More Questions on History
- Q. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
A)Calcutta
B)Dacca
C)Delhi
D)Meerut and Karachi
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
A)Leonardo da Vinci
B)Michelangelo
C)Raphael
D)Donatello
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?
A)Train national missionaries for the service of country
B)Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed
C)Both the above statement
D)Reorganization of Indian society on rational principles
Answer: Both the above statement
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
B)It was formed in 1885
C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
- Q. Who founded the philosophy of Stoicism in Athens?
A)Cleanthes
B)Chrysippus
C)Epictetus
D)Zeno of Citium
Answer: Zeno of Citium
- Q. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the Vedic marriage system was/were
A)Sapta-Padi
B)Pani-Grahana
C)Marriage Vows
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in __________
A)1876
B)1863
C)1893
D)1897
Answer: 1893
- Q. Who is consider as the first Pope of christianity
A)St Linus
B)St Peter
C)St Evaristus
D)St Alexander I
Answer: St Peter
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. The first economic thinker of India who showed through his writings that the basic cause of India’s poverty lay in the British exploitation and drain of wealth was
A)Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
B)Badruddin Tyabji
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)N.G. Chandavarkar
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674-1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Maratha
Answer: Maratha
- Q. Moti Masjid in the Red Fort, Delhi was constructed by
A)Shahjahan
B)Sher Shah
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bhahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
A)Jinnah
B)Gandhi
C)Mohammed Iqbal
D)Patel
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
A)Pallavas
B)Chalukyas
C)Kakatiyas
D)Satavahans
Answer: Chalukyas
- Q. Which of the following is/are the compositions of Kabir?
A)Kabir Granthawali& Anurag Sagar
B)Bijak & Sakhi Granth
C)Only B
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. In which of the following tribal rebellions did two tribal brothers, Kanhu and Sidhu, proclaim the end of the Company’s rule in their region, and to supress their rebellion the government had to use military force?
A)Naika Tribal Uprising in Gujarat (1868)
B)Khasi Rebellion in Assam (1855)
C)Munda Rebellion in Ranchi (1899)
D)Santhal Rebellion in Bihar (1855-56)
Answer: Santhal Rebellion in Bihar (1855-56)
- Q. Independence movement of Vietnam was headed by
A)Zhou Enlai
B)Ngo Dinh Diem
C)Pol Pot
D)Ho Chi Minh
Answer: Ho Chi Minh
- Q. In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
A)Bihar
B)Punjab
C)Maharashtra
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
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