More Questions on History
- Q. Under which British Act was the provision to establish a Federation of India concession of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made?
A)Government of India Act 1925
B)Government of India Act 1918
C)Government of India Act 1930
D)Government of India Act 1935
Answer: Government of India Act 1935
- Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
B)enforcing monogamy
C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
D)civil marriages
Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
- Q. Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?
A)The Government of India Act 1919.
B)The Government of India Act 1935.
C)Indian Independence act 1947
D)The Registration act, 1908
Answer: The Government of India Act 1935.
- Q. Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Damodar Chapekar
D)V.D. Savarkar
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
- Q. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
A)Twelve Upangas
B)Fourteen Purvas
C)Twelve Angas
D)Fourteen Uparvas
Answer: Twelve Angas
- Q. Prince Salim was the name of the future Emperor__________
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Where can the finest examples of medieval architecture be seen?
A)Castles
B)Cathedrals
C)Homes of townspeople
D)Universities
Answer: Cathedrals
- Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
A)Sevagram
B)Wardha
C)Sabarmati
D)Dandi
Answer: Sabarmati
- Q. The Monk whom Chandragupta Maurya accompanied to South India was __________
A)Vasumitra
B)Asvaghosa
C)Upagupta
D)Bhadrabahu
Answer: Bhadrabahu
- Q. Ranthambhor was
A)A Rajput fort
B)A Mughal palace
C)Capital of the khaljis
D)A Buddist pilgrimage centre
Answer: A Rajput fort
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. China invaded Indian frontiers in the year __________
A)1960
B)1956
C)1962
D)1965
Answer: 1962
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘A Gift to monotheists’?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)David Hare
C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
D)Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga has been described in the minor rock edict number.
A)IV
B)I
C)VIII
D)XIII
Answer: XIII
- Q. As per the Act of 1853 the Governor-General’s Council was enlarged for the purpose of
A)Legislation
B)Defence
C)Finance
D)Security
Answer: Legislation
- Q. The prominent leaders of Indian Association which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 were :
A)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das
B)Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
C)Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand Mukherjee
D)Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
- Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
A)1261
B)1204
C)1291
D)1225
Answer: 1261
- Q. Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim and Calcutta Council?
A)Midnapur
B)Burdwan
C)Chittagong
D)Monghyr
Answer: Monghyr
- Q. In 1913 . . . . . founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva.
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Narayana Guru
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)K.Madhavan
Answer: Narayana Guru
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