More Questions on History
- Q. Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement in:
A)The year 1915
B)The year 1910
C)The year 1917
D)The year 1920
Answer: The year 1920
- Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
- Q. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of
A)Mughals
B)Bijapur
C)Both (a) and (b) above
D)Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals
Answer: Both (a) and (b) above
- Q. On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by the dispute between two major communities
A)Nehru
B)Lord Wavell
C)Patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Lord Wavell
- 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. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Narayan Guru
C)Krishna swami Aiyar
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
- Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow__________
A)Tea
B)Jute
C)Sugarcane
D)Wheat
Answer: Tea
- Q. To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed?
A)Samprati
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasubandhu
D)Kashyapa Matanga
Answer: Kashyapa Matanga
- Q. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
A)Turkey
B)Afghanistan
C)Mongolia
D)Persia
Answer: Mongolia
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal’s decline? I. Mughal’s noble were well known for their loyalty but war of successor degenerated the nobility led to the decline of Mughal. II. Mughal Empire declined due to over decentralization of administration.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I and II
Answer: Only I
- Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
- Q. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
A)Religious beliefs of the Harappans
B)Indus seals excavated
C)Tools and implements used by the Harappans
D)Different types of dwellings excavated
Answer: Different types of dwellings excavated
- Q. Where is the longest corridor of the temple?
A)Madurai
B)Shreerangam
C)Tiruchendur
D)Rameshwaram
Answer: Rameshwaram
- Q. Who was the first nun of Gautama Buddha?
A)Smriti
B)Meenakshi
C)Gautami
D)Gargi
Answer: Gautami
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
A)1861
B)1858
C)1876
D)1909
Answer: 1876
- Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
- Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
A)Dholavira
B)Mohenjodaro
C)Lothal
D)Rakhigarhi
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- 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. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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