More Questions on History
- Q. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for
A)Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc
B)An extra tax levied on all subjects
C)It was a voluntary offering by people to the king
D)King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production
Answer: An extra tax levied on all subjects
- Q. Anthology of the Bomb’ was written by
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
A)Babur
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?
A)Second Delhi Durbar
B)Establishment of the department of Archaeology
C)Formation of Indian National Congress
D)Partition of Bengal
Answer: Formation of Indian National Congress
- Q. Who had strongly advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)C Rajagopalachari
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: C Rajagopalachari
- Q. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
A)1942
B)1935
C)1921
D)1922
Answer: 1921
- Q. Zabti System of revenue was prevalent during the reign of
A)Babar
B)Akbar
C)Humayun
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The dead body of Babur by his own choice lies buried in
A)Farghana
B)Agra
C)Samarqand
D)Kabul
Answer: Kabul
- Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
A)Gangetic Doab
B)Central India
C)Saptasindhu
D)Kashmir and Punjab
Answer: Saptasindhu
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from
A)The Constitution of Australia
B)The Constitution of the USA
C)From the Government of India Act of 1919
D)From Pitt's India Act
Answer: From the Government of India Act of 1919
- Q. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander the Great?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Bimbisara
C)Ashoka
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
A)Richard III
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VII
D)None of the above
Answer: Henry VII
- Q. Tilak started his career as a
A)Professor
B)Writer
C)Journalist
D)Lawyer
Answer: Professor
- Q. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco USA by
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Madam Bhikaji Cama
C)Shyamji Krishana Verma
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Lala Hardayal
- Q. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
A)August 1943
B)August 1940
C)September 1946
D)September 1942
Answer: September 1946
- Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. With whom is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Subhas Chandra Bose
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in December 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Karachi
C)Calcutta
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Q. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. During the reign of Aurangzeb, Rajaram was a
A)Mughal Leader
B)Jat Leader
C)Maratha Leader
D)Sikh Leader
Answer: Maratha Leader
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