More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following is not true about Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
A)He started Ganpati Festval in 1893
B)He wrote 'Gita Rahasya'
C)He launched a newspaper 'Kesari' in English
D)He started home rule league in 1916
Answer: He launched a newspaper 'Kesari' in English
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu’s philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a ‘Hatha yogi’
A)Thycattu Ayyaavu
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Thycattu Ayyaavu
- Q. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
A)Mayo
B)Curzon
C)Ripon
D)Lytton
Answer: Mayo
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Skill
D)Power
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. Hemu, whom Akbar defeated In the Second Battle of Panipat (1556), was
A)Minister of Muhammad Adil Shah
B)Minister of Sikandar Shah Suri
C)Ruler of Rewari
D)Prime Minister of Rana Udai Singh of Mewar
Answer: Minister of Muhammad Adil Shah
- Q. In 1905 __________ laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view to the training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by all constitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people
A)Dadabai Naoroji
B)Gokhale
C)R. C. Dutt
D)Ranade
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. In which Hindi month Sumtinath Tirthankar received diksha?
A)Jyestha
B)Vaisakh
C)Chetra
D)Magha
Answer: Vaisakh
- Q. Who is called as “beacon of light of Asia”
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Gautam Buddha
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Abdul Gaffer khan
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
- Q. Who was the king during the french revolution
A)Louis XV
B)Napoleon
C)Louis XVI
D)Charles IX
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. Which of the following are the paths chosen by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa towards salvation
A)Belief in one single god monotheism
B)Gyana marg
C)Vedas and Upanishads are the only way to salvation
D)Renunciation, meditation and devotion
Answer: Renunciation, meditation and devotion
- Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Humayun
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by
A)Qanungo
B)Kotwal
C)Amin
D)Krori
Answer: Qanungo
- Q. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
A)The second battle of Tarain
B)The first battle of Tarain
C)The first battle of Panipat
D)The second battle of Panipat
Answer: The second battle of Tarain
- Q. Who was the first Roman Emperor
A)Claudius
B)Caligula
C)Augustus
D)Nero
Answer: Augustus
- Q. From where the famous ‘Gayatri Mantra’ has been taken?
A)Atharva Veda
B)Yajur veda
C)Rig Veda
D)Sarna Veda
Answer: Rig Veda
- Q. The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at
A)Kanpur
B)Delhi
C)Lucknow
D)Madras
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
A)MA Jinnah
B)The Ali brothers
C)Syed Ahmed Khan
D)RM Sayani
Answer: The Ali brothers
- Q. The Harappas had commercial relations with __________
A)Jawa
B)China
C)Mesopotamia
D)Burma (Now, Myanmar)
Answer: Mesopotamia
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