More Questions on History
- Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta
C)Kanishka
D)Harshavardhan
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
A)Charles Darwin
B)Auguste Comte
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Herbert Spencer
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Who switched on the world’s first large-scale electrical supply network?
A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Albert Einstein
C)Benjamin Franklin
D)Thomas Edison
Answer: Thomas Edison
- Q. What was the name of the mother of Rishabhnath?
A)Sharemestha
B)Tara
C)Marudevi
D)Anuradha
Answer: Marudevi
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. A Royal Commission on the Public Service was appointed in the year
A)1915
B)1912
C)1910
D)1918
Answer: 1912
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Tulsidas
C)Sankara
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Hernan Cortez was a Conquistador from
A)Holland
B)England
C)Portugal
D)Spain
Answer: Spain
- Q. In the year 1582, Akbar took the momentous step of
A)Removing Jaziya
B)Banning Sati
C)Forming an army of jackals
D)Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
Answer: Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
- Q. When did Battle of Marathon take place?
A)480 BC
B)490 BC
C)479 BC
D)475 BC
Answer: 490 BC
- Q. Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the recommendation of
A)Cripps Mission
B)Wavel Plan
C)August Offer
D)Cabinet Mission
Answer: Cabinet Mission
- Q. Identify the body among the following that was not founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
A)People's Education Society
B)Samaj Samato Sangh
C)Deccan Education Society
D)Depressed Classes Institute
Answer: Deccan Education Society
- Q. Which one is the correct chronological order of the following events? I. Quit India Movement II. Shimla Conference III. Poona Pact IV. Cabinet Mission
A)III, IV,II, I
B)II, IV, I, III
C)III, I, II, IV
D)IV, II, III, I
Answer: III, I, II, IV
- Q. India is in favour of __________ in the economic field
A)Private Sector
B)Public Sector
C)Mixed Economy
D)Capitalistic Economy
Answer: Mixed Economy
- Q. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
A)Regulating Act
B)White Paper
C)Ordinance
D)Resolution
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. After his coronation Shivaji assumed the title of
A)Peshwa
B)Maharaja
C)Chhatrapati
D)Samrat
Answer: Chhatrapati
- Q. The script of the Indus Valley Civilization was
A)Persian
B)Dravidian
C)Sanskrit
D)Undecipherable
Answer: Undecipherable
- Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
A)The Muslim League
B)The National Congress
C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
D)The People living in those boundary areas
Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
- Q. Humayun Nama was written by
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Gulbadan Begum
Answer: Gulbadan Begum
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