More Questions on History
- Q. Whose speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Shyama Charan Sen
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
A)Devanagiri
B)Brahmi
C)Gurmukhi
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Brahmi
- Q. The National Emblem of Italy is
A)White Eagle
B)Eagle
C)White Lily
D)Lily
Answer: White Lily
- Q. “The Three Emperors League” 1873 was also known as
A)Triple Alliance
B)Dreikaiserbund Treaty
C)Reinsurance Treaty
D)The Dual Alliance
Answer: Dreikaiserbund Treaty
- Q. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
A)Pulicat
B)Masulipatnam
C)Surat
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Pulicat
- Q. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
A)Lucknow session in 1916
B)Lahore session in 1940.
C)Meerut Session 1946
D)Tripuri Session in 1939
Answer: Lahore session in 1940.
- Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
A)1809
B)1804
C)1820
D)1822
Answer: 1804
- Q. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
A)1904
B)1907
C)1903
D)1896
Answer: 1904
- 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. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was ended with the signed of
A)Treaty of Munich
B)Treaty of Vienna
C)Treaty of Paris
D)Treaty of Versailles
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
- Q. What was the meaning of the symbol Horse of Sambhavnath Tirthankar?
A)Restrained heart
B)Speed
C)Anger
D)Charm
Answer: Restrained heart
- Q. Shivaji’s Agra Adventure was planned by
A)Shayista Khan
B)Afzal Khan
C)Jai Singh
D)Mir Jumla
Answer: Jai Singh
- Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by
A)Azam Shah
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Azam Shah
- Q. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
A)Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
B)Dayanand Sarshwati
C)Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
D)Narayan Guru
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact (1916) were significant on account of
A)the pact between the Congress and Muslim League
B)unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress
C)both A and B above
D)the beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
Answer: both A and B above
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1919 made provision for the appointment of a/an __________ for India in the United Kingdom
A)Council
B)Ambassador
C)High Commissioner
D)Indian Member in the parliament of England
Answer: Council
- Q. Servants of India Society was founded in
A)India
B)England
C)America
D)Burma
Answer: India
- Q. Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:
A)The year 1915
B)The year 1910
C)The year 1917
D)The year 1920
Answer: The year 1920
- Q. Social reforms were a major task of the theosophical society. With respect to Indian traditions and culture, which one does not find its occurrence in the societal activities? I. Resistance to child marriage. II. Resistance to widow remarriage. III. Spread of education. IV. Abolition of caste and Untouchability. V. Accommodation of conversion in religious faith.
A)II and IV
B)I and III
C)II, V
D)Only V
Answer: II, V
- Q. __________ started an all-India campaign for restoring the entrance age of 21 and for simultaneous ICS examination in India
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)Gokahale
C)Tilak
D)William Logan
Answer: S. N. Banerjee
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