More Questions on History
- Q. The Treaty of Versailles humiliated
A)Germany
B)Austria
C)England
D)France
Answer: Germany
- Q. The Secretary of State for India was given powers by
A)The Act of 1919
B)The Act of 1909
C)The Act of 1858
D)The Act of 1861
Answer: The Act of 1858
- Q. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
A)The Constitution of USSR
B)The Constitution of China
C)The Constitution of USA
D)The Constitution of Japan
Answer: The Constitution of USA
- Q. Who was the President of America during American Civil War
A)Andrew Jackson
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)George Washington
D)James Madison
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. Who did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?
A)B. G. Tilak
B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?
A)The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations
B)The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it
C)The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
D)Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference
Answer: The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
- Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)MK Gandhi
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
A)Kaliamma
B)Kaliamma
C)Rohini
D)Meenkshi Amma
Answer: Kaliamma
- 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 Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
- Q. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
A)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
B)Mauryan King Ashoka
C)Gautam Buddha
D)Bhagwan Mahavira
Answer: Mauryan King Ashoka
- Q. The Russo-Turkish war was started in the year
A)1768
B)1762
C)1773
D)1782
Answer: 1768
- Q. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
A)1912
B)1911
C)1920
D)1925
Answer: 1911
- Q. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
A)The village community
B)The cultivator
C)The king
D)The joint family
Answer: The king
- Q. Aravippuram movement which is considered as a precursor to all south Indian socio religious reform movement started in which of the following places?
A)Kerala
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Andra Pradesh
D)Karnataka
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Constantinople, the capital of Roman Empire was captured by Turks in the year
A)1415
B)1385
C)1453
D)1469
Answer: 1453
- Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Kanishka
C)Gautamiputra Satakarni
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
A)not to steal
B)not to kill (non-injury)
C)non-attachment to worldly things
D)celibacy
Answer: celibacy
- 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. 1917 is known for
A)Battle of Waterloo
B)Battle of Trafalgar
C)End of the World War-I
D)The Russian Revolution
Answer: The Russian Revolution
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