More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following provision was not included in the Nehru Report?
A)The Governor General must be only the constitutional head
B)India must be given Dominion status
C)There was to be no separate electorate
D)Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
Answer: Diarchy should be introduced both at the centre as well as provinces
- Q. Who brought the famous Persian painter named Khwaja Abdus Samad to India?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Humayun
C)Akbar
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Which of the following scholars, who was the first to discover the Harappan Civilization?
A)R.D. Banerjee
B)Sir Johan Marshall
C)A. Cunningham
D)Daya Ram Sahani
Answer: A. Cunningham
- Q. The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was
A)Patriarchal
B)Patrilineal
C)Matriarchal
D)Matrilineal
Answer: Patriarchal
- Q. Which is the oldest trade Union organisation in India?
A)Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
B)Indian National Trade Union Cogress (INTUC)
C)All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
D)Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
Answer: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
- Q. Of the following, in which did Napolenic France suffer final defeat?
A)Battle of Wagram
B)Battle of Trafalgar
C)Battle of Pyramids
D)Battle of Austerlitz
Answer: Battle of Trafalgar
- Q. What was the name of the father of Rishabhanatha Tirthankar?
A)Sambhavnath
B)Nabhiraya
C)Sumitnath
D)Vasupujya
Answer: Nabhiraya
- Q. Who is the excavator of Harappa site?
A)Rakhal das Bannerji
B)Daya ram sahni
C)Mackey
D)B.K. Thapar
Answer: Daya ram sahni
- Q. In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to__________ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system
A)Sabarmati
B)Dandi
C)Champaran
D)Chauri Chaura
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Quit India Movement
C)Non-Cooperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: Swadeshi Movement
- Q. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
A)Birth
B)Education
C)Occupation
D)Talent
Answer: Occupation
- Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A)Government of India Act, 1919
B)Government of India Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)None of these
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Both I and III
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Which mughal emperor was a good veena player?
A)Akbar
B)Aurangazeb
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Aurangazeb
- Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
A)A. C. Wadia
B)Srinivas Ramanujam
C)C. V. Raman
D)P. C. Mahalanobis
Answer: A. C. Wadia
- Q. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
A)Ram Mohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Sisir Kumar
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: E
- Q. During which dynasty Paper was invented in China
A)Tang Dynasty
B)Xia Dynasty
C)Yuan Dynasty
D)Han Dynasty
Answer: Han Dynasty
- Q. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
A)1919
B)1857
C)1946
D)1947
Answer: 1946
- Q. Benito Mussolini was a leader of
A)Italy
B)Germany
C)French
D)Portugal
Answer: Italy
- Q. Assertion (A): East India Association in London was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji. Reason (R): He wanted to influence the British public opinion
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
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