More Questions on History

  • Q. The term Nirgrantha is associated with
    A)Charvakas
    B)Ajivikas
    C)Jains
    D)Pasupatas
    Answer: Jains
  • Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
    A)George Washington
    B)Thomas Jefferson
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Benjamin Franklin
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)AO Hume
    C)GK Gokhale
    D)BG Tilak
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • 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. How many Ganadharas were there in the religious family of Sambhavnath Tirthankar?
    A)105
    B)95
    C)115
    D)125
    Answer: 105
  • Q. The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
    A)Mahalwari System
    B)Roytwari System
    C)Zamindari System
    D)Iqtadari System
    Answer: Zamindari System
  • Q. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in
    A)Rangoon
    B)Vienna
    C)Tokyo
    D)Singapore
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. The first Defence Minister of India was
    A)Gopalaswami Aiyangar
    B)K. M. Cariappa
    C)Baldev Singh
    D)Sardar Patel
    Answer: Baldev Singh
  • Q. Which of the following leader gave the safety valve theory for Indian National Congress and said that it was brain child of Lord Dufferin?
    A)M N Roy
    B)Dadabhai Nairoji
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
    A)1925
    B)1919
    C)1927
    D)1930
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
    A)Minoru Yamasaki
    B)Le Corbusier
    C)Edwin Lutyens
    D)Charles Correa
    Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?
    A)They worshipped gods in the form of human beings
    B)The Harappans were phallus worshippers
    C)They placed their gods in temples
    D)They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess
    Answer: They placed their gods in temples
  • Q. Which of the following Gods lost his importance as the first deity during the later Vedic period?
    A)Agni
    B)Varuna
    C)Vishnu
    D)Rudra
    Answer: Varuna
  • Q. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
    A)Acharya Kripalani
    B)M K Gandhi
    C)Jayaprakash Narayan
    D)Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Vinoba Bhave
  • Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
    A)Swadeshi Movement
    B)Non-Cooperation movement
    C)Civil Disobedience movement
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
    D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
    Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
  • Q. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
    A)Bankim chandra Chatterjee
    B)Raj Narain Bose
    C)Swami Vivekanand
    D)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Bankim chandra Chatterjee
  • Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence I. Non-Cooperation Movement II. Civil Disobedience Movement III. Chauri – Chaura
    A)I, III, II
    B)I, II, III
    C)II, I, III
    D)III, II, I
    Answer: I, III, II
  • Q. The immediate forerunner of the Indian National congress was
    A)Indian National Conference
    B)Indian Association of Calcutta
    C)British India association
    D)Indian Union
    Answer: Indian National Conference

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