More Questions on History
- Q. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
A)Sind
B)Bihar
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Sind
- Q. Who called Government India Act 1935 a Charter of Slavery ?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
D)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:
A)Satyagrah
B)An Individual Civil Disobedience
C)Bharat Chhoro Aandolan
D)None of these
Answer: An Individual Civil Disobedience
- Q. Peking is the sacred place of
A)Shintoism
B)Taoism
C)Confucianism
D)Judaism
Answer: Confucianism
- Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
A)Sanskrit
B)Hindi
C)Ardh-Magadhi
D)Regional vernacular languages
Answer: Regional vernacular languages
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru?
A)Nehru was not in favour of socialism
B)Nehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence
C)Nehru had his higher education in India only
D)Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
Answer: Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
- Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi ultimately lend his support to the resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee agreeing to the partition of India in spite of his personal, lifelong outspoken disapproval of Pakistan?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru convinced him about the justification in favour of it
B)There was no other go after he was presented with a fait accompli
C)To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
D)The problem at home were far too pressing to carp about a minor concession being conceded to the Muslim League
Answer: To prevent the loss of prestige of the Congress Ministers who had agreed to the partition
- Q. Shivaji started his public career at the age of
A)21
B)18
C)23
D)24
Answer: 18
- Q. Battle for Delhi was fought in the year __________
A)1526
B)1764
C)1556
D)1857
Answer: 1556
- Q. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
A)Anandmath
B)Pariksha Guru
C)Rangbhoomi
D)Padmarag
Answer: Anandmath
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi had been present at the Round Table Conference(s) held in London
A)Second
B)Third
C)First
D)All of the above
Answer: Second
- Q. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
A)1813
B)1814
C)1815
D)1816
Answer: 1815
- Q. Satyagraha finds expression in
A)Armed conflicts
B)Sudden outbursts of violence
C)Non-Cooperation
D)Communal riots
Answer: Non-Cooperation
- Q. The Prime causes of the 1857 mutiny did not include
A)The Widow Remarriage Act
B)The new system of education
C)The despatch of Indian Sepoys to Afghanistan
D)Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
Answer: Laws forbidding intermarriages between Indians and the British
- Q. The immediate forerunner of the Indian National congress was
A)Indian National Conference
B)Indian Association of Calcutta
C)British India association
D)Indian Union
Answer: Indian National Conference
- Q. In 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was imprisoned for six years and sent to
A)Delhi
B)Mandalay
C)Singapore
D)Andaman and Nicobar Island
Answer: Mandalay
- Q. Who was the first sailor to sail around the world
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Christopher Columbus
D)Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
- Q. When was the building of the Parthenon at Athens started?
A)424 BC
B)447 BC
C)404 BC
D)399 BC
Answer: 447 BC
- Q. Shivaji submitted to Jai Singh and signed the treaty of
A)Purandhar
B)Poona
C)Konkan
D)Surat
Answer: Purandhar
- Q. The first statue of the Guru was conceived by __________
A)Tavaroli
B)Moorkoth Kumaran
C)Bodhananda Swamikal
D)Gokahale
Answer: Moorkoth Kumaran
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