More Questions on History

  • Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
    A)Herbert Bakers
    B)Sir Edward Lutyens
    C)Robert Tor Tussell
    D)Antonin Raymond
    Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
  • Q. By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to __________
    A)Parliament
    B)The Secretary of State
    C)Viceroy
    D)Commander-in-Chief
    Answer: The Secretary of State
  • Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
    A)1942
    B)1947
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. Slash and burn agriculture is known as ‘Milpa’ in
    A)Brazil
    B)Venezuela
    C)Central Africa
    D)Mexico and Central America
    Answer: Mexico and Central America
  • Q. Federal form of government at centre was introduced in India under
    A)Indian Councils Act of 1909
    B)Government of India Act of 1909
    C)Government of India Act of 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act of 1947
    Answer: Government of India Act of 1935
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
    A)August 15, 1947
    B)January 26, 1947
    C)January 26, 1948
    D)February 20, 1947
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events? I. Appointment of the Simon Commission. II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain. III. Submission of the Nehru report. IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference
    A)I, III, IV & II
    B)II, I, III & IV
    C)I, II, IV & III
    D)II, IV, I & III
    Answer: II, I, III & IV
  • Q. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind.’?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Aurobindo Ghosh
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Swami Vivekananda
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
    A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
    B)It was formed in 1885
    C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
    D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
    Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
  • Q. A resolution declaring Purna Swaraj (complete Independence) as Indian’s political goal was passed in the __________ Congress of 1929
    A)Lahore
    B)Shimla
    C)Madras
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
    A)Government of India, 1935
    B)Cripps Mission 1942
    C)Independent India 1947
    D)August Offer of 1940
    Answer: August Offer of 1940
  • Q. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India?
    A)GK Gokhale
    B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    C)Raj Ram Mohun Roy
    D)MM Malaviya
    Answer: Raj Ram Mohun Roy
  • Q. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
    A)Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
    B)Shankracharya was born that year.
    C)Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
    D)All Muslim invaders were defeated.
    Answer: Shankracharya was born that year.
  • Q. Who had scrapped the partition of Bengal?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Hardinge
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. In 1916-18 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
    A)G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
    B)Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
    C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. What does the Yajur Veda contain?
    A)Spells and charms
    B)Only hymns
    C)Hymns and rituals
    D)Commentaries on society
    Answer: Hymns and rituals
  • Q. Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as
    A)Siddhartha
    B)Gautam
    C)Rahul
    D)Suddhodhana
    Answer: Siddhartha
  • Q. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
    A)Aga Khan
    B)The Turkish Caliph
    C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: The Turkish Caliph
  • Q. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
    A)Sind
    B)Bihar
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Sind

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