More Questions on History
- Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
A)Thailand
B)Singapore
C)Britain
D)Italy
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Who was Mahavira?
A)24th Tirthankara
B)21st Tirthankara
C)23rd Tirthankara
D)22nd Tirthankara
Answer: 24th Tirthankara
- Q. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
A)Battle of Buxar
B)Revolt of 1857
C)Third Battle of Panipat
D)First battle of Mysore
Answer: Battle of Buxar
- Q. From which country did the USA purchase Alaska to make it the 49th federating state?
A)Britain
B)Canada
C)Russia
D)France
Answer: Russia
- Q. Who were the three eminent statesmen who started the Non-aligned Movement?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru, Chou Enlai, Kwame Nkrumah
B)Jawaharlal Nehru, Anwar Sadat, Soekarno
C)Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel Castro, Marshal Tito
D)Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Marshal Tito
- Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
A)French
B)Dutch
C)British
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. Who ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes – the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
A)Govindan Vaidyar
B)P. K. Kesavan
C)P. K. Divakara Panicker
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Lainthgo
D)Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Revolt of the Bhils? I. The Bhils revolted in 1818 due to the occupation of their territory by the British. II. They defied British authority for 50 years from 1818. III. Their revolt was finally ended by the British through military operations as well as conciliatory measures. IV. The leader of the Bhil revolt was Ram Charan
A)II & III
B)I & II
C)I & III
D)II & IV
Answer: II & III
- Q. In Mauryan dynasty Kalinga war took place in the year
A)261 BC
B)260 BC
C)126 BC
D)232 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
A)Muhammad Ghori
B)Mahmud of Ghazni
C)Iltutmish
D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
- Q. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
A)Indians living in Tokyo
B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
C)Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
Answer: different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
- Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
A)1901
B)1898
C)1908
D)1946
Answer: 1901
- Q. During the Mughal period the main source of Imperial revenue was
A)Customs duties
B)Agriculture
C)Industry
D)Foreign trade
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. The congress policy of prayer and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)B G Tilak
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)None of these
Answer: B G Tilak
- Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
A)R.C. Mazumdar
B)S.N. Sen
C)B.G. Tilak
D)V.D. Savakar
Answer: V.D. Savakar
- Q. To take care of the conquered lands, Muhmmad Ghori left behind his trusted General
A)Iltutmish
B)Nasiruddin
C)Qutub-din-Aibak
D)Malik Kafur
Answer: Qutub-din-Aibak
- Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
A)Long-distance trade
B)Commercial and urban
C)Agriculture
D)All the above
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who was the King of Britain during the First World War ?
A)Anarew VIII
B)Philip I
C)George V
D)Jonn Vll
Answer: George V
- Q. I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year. Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century?
A)I & III
B)I & II
C)II & IV
D)III & IV
Answer: III & IV
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