More Questions on History
- Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
B)To oust the British from India
C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
- Q. Kalibangan is situated in
A)Sindh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Rajasthan
D)Gujarat
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Which of the following was not contained in the Cripps Offer?
A)Constituent Assembly
B)Dominion Status to India
C)Control of Defence of India by the Indian National Government
D)Right to take part in highest Counsels
Answer: Control of Defence of India by the Indian National Government
- Q. Which of the following is/are poetry and drama?
A)Raghuvamsa
B)Kumarasambhava
C)Abhijnanashakuntalam
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. Who founded Anushulin Samiti in 1907 in Dhaka?
A)Kali Mohan Das
B)Shambhuchand Mukherjee
C)Barindra Ghosh and Bhupendra Nath Dutt
D)Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: E
- Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Kanishka
C)Gautamiputra Satakarni
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. In which year America got independence
A)1776
B)1760
C)1780
D)1782
Answer: 1776
- Q. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to__________ to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers
A)Bombay
B)Madras
C)Surat
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Ahmedabad
- Q. With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:
A)The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
B)The Harijan Hitkari sabha
C)The Harijan Uthan sabha
D)The Bahishkrit Utthan sabha
Answer: The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
- Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
A)Vima Taktu
B)Vima Kadphises
C)Vasishka
D)Kujula Kadphises
Answer: Vima Kadphises
- Q. The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856
A)Amritsar
B)Sobraon
C)Lahore
D)Kashmir
Answer: Sobraon
- Q. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
A)Shiva
B)Ganesh
C)Durga
D)Vishnu
Answer: Shiva
- Q. Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
A)April 1906
B)April 1907
C)April 1905
D)April 1904
Answer: April 1907
- Q. Which of the following revolts during Aurangzeb’s period had a peasant agrarian background?
A)Jats and Satnamis
B)Rajputs
C)Marathas
D)Sikhs
Answer: Jats and Satnamis
- Q. Who said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany”?
A)Mussolini
B)R. Hess
C)Hitler
D)Communist International
Answer: R. Hess
- Q. The first statue of the Guru was conceived by __________
A)Tavaroli
B)Moorkoth Kumaran
C)Bodhananda Swamikal
D)Gokahale
Answer: Moorkoth Kumaran
- Q. The Biography of Humayun was written by
A)Jodha
B)Nur Jahan
C)Anarkali
D)Gulbadan Begum
Answer: Gulbadan Begum
- Q. In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what?
A)Medicine
B)Prophecy
C)Love
D)Peace
Answer: Prophecy
- Q. The Mughal architecture attained unrivalled magnificence during the reign of
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Shah Jahan
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