More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following Mughal emperors is credited with composition of Hindi songs?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Brahma Datt
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)None of these
Answer: Brahma Datt
- Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A)Shaivism
B)Sikhism
C)Vaishanvism
D)All of the above
Answer: Sikhism
- Q. According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ? I. non-cooperation II. Strike, III. Demonstration IV. Civil disobedience
A)I and IV are correct
B)I and II are correct
C)II and IV are correct
D)III and IV are correct
Answer: I and IV are correct
- Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Lord Reading
C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
D)Mohammad Ali
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Q. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into __________ provinces
A)8
B)5
C)11
D)14
Answer: 11
- Q. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A)William Bentinck
B)Minto-I
C)Hastings
D)Auckland
Answer: William Bentinck
- Q. Vivekananda felt that the Parliament would provide the right forum to present his Master’s message to the world, and so he decided to go to America. Another reason which prompted Swamiji to go to America was to seek financial help for his project of uplifting the masses. Swamiji, however, wanted to have an inner certitude and divine call regarding his mission. Both of these he got while he sat in deep meditation on the rock-island at __________
A)America
B)Mumbai
C)Kanyakumari
D)Chennai
Answer: Kanyakumari
- Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of
A)English
B)Dutch
C)French
D)Portuguese
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by
A)Demetrius
B)Darius
C)Deimachos
D)Philip
Answer: Deimachos
- Q. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
A)Cholas
B)Chalukyas
C)Pallavas
D)Satavahanas
Answer: Chalukyas
- Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A)16 October , 1896
B)16 October , 1911
C)16 October , 1907
D)16 October , 1905
Answer: 16 October , 1905
- Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindias
B)Holkars
C)Bundela Rajputs
D)Chandela Rajputs
Answer: Chandela Rajputs
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
- Q. When did Abyssinian crisis end?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. Akbar’s nurse-in-chief was
A)Hamida Begum
B)Mumtaj
C)Jahanara
D)Maham Anaga
Answer: Maham Anaga
- Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
A)Mount Tambora
B)Mount Pelee
C)Mount Etna
D)Mount Vesuvius
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
- Q. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the __________ Movement
A)Quit India
B)Swadeshi
C)Khilafat
D)Civil Disobedience
Answer: Khilafat
- Q. The Servants of India Society was founded in 1905 by
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)BG Tilak
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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