More Questions on History
- Q. When did Julius Caesar first invaded Britain
A)44 BC
B)33 BC
C)55 BC
D)66 BC
Answer: 55 BC
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
- Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
A)Mahavira
B)Gautama
C)Chandra Gupta
D)Ashoka
Answer: Mahavira
- Q. Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
A)Elizabeth II
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VIII
D)James I
Answer: Elizabeth I
- Q. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was
A)Shah Jahan
B)Babur
C)Humayun
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Advaita Deepika is the work of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)C.Kesavan
D)Dr. Palpu
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Servants of India Society was founded in
A)India
B)England
C)America
D)Burma
Answer: India
- Q. In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?
A)Delhi
B)Pune
C)Varanasi
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
A)Impact of World War II
B)Change in the government of the UK
C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
A)Maharashtra
B)Western Punjab
C)Bengal
D)Madhya Bharat
Answer: Western Punjab
- Q. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:
A)Bengali renaissance
B)Samvad Kaumudi
C)Bengal Gazette
D)The Brahmonical
Answer: Samvad Kaumudi
- Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A)Zoroastrianism
B)Taoism
C)Shintoism
D)Paganism
Answer: Shintoism
- Q. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
A)Persian
B)Urdu
C)Hindi
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of
A)Kanishka
B)Asoka
C)Menander
D)Harsha
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. In which year the Act of Union passed which joined England and Scotland into a single United Kingdom
A)1707
B)1702
C)1715
D)1756
Answer: 1707
- Q. The system of civil services had been introduced into India by
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Ripon
C)Lord Bentick
D)Lord Hastings
Answer: E
- Q. Why Simon commission was established?
A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
C)To declare India as republic state
D)None of these
Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
- Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
A)It proposed to partition India
B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
- Q. Which great war was fought between the years 1914 and 1918?
A)The First World War
B)The Battle of Tarain
C)The Battle of Plassey
D)The Second World War
Answer: The First World War
- Q. The song ‘Jana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
A)Rashtra Jagriti
B)Jay He
C)Bharat Vidhata
D)Matribhoomi
Answer: Bharat Vidhata
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