More Questions on History
- Q. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Canning
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
A)Sahir Ludhianvi
B)Ashafaqullah Khan
C)Mohammad Iqbal
D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. When was the non-cooperation movement started by M.K Gandhi?
A)Chauri-Chaura incident
B)After Rowlatt Act
C)Jalliawala bagh Massacre
D)None of the above
Answer: Jalliawala bagh Massacre
- Q. The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to __________
A)The House of Lords
B)The House of Common
C)The Home Government of the Company
D)The Council of Senior Merchants
Answer: The Home Government of the Company
- Q. Akbar (1556-1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Maurya
B)Nanda
C)Mughal
D)Haryanka
Answer: Mughal
- Q. Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Sri Aurobindo
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. I. Akbar’s Gold Mohur bore the figures of Sita and Ram II. Akbar’s Gold Mohur bore the image of Prophet Mohammad Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to the Akbar reign?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
A)Secretary
B)President
C)Commander-in-Chief
D)Field Marshal
Answer: Commander-in-Chief
- Q. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
A)Disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
B)Competition from British manufacturing industries only
C)Establishment of alien rule only
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Two great socio-religious reformers of the 19th century who provided inspiration to the Indian National Movement were
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendra Nath Tagore
B)Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
C)MG Ranade and DK Karve
D)Keshab Chandra Sen and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati and Vivekananda
- Q. Narayana Guru was the son of__________
A)Krishnan Vaidyan
B)Madan Asan
C)Kummampilli Raman Pillai Asan
D)Kumaran
Answer: Madan Asan
- Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the
A)goldsmith
B)blacksmith
C)carpenter
D)barber
Answer: carpenter
- Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
A)Qutb-din-Aibak
B)Nasir-ud-din
C)Bahram Shah
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Nasir-ud-din
- Q. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?
A)Eknath
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Tukaram
Answer: Eknath
- Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
C)The greatest good of all
D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
- Q. August Offer’ was issued on __________ 1940
A)15 August.
B)08 August.
C)20 August.
D)30 August.
Answer: 08 August.
- Q. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
A)SM Joshi
B)Hiren Mukherjee
C)MN Roy
D)RC Dutt
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. Who among the following was responsible for making “Sikhism’ a militant force?
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Har Govind Singh
C)Guru Govind Singh
D)Guru Arjun Singh
Answer: Guru Har Govind Singh
- Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
A)Plantations and mines
B)Railways
C)Banking and insurance
D)Shipping
Answer: Railways
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