More Questions on History
- Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
A)After the Battle of Panipat
B)After the Battle of Plassey
C)After the war of Mysore
D)After Sepoy Mutiny
Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
- Q. The famous ‘Ratings Mutiny’ (Revolt of a section of Indian soldiers serving in the Royal Indian Navy) in Bombay in February 1946 was calmed down largely by the efforts of
A)C Rajagopalachari
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
- Q. Which of the following leaders died as a result of injuries sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon Commission?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Goplakrishna Gokhale
D)LaIa Lajpat Rai
Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
- Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)JB Kripalani
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
- Q. After the ruin of India’s trade, industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
A)Peasantry
B)Zamindars
C)Income-tax payers
D)All the above
Answer: Peasantry
- 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. The Cabinet mission arrived in Delhi on:
A)May 24, 1946
B)August 24, 1946
C)March 24, 1946
D)April 24, 1946
Answer: March 24, 1946
- Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Elgin
C)Sadler
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Macaulay
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
- Q. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Nabi Khan
D)Birbal
Answer: Abul Fazl
- Q. Who among the following from the first cabinet of indepenent India was responsible of mass religious conversion?
A)Dr. John Mathai
B)Dr. S. P. Mukherjee
C)Sardar Baldeve Singh
D)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. The Constitution drawn by the Constituent Assembly (provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan) would be implemented by
A)The British Government
B)Parliament
C)Viceroy
D)Indian National Congress
Answer: The British Government
- Q. Alexander the Great was the king of which kingdom
A)Macedonia
B)Rome
C)Epirus
D)Cyprus
Answer: Macedonia
- Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?
A)Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
B)Large estate owners
C)Revenue collectors
D)Autonomous rulers under Akbar
Answer: Large estate owners
- Q. Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)A. O. Hume
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar’s wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
A)Malwa and Gujarat
B)Jaisalmer and Khandesh
C)Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
D)Ranathambhor and Khandesh
Answer: Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
- Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Harsha
C)Akbar
D)Krishnadeva Raya
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which of the following statement is related with the provision of the Charter Act of 1833?
A)Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
B)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China
C)Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China
D)Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years
Answer: Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China
- Q. The Greek viewed ‘politics’ as the basis of
A)Ethical terms
B)Both ethical and legalistic terms
C)Terms of power
D)Legalistic terms
Answer: Ethical terms
- Q. Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
A)Birendra Nath Chatterjee
B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
C)Pini Chandra Pal
D)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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