras and the Smritis can also be termed in the modern concept as the constitution and law books for the ancient Indian polity and society
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________
    A)Legislative Assembly
    B)Legislative Council
    C)House of Representatives
    D)House of Commons
    Answer: Legislative Assembly
  • Q. The first Round Table conference was held on:
    A)August 12, 1930
    B)December 12, 1930
    C)April 12, 1930
    D)November 12, 1930
    Answer: November 12, 1930
  • Q. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
    A)Guru Govind Singh
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Guru Arjan Dev
    D)Guru Har rai
    Answer: Guru Arjan Dev
  • Q. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
    A)Aurangazeb
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Jahangir
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. The Government of India Act of 1919 made provision for the appointment of a/an __________ for India in the United Kingdom
    A)Council
    B)Ambassador
    C)High Commissioner
    D)Indian Member in the parliament of England
    Answer: Council
  • Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
    A)Sumit Sarkar
    B)Ania Loomba
    C)Cohn Bernard
    D)Ranajith Guha
    Answer: Sumit Sarkar
  • Q. On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy , Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?
    A)Vaisheshika
    B)Sankhya
    C)Yoga
    D)Uttarmimansa
    Answer: Uttarmimansa
  • Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
    A)Samiti
    B)Sabha
    C)Gana
    D)Vidatha
    Answer: Vidatha
  • Q. Under the Mughals, the Police duties in urban areas were entrusted to the officers known as
    A)Kazi
    B)Kotwal
    C)Vakil
    D)Amin
    Answer: Kotwal
  • Q. The Rig Veda consists of
    A)1028 hymns
    B)1000 hymns
    C)500 hymns
    D)2000 hymns
    Answer: 1028 hymns
  • Q. Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Sukumar Dutt
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya
  • Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
    A)Wajid Ali Shah
    B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
    C)Sirajud daulla
    D)Alivardi Khan
    Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
  • Q. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :
    A)Northern India
    B)Eastern India
    C)Southern India
    D)Western India
    Answer: Western India

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