More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the founder of the Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India?
A)Baden Powell
B)Richard Temple
C)Charles Andrew
D)Robert Montgomery
Answer: Baden Powell
- Q. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on
A)February 20, 1947
B)February 20, 1942
C)March 20, 1947
D)March 20, 1942
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
A)Kalinga
B)Cholamandalam
C)Kannauj
D)Purushpur
Answer: Kalinga
- Q. Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
A)1917
B)1916
C)1918
D)1920
Answer: 1917
- Q. Alberuni came to India with
A)Alexander
B)Mahmud of Ghazni
C)Babur
D)Tamur
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
- Q. When was the Communist Party of China founded?
A)1920
B)1918
C)1919
D)1923
Answer: 1919
- Q. The first invasion of India by Sultan Mahmud Ghazni was in
A)1001 AD
B)1004 AD
C)1000 AD
D)999 AD
Answer: 1000 AD
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. During Quit India Movement,’Parallel Government’ was constituted at
A)Allahabad
B)Varanasi
C)Lucknow
D)Ballia
Answer: Ballia
- Q. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
A)Shiva
B)Ganesh
C)Durga
D)Vishnu
Answer: Shiva
- Q. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
A)Indians living in Tokyo
B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
C)Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
Answer: different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
- Q. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Jatin Das
D)Sukh Dev
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the Home Rule League?
A)G. K. Gokhale
B)B. G. Tilak
C)M. G. Ranade
D)M. K. Gandhi
Answer: B. G. Tilak
- Q. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following saints?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Nanak
C)Nimbarkacharya
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Akbar defeated Durgawati and captured
A)Jhansi
B)Bijapur
C)Gondwana
D)Surat
Answer: Gondwana
- Q. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
A)Amoghvarsha-I
B)Dantidurga
C)Krishna-I
D)Vatsraja
Answer: Krishna-I
- Q. Who were associated with Indian league established in 1875 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) ?
A)Kali Mohan Das and Arvindo Ghosh
B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Arvindo Ghosh
C)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
D)None of these
Answer: Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Sambhu Charan Mukherjee
- Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
A)T N Das
B)Robert Knight
C)Ashok Mehta
D)K M Pannikar
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Bihari Bose
C)Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D)Madanlal Dhingra
Answer: Madanlal Dhingra
- Q. Assertion (A): The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music was written in Aurangzeb’s reign. Reason (R): Aurangzeb was a great patron of Classical Indian Music.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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
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