More Questions on History
- Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. G. Ranade
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Atmaram Panduranga
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. The Kailasa temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temple located at Ellora was built by?
A)Krishna I
B)Krishndev Rai
C)Nadivarman
D)Rajendra Chola
Answer: Krishna I
- Q. Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?
A)The discovery of fire
B)Writing
C)Agriculture
D)The use of internet
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj (1540) also constructed the Purana Qila of New Delhi
A)Malik Kafur
B)Adil Shah
C)Bin-Kasim
D)Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Sher Shah Suri
- Q. Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
A)Sena & Sadhana
B)Kabir & Raidas
C)Dhanna & Naraharai
D)Tulsidas & Mirabai
Answer: Tulsidas & Mirabai
- Q. Which of the following was established by B. R. Ambedkar?
A)Samaj Samata Party
B)Swaraj Party
C)All India Schedule Castes Federation
D)Congress Party
Answer: All India Schedule Castes Federation
- Q. Who was the last Emperor (Tsar) of Russia
A)Nicholas II
B)Alexander III
C)Alexander II
D)Nicholas I
Answer: Nicholas II
- Q. The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was
A)Raja Bhagwan Das
B)Raja Mansingh
C)Raja Todarmal
D)Raja Birbal
Answer: Raja Todarmal
- Q. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was headed by
A)Irwin
B)Dyer
C)Hunter
D)Simon
Answer: Hunter
- Q. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for
A)Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc
B)An extra tax levied on all subjects
C)It was a voluntary offering by people to the king
D)King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production
Answer: An extra tax levied on all subjects
- Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
A)Chand Bardoi
B)Sandhyakara Nandi
C)Banabhatta
D)Kalhana
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
- Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
A)Kumaragupta
B)Vikramaditya
C)Harshavardhana
D)Kanishka
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. The Bloodless Revolution of 1688 was started in which country
A)Italy
B)England
C)Portugal
D)France
Answer: England
- Q. Doctrine of Passive Resistance was published in the daily Vande Mataram in:
A)April 1906
B)April 1907
C)April 1905
D)April 1904
Answer: April 1907
- Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
D)Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. The first elected Indian President of the Legislative Assembly was
A)Rangachariar
B)Motilal Nehru
C)CR Das
D)VJ Patel
Answer: VJ Patel
- Q. The Mohamedan Association was founded in __________in 1856
A)Adayar
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. When was the Trans-Siberian Railway completed?
A)1882
B)1872
C)1890
D)1916
Answer: 1916
- Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
A)Assam and Kerala
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Bengal and Assam
D)Punjab and Kerala
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. Which of the following was not contained in the Cripps Offer?
A)Constituent Assembly
B)Dominion Status to India
C)Control of Defence of India by the Indian National Government
D)Right to take part in highest Counsels
Answer: Control of Defence of India by the Indian National Government
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