More Questions on History
- Q. The aim of Ashoka’s Dhamma was
A)Religious domination
B)Subtle conquest
C)A casteless society
D)Non-violence and peace
Answer: Non-violence and peace
- Q. Muslim League was founded in the year
A)1905
B)1900
C)1906
D)1902
Answer: 1906
- Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
A)Lloyd George
B)Ramsay Mcdonald
C)Stanley Baldwin
D)AV Alexander
Answer: Ramsay Mcdonald
- Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
Answer: The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
- Q. Who among the following preached gospel of love?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Kabir
Answer: Namadev
- Q. In Jain literature, which of the following Tirthankar is also known as Prajapati, Adibrahma and Aadinath?
A)Ajitnath
B)Rishabhnath
C)Sambhav nath
D)Abhnindan Nath
Answer: Rishabhnath
- Q. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of
A)Lord Curzon
B)Lord Lytton
C)Lord Ripon
D)Lord Hardinge-I
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. “India for the Indians” was the political message of
A)Vivekanand
B)D E Wacha
C)Dayanand
D)Hume
Answer: Dayanand
- Q. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the
A)Gupta period
B)Later Vedic period
C)Mauryan period
D)Vedic period
Answer: Later Vedic period
- Q. Which of the following authorised the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
A)Government of India Act of 1935
B)Rowlatt Act of 1919
C)Indian Council Act of 1909
D)Government of India Act of 1919
Answer: Rowlatt Act of 1919
- Q. What was the significance of the Battle of Tours in 732?
A)Charles Martel became King of France
B)Charlemagne converted many Muslims to Christianity
C)It stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
D)Muslims gained control of Spain
Answer: It stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
- Q. In which year, New Zealand became the first country in world to grant women vote
A)1893
B)1887
C)1898
D)1905
Answer: 1893
- Q. The Ghadar Party took the name Ghadar from
A)its objective to wage another revolt
B)the Revolt of 1857
C)a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
D)All the above
Answer: a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
- Q. The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at
A)Belur
B)Kanyakumari
C)Hyderabad
D)Murshidabad
Answer: Belur
- Q. Who founded the organization “servants of Indian society”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhle
- Q. Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed at establishing Maratha rule in Delhi. Reason (R): Shivaji took the leadership of the Maratha resistance against the Mughals.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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: A is false but R is true
- Q. We can know about early vedic period from
A)the Rig Veda
B)archaeological excavations
C)Jatak Katha
D)contemporary culture
Answer: the Rig Veda
- Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
A)French
B)English
C)Dutch
D)Germany
Answer: French
- Q. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
A)British
B)French
C)Protuguese
D)Dutch
Answer: Protuguese
- Q. The Peasant and the Raj is the work of __________
A)A. R. Desai
B)Eric Stokes
C)D. N. Dhanagare
D)Shirin Mehta
Answer: Eric Stokes
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