More Questions on History
- Q. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission :
A)In 1897
B)In 1892
C)In 1937
D)In 1939
Answer: In 1897
- Q. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by
A)Persian invader Nadir Shah
B)Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali
C)Mongol invader Chengiz Khan
D)British East India Company
Answer: Persian invader Nadir Shah
- Q. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D)None of the above
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
A)Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha
B)He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
C)Established the Brahma Samaj
D)He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life
Answer: He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
D)All the above statements are incorrect
Answer: All the above statements are incorrect
- Q. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Nabi Khan
D)Birbal
Answer: Abul Fazl
- Q. In 1942 who appealed the Britishers to leave India in God’s hands?
A)Mohhamad Ali Jinnah
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Sardar patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. How did the Maurya Empire finally end?
A)The Kanvas of Central India deposed the last Mauryan ruler
B)The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
C)The last Mauryan ruler was killed in a battle with the foreign invader from the north-west
D)The last mauryan ruler had no heir and the throne was claimed by one of his powerful ministers
Answer: The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
- 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. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
A)underground drainage system
B)town planning
C)uniformity of weights and measures
D)large agricultural surplus
Answer: underground drainage system
- Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
A)Jizya
B)Kharaj
C)Khums
D)Zakat
Answer: Khums
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
B)the poverty of the Indian people
C)his identification with the Indian people
D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
Answer: his identification with the Indian people
- Q. The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa) was
A)Balban
B)Iltutmish
C)Firoz Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Lord Cornwallis had introduced the __________ land tenure system
A)Ryotwari
B)Zamindari
C)Mahalwari
D)Inamdari
Answer: Zamindari
- Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
A)Benjamin Disraeli
B)Oliver Cromweli
C)Robert Walpole
D)Gladstone
Answer: Robert Walpole
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct?
A)The Viceroy was given special powers
B)Diarchy was established in the provinces
C)The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy, councillors and the ministers
D)The federal legislature was to be bicameral
Answer: Diarchy was established in the provinces
- Q. All are of one Self-fraternity such being the dictum to avow, in such a light how can we take life and devoid of least pity go on to eat. Who said this?
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Tilak
C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Tilak started his career as a
A)Professor
B)Writer
C)Journalist
D)Lawyer
Answer: Professor
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