More Questions on History
- Q. Which great war was fought between the years 1914 and 1918?
A)The First World War
B)The Battle of Tarain
C)The Battle of Plassey
D)The Second World War
Answer: The First World War
- Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
A)Gwalior
B)Baghat
C)Sambalpur
D)Satara
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The Swadeshi Movement was launched
A)With a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
B)As a protest against division of Bengal
C)As a protest against the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
D)Due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
Answer: As a protest against division of Bengal
- Q. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National congress?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
D)Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: Badruddin Tyabji
- Q. The Singh Sabha intended to restore Sikhism to its past purity by publishing historical religious books, magazines and journals, to propagate knowledge using Punjabi, to return Sikh apostates to their original faith, and to involve highly placed __________in the educational programme of the Sikhs
A)Frenchmen
B)Portuguese
C)Dutch
D)Englishmen
Answer: Englishmen
- Q. Jahangir (1605-1627 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Mughal
Answer: Mughal
- Q. The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Brahma Datt
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)None of these
Answer: Brahma Datt
- Q. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the Conference held at __________
A)Shimla
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Shimla
- Q. A 19th century social reformer who is regarded as the bridge between the past and the future is
A)Devendra Nath Tagore
B)Keshab Chandra Sen
C)Ishwar chandra
D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. In Akbar’s regime,__________ was the military head
A)Suri Moja
B)Sultan Ahmed Fawad
C)Mir Khaas
D)Mir Bakshi
Answer: Mir Bakshi
- Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
A)Khilafat Agitation
B)Bardoli Satyagraha
C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)Chauri Chaura incident
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The momentous decision to transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, to annul the partition of Bengal and to abolish Indian indentured labour were taken during the Viceroyalty of Lord
A)Minto
B)Hardinge
C)Chelmsford
D)Reading
Answer: Hardinge
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself at
A)Konkan
B)Poona
C)Bijapur
D)Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
A)Babur
B)James I
C)Shajahan
D)Humayun
Answer: James I
- Q. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in
A)Industry
B)Infra structure
C)Agriculture
D)Services
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Which were the two countries that fought during the Falklands War
A)Germany and Austria
B)Britain and France
C)Argentina and Britain
D)Austria and Russia
Answer: Argentina and Britain
- Q. United Nations was formed in the year
A)1945
B)1944
C)1947
D)1948
Answer: 1945
- Q. Who was advocated of the famous INA Trials?
A)Asaf Ali
B)Bhulabhai Desai
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: Bhulabhai Desai
- Q. Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousness in Colonial India’ is
A)K. N. Panikkar
B)K. N. Ganesh
C)R. C. Majumdar
D)Herman Kulke
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
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