More Questions on History
- Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
A)Pali
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Both A & B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
A)Plantations and mines
B)Railways
C)Banking and insurance
D)Shipping
Answer: Railways
- Q. The Alipore conspiracy case was launched against the revolutionary activities of
A)Abhinava Bharat
B)Anusilan Samiti
C)Abhinava Bharat Society
D)Ghadar Party of India
Answer: Anusilan Samiti
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services (during the First World War)
A)during the Non-Cooperation Movement
B)in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
C)in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
D)during the Champaran Satyagraha
Answer: in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
- Q. Of the following who transferred the capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?
A)Mir Jaffar
B)Mir Kasim
C)Siraj-ud-Daulah
D)Mir Mudan
Answer: Mir Kasim
- Q. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
D)Birbal
Answer: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
- Q. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?
A)On 26th January 1931
B)On 26th January 1929
C)On 26th January 1935
D)On 26th January 1930
Answer: On 26th January 1930
- Q. The Theosophical Society was officially formed in . . . . ., United States, in November 1875 by Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others
A)Calcutta
B)Madras
C)Bombay
D)New York City
Answer: New York City
- Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
A)Thailand and Cambodia
B)Burma and Tibet
C)Korea and Japan
D)Indonesia and Vietnam
Answer: Korea and Japan
- Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
A)Madras
B)Calcutta
C)Belgaum
D)Lahore
Answer: Belgaum
- Q. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
A)The New India
B)The Native Opinion
C)Al-Balagh
D)The Comrade
Answer: The Comrade
- Q. Who, among the following, has been known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
A)Khan Saheb
B)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
C)Chaudhary Shaukatullah
D)Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Q. Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911 during the Viceroyalty of
A)Lord Minto
B)Lord Hardinge
C)Lord Chelmsford
D)Lord Reading
Answer: Lord Hardinge
- Q. Who was the founder of the, Ghadar Party?
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Basant Kumar Biswas
C)Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- Q. All India State’s Peoples Conference formed in 1927 launched popular movements in
A)British Provinces
B)Princely States
C)Hill Regions
D)Tribal Areas
Answer: Princely States
- Q. __________first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs
A)Patliputra
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Taxila
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct?
A)Harsha erected thousands of stupas
B)Harsha stopped the use of animal food throughout his empire
C)Harsha regularly held the quinquennial convocation
D)Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism
Answer: Harsha sent missionaries to the west to propagate Buddhism
- Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
A)Mount Tambora
B)Mount Pelee
C)Mount Etna
D)Mount Vesuvius
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
- Q. Who among the following renowned Scholar wrote the biography of King Harsha and Kadambari?
A)Bhartrihari
B)Bharavi
C)Bana
D)Magha
Answer: Bana
- Q. The Objective of Non-alignment of India’s foreign policy means
A)To judge every international issue on its own merit
B)To stand in isolation from world affairs
C)To interfere in the internal matters of a country
D)Not to help any country
Answer: To judge every international issue on its own merit
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