More Questions on History
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? I. Kunwar Singh II. Nana Saheb III. Begum of Awadh IV. Bakht Khan
A)I and IV
B)I and II
C)II and IV
D)II and III
Answer: II and III
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by
A)Begum Hazrat Mahal
B)Wajid Ali Shah
C)Asaf-ud-daula
D)Begum Zeenat Mahal
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership. II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country. III. There was no central organisation to guide them. IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English. Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
A)I, II & III
B)I, III & IV
C)III & IV
D)II, III & IV
Answer: I, III & IV
- Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A)Dufferin
B)Northbrook
C)Elgin-II
D)Ripon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
A)Awadh
B)Delhi
C)Bombay
D)The Chambal Region
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War?
A)Chandragupta
B)Samudragupta
C)Shivaji
D)Ashoka
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Bengal British India Society founded in Calcutta on 20 April 1843, was the __________ political public association to be formed in British India, the first being the zamindari association (1837)
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- Q. __________first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs
A)Patliputra
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Taxila
Answer: Delhi
- Q. The liberal religion preached by the saints of Maharashtra and rigidly followed by Shivaji is known as
A)Maharashtra Dharma
B)Desh Dharma
C)Rashtra Dharma
D)Hindu Dharma
Answer: Maharashtra Dharma
- Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
- Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
D)Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. Chauth’ was
A)Toll tax imposed by Shivaji
B)A religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
C)Irrigation tax charged by Akbar
D)Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
Answer: Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
- Q. Jahangir was the son of
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
A)Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
B)Allaudin Khalji
C)Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
D)Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer: Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
- Q. Which of the following is/are correct statement(s) related to the Buddhist Philosophy?
A)Buddhism is a non-theistic system of beliefs based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince later known as the Buddha, in the 5th Century B.C.
B)Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics and epistemology.
C)Both A & B
D)Netheir A nor B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. The main brain behind hurling a bomb at Lord Hardinge, while he was making his state entry into Delhi was
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Ras Behari Bose
C)Sachindra Sanyal
D)Jatin Das
Answer: Ras Behari Bose
- Q. When did China start the Civil Services Examination?
A)1905
B)605
C)1920
D)1949
Answer: 605
- Q. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
A)Germany
B)China
C)Italy
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
A)C. Raja Gopalachari
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
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