More Questions on History
- Q. The congress policy of prayer and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)B G Tilak
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)None of these
Answer: B G Tilak
- Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
A)Jyotibha Phule
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Jyotibha Phule
- Q. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
A)Moneylenders and Slaves
B)Merchants and Priests
C)Warriors and Traders
D)Women and Sudras
Answer: Women and Sudras
- Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
A)Leonardo da Vinci
B)Michelangelo
C)Raphael
D)Donatello
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by
A)Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
B)Indian Council Act of 1892
C)Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
D)Government of India of 1935
Answer: Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
- Q. Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?
A)Vir Narasimha
B)Krishnadeva Raya
C)Sadasiva Raya
D)Rama Raya
Answer: Krishnadeva Raya
- Q. Quit India movement began on:
A)August 9, 1941
B)August 9, 1940
C)August 8, 1942
D)August 9, 1944
Answer: August 8, 1942
- Q. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
A)Chittaranjan Das
B)B. G. Tilak
C)M. K. Gandhi
D)G. K. Gokhale
Answer: Chittaranjan Das
- Q. The guerilla warfare was pioneered by
A)Akbar
B)Aurangzeb
C)Shivaji
D)Balaji Rao
Answer: Shivaji
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? According to Pitt’s India Act the Board of Control would consist of
A)Secretary of State for India
B)The Chancellor of the Exchequer
C)Four Privy Councillors
D)The Governor-General
Answer: The Governor-General
- Q. The Simon Commission was formed to review
A)Fitness of India for further reforms
B)Legislatures in India
C)The position of the viceroy
D)A constitution for India
Answer: Fitness of India for further reforms
- Q. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
A)Jung Bahadur Rana
B)Bahadur Shah Jafar
C)Begum Hazrat Mahal
D)Tatya Tope
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
A)Shah Parvez
B)Shah Muhammad
C)Shah Abbas
D)Shah Raza
Answer: Shah Abbas
- Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
A)The medieval era of European history
B)The crisis of Western Europe
C)The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500
D)The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity
Answer: The medieval era of European history
- 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. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus?
A)Arjan Dev
B)Hari Rai
C)Tegh Bahadur
D)Gobind Singh
Answer: Gobind Singh
- Q. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A)William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)A. O. Hume
D)Henry Cotton
Answer: George Yule
- Q. Who established Narayana Gurukulam in 1923 in the Nilgiri Hills with the blessings of Narayana Guru?
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Nataraja Guru
C)T. K. Madhavan
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Nataraja Guru
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the presence of temples or public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Harappans, religion was perhaps more a personal and a private matter than a public affair
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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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