More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
B)Mrs. Annie Besant
C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
D)Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
- Q. Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?
A)16th
B)15th
C)17th
D)18th
Answer: 17th
- Q. The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in:
A)1935
B)1942
C)1933
D)1928
Answer: 1933
- Q. In which of the following years 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
A)1929
B)1930
C)1942
D)1946
Answer: 1930
- Q. Which Ottoman Sultan defeat Byzantine Empire and capture Constantinople city in 1453
A)Bayezid II
B)Mehmed II
C)Murad II
D)Mehmed IV
Answer: Mehmed II
- Q. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Ghananand
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. From which port of England, Titanic started its journey
A)Southampton
B)Liverpool
C)Manchester
D)Sunderland
Answer: Southampton
- Q. Who spoke “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Rajagopalachari
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. As per ‘August Offer 1940’ the Constitution of India would be drawn by
A)House of Lords
B)House of Commons
C)Princely States
D)Indians
Answer: Indians
- Q. Which of the following leader organised the Swaraj Party?
A)Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
B)Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta
C)C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
D)C. Rajagopalachari and C. Y. Chintamani
Answer: C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
- Q. Chandra Gupta Maurya spent his last days here
A)Pataliputra
B)Kashi
C)Ujjain
D)Shravanabelagola
Answer: Shravanabelagola
- Q. Which is the ultimate goal of education in Jainism?
A)Renunciation
B)Non-violence
C)Moksha
D)Voluntary promotion of human welfare
Answer: Moksha
- Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
A)Peasant uprisings
B)Tribal uprisings
C)Civil uprisings
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by?
A)Gajendra Chola
B)Rajendra Chola I
C)Vikram Chola
D)Rajendra Chola III
Answer: Rajendra Chola I
- Q. Which of the following was the capital of Surasena Mahajanapada?
A)Junagarh
B)Viratnagar
C)Mathura
D)Kashi
Answer: Mathura
- Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
A)Bombay
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Allahabad
Answer: Bombay
- Q. The salient feature of the Rig Vedic religion was worship of
A)Pasupati
B)Nature
C)Trimurti
D)Mother Goddess
Answer: Nature
- Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
A)Dakhma
B)Tripitaka
C)Khanjah
D)Synagogue
Answer: Khanjah
- Q. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
A)1846
B)1836
C)1856
D)1866
Answer: 1846
- Q. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis of
A)Markings on seals
B)Mystical insight by modern seers
C)Radio carbon dating
D)Travellers written accounts
Answer: Radio carbon dating
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