More Questions on History
- Q. Purushapura is the other name for
A)Pataliputra
B)Patna
C)Peshawar
D)Punjab
Answer: Peshawar
- Q. Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress President at :
A)Bombay, 1934
B)Haripura, 1938
C)Madras Session, 1927
D)Kanpur Session ,1925
Answer: Kanpur Session ,1925
- Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
A)Baji Rao-I
B)Balaji Baji Rao
C)Madhava Rao
D)Balaji Vishwanath
Answer: Baji Rao-I
- Q. Who called Muazzam as Shahi-i- Bekhabar?
A)Zulfikar khan
B)Kafi Khan
C)Kam Baksh
D)Nur Jahan
Answer: Kafi Khan
- Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
A)The right to move from one manor to another
B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
D)All the above
Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
- Q. The Diwani Adalat was presided over by
A)Governor
B)Collector
C)Resident
D)Nawabs
Answer: Collector
- Q. Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities?
A)Establishment of village industries
B)Abolition of machinery
C)Trusteeship theory
D)None of the above
Answer: Trusteeship theory
- Q. Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
A)Umakant desai
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D)None of these
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?
A)Observe continence
B)Do not speak a lie
C)Do not commit violence
D)Do not steal
Answer: Observe continence
- Q. In which of the following places Vardhaman attained the state of enlightenment?
A)Pavapuri
B)Kundagram
C)Jrimbhik Gram
D)Kashmir
Answer: Jrimbhik Gram
- Q. The main founder (s) of the Swaraj Party was/were
A)Motilal Nehru
B)CR Das
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Only A and B above
Answer: Only A and B above
- 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. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by
A)Montford Reforms
B)The Council Act of 1909
C)August Offer
D)The Government of India Act of 1935
Answer: August Offer
- Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
A)Right Effort
B)Right Speech
C)Right Desire
D)Right Conduct
Answer: Right Desire
- Q. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra?
A)Skandagupta
B)Chandragupta-I
C)Kumaragupta
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by
A)Alauddin Hasan
B)Ahmad Shah-I
C)Mahmud Gavan
D)Firoz shah Bahmani
Answer: Alauddin Hasan
- Q. The United Kingdom is a classic example of a/an
A)Absolute monarchy
B)Aristocracy
C)Constiutional monarchy
D)Polity
Answer: Constiutional monarchy
- Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
A)French
B)Dutch
C)British
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
A)Mirabai
B)Chaitanya
C)Tulsidas
D)Surdas
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
B)It was formed in 1885
C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
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