More Questions on History
- Q. To campaign for Home Rule, Mrs Annie Besant published the newspaper (s)
A)Young India and Home Rule News
B)New India and Commonweal
C)Mahratta and Kesari
D)Home Rule Courier
Answer: New India and Commonweal
- Q. The first Defence Minister of India was
A)Gopalaswami Aiyangar
B)K. M. Cariappa
C)Baldev Singh
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Baldev Singh
- Q. What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
A)Ryotwari settlement
B)Centralised autocracy
C)Mansabdari system
D)Local responsibilities for crime detection
Answer: Mansabdari system
- Q. In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because
A)of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders
B)he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt
C)both A and B above
D)of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders
Answer: both A and B above
- Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Sukhdev
C)Surya Sen
D)Rajguru
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. Assertion (A): On 25th April, 1809, the Treaty of Amritsar was signed between Ranjit Singh and East India Company. Reason (R): Ranjit Singh wanted to increase the realm of his empire with the help of the company
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. The immediate cause of split in the INC at its Surat Session was
A)expulsion of Tilak from the INC
B)election of the President of the INC
C)demand of Swaraj as the goal of the INC
D)resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
Answer: election of the President of the INC
- Q. Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak?
A)Kalidasa
B)Sant Kabir
C)Harisena
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Sant Kabir
- Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence. I. Champaran Satyagraha II. Partition of Bengal III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
A)II, III, I
B)I, II, III
C)II, I, III
D)I, III, II
Answer: II, I, III
- Q. Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?
A)Government of India Act, 1858
B)Charter Act of 1813
C)Charter Act of 1853
D)Charter Act of 1833
Answer: Charter Act of 1853
- 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
- Q. When did Saladin captured Jerusalem?
A)1187
B)1118
C)1193
D)1203
Answer: 1187
- Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
A)Linlithgow
B)Willingdon
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Linlithgow
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. “The Three Emperors League” 1873 was also known as
A)Triple Alliance
B)Dreikaiserbund Treaty
C)Reinsurance Treaty
D)The Dual Alliance
Answer: Dreikaiserbund Treaty
- Q. Which of the following ruler was responsible for the rise of Magadha?
A)Ajatshatru
B)Bindusara
C)Bimbisara
D)Vasudeva
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
A)1776
B)1775
C)1783
D)1791
Answer: 1791
- Q. The Portuguese built their first fort on India soil in the territory of the Raja of
A)Cochin
B)Calicut
C)Daman
D)Bijapur
Answer: Cochin
- Q. Who was the Governor-General when Pindaris had created havoc in Central India by indulging in large-scale looting?
A)Lord Hastings
B)Lord William Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. In which session of India National Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time?
A)Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
B)Calcutta Session, 1920
C)Lahore Congress, 1929
D)Haripura congress conference, 1938
Answer: Lahore Congress, 1929
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