More Questions on History
- Q. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
A)Nana Sahib
B)Bhakt Khan
C)Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
D)Jung Bhadur Rana
Answer: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
- Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
A)Indian Sociologist - Lala Har Dayal
B)Comrade - Mohammed Ali
C)Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Common Weal - Annie Besant
Answer: Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. Which of the following Indus Valley sites is presently in Pakistan?
A)Harappa
B)Kalibangan
C)Alamgirpur
D)Lothal
Answer: Harappa
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had held detailed discussions on the approaching partition of India with
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as__________
A)Vishwanath Datta
B)Narendra Nath Datta
C)Upendranath Datta
D)Vasava Datta
Answer: Narendra Nath Datta
- Q. Which among the following metal was not found in Harappan civilization?
A)Copper
B)Gold
C)Silver
D)Iron
Answer: Iron
- Q. The Market Regulation system was introduced by
A)Iltutmish
B)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. Who said,” One Country One God, One Caste, one Mind brothers all of us Without Difference, without Doubt ?”
A)Syed Hasan Imam
B)V. D. Savarkar
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: V. D. Savarkar
- Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
A)Vidatha
B)Bali
C)Varman
D)Kara
Answer: Bali
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
A)the Nandas were low-born
B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
- Q. The famous Indo-Greek Kin, who embraced Buddhism was __________
A)Menander
B)Strato I
C)Demetrios
D)Alexander
Answer: Menander
- Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
A)In the name of the Crown
B)By the Company
C)By a Board of Directors
D)In the name of Governor-General of India
Answer: In the name of the Crown
- Q. In a message to the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam in 1926 __________ declared, no community can make progress except through organization
A)Dr. Palpu
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Narayana Guru
D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Which of the following objects was not worshipped by the Indus valley people
A)Pashupati Shiva
B)Mother Goddess
C)Trees such as Peepal and Acacia
D)Trimurti
Answer: Trimurti
- Q. The first metal used by man was
A)Copper
B)Aluminium
C)Iron
D)Silver
Answer: Copper
- Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
A)J. S. Mill
B)Herbert Spencer
C)John Locke
D)Tocqueville
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
A)Economic independence
B)Industrialisation
C)Economic growth
D)Moral purity
Answer: Economic independence
- Q. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”?
A)Muin
B)Lowell
C)Marriot
D)Bagehot
Answer: Muin
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
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