More Questions on History
- Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
A)Khilafat Agitation
B)Bardoli Satyagraha
C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)Chauri Chaura incident
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on May 10, 1857 at __________
A)Gwalior
B)Meerut
C)Jhansi
D)Agra
Answer: Meerut
- Q. The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali
B)Md. Ali Jinnah
C)Saukat Ali
D)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
- Q. On account of his differences with Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress (April 1939) and organised a new party called
A)Azad Hind Fauz
B)Congress Socialist Party
C)Congress Liberal party
D)Forward Block
Answer: Forward Block
- Q. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
A)Policy of Subsidiaty Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
D)None of the above
Answer: Doctrine of Lapse
- Q. Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
A)Salt Satyagraha
B)Rowlatt Satyagraha
C)Quit India Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Quit India Movement
- Q. What is pietra dura?
A)Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B)A form of music
C)Armour
D)None of the above
Answer: Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
A)Persians
B)Abyssinians
C)Africans
D)Afghans
Answer: Abyssinians
- 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 word ‘Veda’ means
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Skill
D)Power
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was
A)Ramatanu Pande
B)Makaranda Pandey
C)Haridas
D)Lal Kalawant
Answer: Ramatanu Pande
- Q. The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. One of the earliest and the best known mutinies before the Revolt of 1857 was
A)Indian Soldiers Mutiny at Vellore (1806)
B)the Native Infantry Mutiny (1824)
C)Sholapur Mutiny (1838)
D)Assam Soldiers Mutiny (1824)
Answer: Indian Soldiers Mutiny at Vellore (1806)
- Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
A)Gandhara Style
B)The Persian Style
C)Hindu Style
D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
- Q. After receipt of Diksha, with which food Abhinandannath Tirthankar initiated first Parna?
A)Kheer
B)Milk
C)Water
D)Dahi
Answer: Kheer
- Q. Where did Moplah revolt took place?
A)Bihar
B)Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- 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. In November 1881, Narendra went to meet __________who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar
A)Rashik Krishna Mallik
B)Sri Ramakrishna
C)Dakhinaranjan Mukhopadhyay
D)Ramgopal Ghose
Answer: Sri Ramakrishna
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