More Questions on History
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
- Q. Which painting is made from Fresco style?
A)Piklikhal
B)Bhimbetka
C)Ajanta
D)Ellora
Answer: Ajanta
- Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
B)Foment class and caste strife
C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
- Q. Dadabhai Naroji has described his theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ in the book
A)British Rule and its Consequences
B)Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
C)Exploitative Nature of British Rule in India
D)Nature of British Colonial Rule
Answer: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
- Q. Who developed system ranks of binary patterns?
A)Aryabhata
B)Baudhayana
C)Mahavira
D)Pingala
Answer: Pingala
- Q. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
A)Subash Chandra Bose
B)Madame Bhikaji Cama
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama
- Q. Where does Dutch founded their first factory in India?
A)Masaulipatam
B)Nagapatam
C)Pulicat
D)Cochin
Answer: Masaulipatam
- Q. What was the capital of Shivaji’s Kingdom?
A)Raigarh
B)Pune
C)Karwar
D)Purandhar
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. The earliest city discovered in India was
A)Punjab
B)Harappa
C)Mohenjo Daro
D)Sindh
Answer: Harappa
- Q. Which Mauryan king holds the title of Amitraghata?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Bimbisar
C)Bindusara
D)Ashoka
Answer: Bindusara
- Q. In which year Japan attacked Manchuria
A)1931
B)1928
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
- Q. Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
A)Nizam of Hyderabad
B)Scindia of Gwalior
C)Dalip Singh of Punjab
D)Gaikwad of Baroda
Answer: Nizam of Hyderabad
- Q. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
A)Ajivika School
B)Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
C)Purva Mimamsa
D)Vedanta
Answer: Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
- Q. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” – this was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
A)C Raja Gopalchari
B)Dr. B R Ambedkar
C)Jawaharlal Neheru
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Jawaharlal Neheru
- Q. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the Vedic marriage system was/were
A)Sapta-Padi
B)Pani-Grahana
C)Marriage Vows
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
A)Curzon
B)Salisbury
C)Wedgwood Benn
D)Montagu
Answer: Wedgwood Benn
- Q. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’ during the __________ Movement
A)Khilafat
B)Non-cooperation
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Quit India
Answer: Quit India
- Q. The Mughals have been made immortal by their achievements in the field
A)Architectural
B)Political
C)Military
D)Social
Answer: Architectural
- Q. Harsha was defeated by
A)King of Valabhi
B)Sasanka
C)Bhaskarvarman
D)Pulakeshin II
Answer: Pulakeshin II
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