More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?
A)Portuguese
B)French
C)Dutch
D)Danish
Answer: Danish
- Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
A)The Guru of the Sufis
B)The Supreme God
C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
- Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
A)Ramananda
B)Tukaram
C)Dadu
D)Raghunandan
Answer: Dadu
- Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Kabir
Answer: Namadev
- Q. Marco Polo was a traveller from __________
A)England
B)Portugal
C)Italy
D)Spain
Answer: Italy
- Q. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
A)The Ilbert Bill
B)The Government of India Act, 1858
C)Indian Councils Act of 1892
D)Queen Victoria's Proclamation
Answer: Queen Victoria's Proclamation
- Q. Which of all Harappan sites, has the most impressive drainage system?
A)Banawali
B)Harappa
C)Dhaulavira
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
A)Kashmir
B)Vaishali
C)Rajagriha
D)Pataliputra
Answer: Rajagriha
- Q. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on
A)February 20, 1947
B)February 20, 1942
C)March 20, 1947
D)March 20, 1942
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Which of the following could be associated with Buddhism? I. Rejection of the authority of Vedas II. Denial of God III. Belief in the categories of jiva and ajiva IV. The concept of nirvana V. Theory of prakriti and purusha
A)II,III,IV and I
B)I,II and III
C)I,II and IV
D)I,III,IV and V
Answer: I,II and IV
- Q. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action was urgently needed?
A)M. A. Jinnah
B)Lord Curzon
C)Annie Beasnt
D)A. O. Hume
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Which U.S President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression?
A)Benjamin Franklin
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)Roosevelt
D)J.F. Kennedy
Answer: Roosevelt
- Q. When Chittor was captured by Akbar (1558), the Rana of Mewar was
A)Rana Pratap
B)Rana Udai Singh
C)Rana Kumbha
D)Rana Amar Singh
Answer: Rana Udai Singh
- Q. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)Lord Wellesley
D)Lord Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
A)Purushottam Das Tandon
B)Shri Bharat Kumar
C)Sir William Wedderburn
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909
B)Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
C)Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
D)Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Answer: Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
- Q. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherhee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
A)Hindu
B)Amrit Bazar Patrika
C)Sudharak
D)Yugantar
Answer: Amrit Bazar Patrika
- 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. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
A)1925
B)1924
C)1926
D)1927
Answer: 1927
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