More Questions on History
- Q. The language from which the term ‘India’ is derived is
A)Greek
B)English
C)Persian
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Of the following who did not revolt against Aurangzeb?
A)Satnamis
B)Jats
C)Prince Akbar
D)Shayista Khan
Answer: Shayista Khan
- Q. Who was the successor of Charlemagne?
A)Lothair I
B)Charles the Bald
C)Louis the German
D)Louis the Pious
Answer: Louis the Pious
- Q. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”?
A)Muin
B)Lowell
C)Marriot
D)Bagehot
Answer: Muin
- Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
A)1776
B)1775
C)1783
D)1791
Answer: 1791
- Q. The famous vedic saying “war begins in the minds of men” is contained in the
A)Mahabharata
B)Mundakopanishad
C)Rig Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. In which country the revolution of 1848 first begins that lead to a series of revolutions
A)Germany
B)Italy
C)French
D)Austria
Answer: Italy
- Q. The Mohamedan Association was founded in __________in 1856
A)Adayar
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. When did the Battle of Kosovo take place?
A)1366
B)1261
C)1389
D)1396
Answer: 1389
- Q. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of Passive Resistance ?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)B. G Tilak
C)Lajpat Rai
D)G. K. Gokhale
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. In 1893 __________represented The Theosophical Society at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago
A)George Thompson
B)Annie Besant
C)GF Remfry
D)Ramgopal Ghosh
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
A)Indian mill owners and non government officials
B)British mill owners and government officials
C)British non-government officials
D)Indian government officials
Answer: Indian mill owners and non government officials
- Q. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Who said, “this (the revolt 1857) was an eruption of social volcano, where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars if rebellion remained deep and shining?”
A)Ashok Mehta
B)J K Hikki
C)K M Pannikar
D)None of the above
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. The fourth __________War was of short duration and decisive and ended with Tipu’s death on May 4, 1799
A)French- Mysore War
B)Anglo-Mysore
C)Maratha -Mysore war
D)Nyzam-Mysore War
Answer: Anglo-Mysore
- Q. British Crown assumed sovereignty over Indian from the East Indian Company in the year
A)1858
B)1857
C)1859
D)1860
Answer: 1858
- Q. In which year the Act of Union passed which joined England and Scotland into a single United Kingdom
A)1707
B)1702
C)1715
D)1756
Answer: 1707
- 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. In 1937, the Congress formed Ministries in
A)9 states
B)7 states
C)5 states
D)4 states
Answer: 5 states
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