More Questions on History
- Q. Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of
A)Waterloo
B)Russia
C)Peninsular
D)Rivoli
Answer: Waterloo
- Q. The Young Bengal group published the __________(Quest for Knowledge) for propagating their views
A)Parthenon
B)Jnananvesan
C)Hesperus
D)Enquirer
Answer: Jnananvesan
- Q. The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________
A)1584
B)1484
C)1684
D)1784
Answer: 1784
- Q. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce
A)Bronze implements
B)Seals
C)Cotton
D)Barely
Answer: Cotton
- Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
A)Jinnah
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Rahmat Ali
Answer: Rahmat Ali
- Q. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
A)Minto-Morley Reforms
B)Rowlatta Act
C)Simon Commission
D)Pitts India Act
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on
A)limited use of Violence
B)compromise with the British
C)constructive programme
D)None of the above
Answer: constructive programme
- Q. Because of his virtuous deeds Ajitnath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Tara
B)Vijaya
C)Sharmestha
D)Geeta
Answer: Vijaya
- Q. Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya – “India for Indians”?
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Sri Aurobindo
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. During Kanishka’s reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to
A)Ayodhya
B)Delhi
C)Kannauj
D)Purushapura (Peshawar)
Answer: Purushapura (Peshawar)
- Q. Viewing the pathetic condition of widows and unfortunate children Jyotirao decided the open an orphanage called __________
A)Arya Samaj
B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
C)Brahma Samaj
D)Ramakrishna Mission
Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
- Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
A)In the name of the Crown
B)By the Company
C)By a Board of Directors
D)In the name of Governor-General of India
Answer: In the name of the Crown
- Q. Name three important forms of Satyagraha
A)Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion
B)Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
C)Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum
D)Revolution, plebiscite and boycott
Answer: Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott
- Q. Who amongst the following was not associated with the Unification of Italy?
A)Garibaldi
B)Cavour
C)Mussolini
D)Mazzini
Answer: Mussolini
- Q. The first plans for an Indian railway system was made by
A)Amherst
B)Minto
C)Hardinge
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Hardinge
- 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. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
A)A Gupta Emperor
B)A Mughal Emperor
C)A Mauryan Emperor
D)A Sunga Emperor
Answer: A Mughal Emperor
- Q. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society?
A)Madame Blavatsky
B)Col. Occolt
C)Annie Besant
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- 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
- Q. The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
A)Kanishka
B)Samudragupta
C)Chandragupta II
D)Ashoka
Answer: Chandragupta II
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