More Questions on History
- Q. During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
A)Curzon
B)Dalhousie
C)Bentick
D)Conrnwallis
Answer: Conrnwallis
- Q. Who among the following is known as the “Father of the Indian Renaissance”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. When was the battle of Buxar fought?
A)October 1754
B)October 1764
C)Sept. 1564
D)Jan. 1824
Answer: October 1764
- Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
A)Subsidiary Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)Mediatisation
D)Annexation of Indian States
Answer: Subsidiary Alliance
- Q. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?
A)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
C)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale
D)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
A)Trivarga
B)Triratna
C)Trisarga
D)Trimurti
Answer: Triratna
- Q. Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Lord Linlithgow
C)Lord Bentick
D)None of above
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:
A)1934
B)1924
C)1930
D)1939
Answer: 1934
- Q. Who were called “Kukas”?
A)Nirankari
B)Namdhari
C)Tilak
D)Sri Aurobindo
Answer: Namdhari
- Q. The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
A)Pallavas
B)Chola
C)Pandyas
D)Kaktiya
Answer: Pallavas
- Q. Which among the following is correctly matched?
A)Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra Nath Banerjee
C)Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
- Q. Who was the American leader who led a non-violent movement to obtain full civil rights for American Negroes?
A)John F. Kennedy
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)Martin Luther King Junior
D)George Washington
Answer: Martin Luther King Junior
- Q. The pioneer of Indian communism was
A)G.N Ganguly
B)M.N. Roy
C)P.C Chandra
D)None of these
Answer: M.N. Roy
- Q. Who wrote the history of Aurangzeb’s reign in total secrecy because of the emperor’s opposition to it and what was the name of that historical work?
A)Mirza Muhammad Kazim's Alamgir Nama
B)Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
C)Muhammad Saqi's Masir-i-Alamgiri
D)Aquil Khan Razi's Zafar Nama-i-Alamgir
Answer: Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
- Q. Who among the following Mughal Emperor became the first pensioner of the East India Company?
A)Akbar II
B)Ahmed Shah
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Muhammed Shah
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. Who was the prime minister of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
A)Russell II
B)Lord Palmerston
C)Edward Smith-Stanley
D)Benjamin Disraeli
Answer: Lord Palmerston
- Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
A)Bombay
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Allahabad
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Which of the following provision is a part of the Government of India Act of 1919?
A)The enlargement of the Viceroy's Executive Council
B)Transfer of power to the Indians
C)Remodelling of the Central legislature
D)Doing away with the distinction between the regulation and non-regulation provinces
Answer: Transfer of power to the Indians
- Q. Who was the last Byzantine Emperor during the fall of Constantinople in 1453
A)John V
B)Manuel II
C)John VIII
D)Constantine XI
Answer: Constantine XI
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