More Questions on History
- Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
A)Sevagram
B)Wardha
C)Sabarmati
D)Dandi
Answer: Sabarmati
- Q. Arrange in chronological order: 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 4. Minto-Morley Reforms
A)1, 2, 3, 4
B)3, 2, 4, 1
C)4, 3, 2, 1
D)2, 3, 4, 1
Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
- Q. Swami Vivekananda was graduated from __________University
A)Hyderabad
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Karachi
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Who gave the title or “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Dada Bhai Naoroji
C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Q. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
A)Lord Auckland
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Canning
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying
A)Domestic subjects
B)Mughal court
C)Scenes from the Indian classics
D)The scenes of their motherland
Answer: Mughal court
- Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana dynasty?
A)Deimachus
B)Gautamiputra Satakarni
C)Nahapana
D)Simuka
Answer: Simuka
- Q. I. Eradication of all possible race, creed or provincial prejudices among all lovers of India. II. Promotion of personal intimacy among all the earnest workers in the cause of India. III. Formulation of popular demands. IV. Organisation of a violent struggle for the political emancipation of India. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct related to the aims of the Indian National Congress in the early phases?
A)I, II & III
B)I, II & III
C)III & IV
D)II & III
Answer: I, II & III
- Q. Michelangelo was a __________
A)Sculptor
B)Painter
C)Astronomer
D)Poet
Answer: Sculptor
- Q. A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of
A)1919
B)1909
C)1935
D)1861
Answer: 1935
- Q. The Treaty of Surat was in the year __________
A)1575
B)1475
C)1675
D)1775
Answer: 1775
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year
A)1674
B)1664
C)1670
D)1660
Answer: 1674
- Q. With reference to the invaders in ancient India which one of the following is the correct chronological order?
A)Greeks-Kushanas-Sakas
B)Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
C)Sakas-Greeks-Kushanas
D)Sakas-Kushanas-Greeks
Answer: Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
- 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. Which one of the following is not a sect of Buddhism?
A)Hinayana
B)Mahayana
C)Digambar
D)Theravad
Answer: Digambar
- Q. Buddha has been described as ‘an ocean of wisdom and compassion’ In
A)Amarakosa
B)The Light of Asia
C)Buddhacharita
D)Jatak Tales
Answer: Amarakosa
- Q. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
A)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D)Acharya J. B. Kriplani
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Q. The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was
A)Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
B)Badruddin Tyabji
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)N.G. Chandavarkar
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
A)Akbar
B)Sher Shah
C)Humayun
D)Bhadur Shah
Answer: Humayun
- Q. August Offer’ was issued by __________
A)Parliament
B)Crown
C)Viceroy
D)Secretary of State
Answer: Viceroy
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