More Questions on History
- Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
A)Vidatha
B)Bali
C)Varman
D)Kara
Answer: Bali
- Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
A)753 BC
B)776 BC
C)752 BC
D)742 BC
Answer: 753 BC
- Q. Assertion (A): The announcement of the Simon Commission aroused widespread Indian resentment. Reason (R): The British Government in defiance of the opinion of all parties in India had deliberately decided to appoint an all British Commission
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. In which year Japan attacked Manchuria
A)1931
B)1928
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for
A)Bombay
B)Bengal
C)Madras
D)Surat
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Mein Kampf’ is the autobiography which political leader
A)Benito Mussolini
B)Joseph Stalin
C)Winston Churchill
D)Adolf Hitler
Answer: Adolf Hitler
- Q. The Cabinet mission arrived in Delhi on:
A)May 24, 1946
B)August 24, 1946
C)March 24, 1946
D)April 24, 1946
Answer: March 24, 1946
- Q. When did Mahatma Gandhi go on fast unto death for the first time?
A)1917
B)1921
C)1918
D)1915
Answer: 1918
- Q. Who among the following leader draws his inspiration from M.K Gandhi?
A)Jayaprakash Narayan
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Abdul Ghaffar Khan
D)Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Q. Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the
A)Schism edict
B)Rummindei inscription
C)Kandhar inscription
D)Bhabru edict
Answer: Bhabru edict
- Q. Ghazni was a small principality in
A)Turkey
B)Mongolia
C)Persia
D)Afghanistan
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. What was the capital of Shivaji’s Kingdom?
A)Raigarh
B)Pune
C)Karwar
D)Purandhar
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. The Ghadar Party was founded (November 1913) at San Francisco USA by
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Madam Bhikaji Cama
C)Shyamji Krishana Verma
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Lala Hardayal
- Q. During the Mughal rule, the police duties in the districts were entrusted to the officials known as?
A)Mansabdar
B)Faujdar
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Faujdar
- Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
A)Indian Sociologist - Lala Har Dayal
B)Comrade - Mohammed Ali
C)Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Common Weal - Annie Besant
Answer: Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
- 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. The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
D)None of these
Answer: Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
A)Agra
B)Sikandara
C)Fatehpursikri
D)Allahabad
Answer: Sikandara
- Q. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
A)Government of India Act 1918
B)The Government of India Act 1935
C)Government of India Act 1925
D)Government of India Act 1930
Answer: The Government of India Act 1935
- Q. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
A)Lord William Bentinck
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History