More Questions on History
- Q. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
A)Canning
B)Elgin
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Canning
- Q. “India for the Indians” was the political message of
A)Vivekanand
B)D E Wacha
C)Dayanand
D)Hume
Answer: Dayanand
- Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
A)Victoria Memeorial
B)San Thome
C)Fort William
D)Howrah Port
Answer: Fort William
- Q. Humayun restored his Indian kingdom with the help of the ruler of
A)Kabul
B)Arabia
C)Persia
D)Turkey
Answer: Persia
- Q. Vishvambhara Mishra was the original name of
A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
B)Guru Nanak
C)Shankaracharya
D)Kabir
Answer: Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
- Q. Which King was executed by guillotine during French Revolution in 1793
A)Louis XIII
B)Charles X
C)Henry IV
D)Louis XVI
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? I. Kunwar Singh II. Nana Saheb III. Begum of Awadh IV. Bakht Khan
A)I and IV
B)I and II
C)II and IV
D)II and III
Answer: II and III
- Q. Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt. I. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers. II. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers. III. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
A)JamiaMilia Muslim University
B)Osmania University
C)Baraktullah University
D)Aligarh Muslim University
Answer: Aligarh Muslim University
- Q. Which was the backbone of Indus Economy?
A)Trade
B)Agriculture
C)Wheel Made
D)Carpentry
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
A)K M Pannikar
B)J K Hikki
C)M G Ranade
D)V.D. Savarkar
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
- Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
A)V D Savarkar
B)Madan Lal Dhingra
C)Lala Hardayal
D)Shyamji Krishna Varma
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. Which Sultan of Delhi was the first to charge GHARI or HOUSE TAX?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Mohammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
A)Man Mohan Gosh
B)A. O. Hume
C)W. C. Banerjee
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :
A)Bombay Session, 1934
B)Ramgarh Session, 1940
C)Tripuri session, 1939
D)Wardha Session, 1942
Answer: Tripuri session, 1939
- Q. With which of the following is the classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in Tamil associated?
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Hinduism
D)Christianity
Answer: Jainism
- Q. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
A)Silver
B)Gold
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Gold
- Q. Who is known as the father of Modern Medicine?
A)Euclid
B)Erastosthenes
C)Hippocrates
D)Pythagoras
Answer: Hippocrates
- Q. Which of the following statement (S) is/are correct related to the Ancient Indian Literature? I. Vedas, Puranas, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, and other literature besides foreign accounts are only available literary sources that restructure the Ancient Indian History. II. The archaeological sources like epigraphic, numismatic and architectural remains besides archaeological explorations and excavations also help in restructuring Ancient Indian History.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were directed against
A)Moneylenders
B)Big landlords
C)Revenue collectors
D)British opium planters
Answer: Moneylenders
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