More Questions on History
- Q. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in the year
A)1966
B)1960
C)1970
D)1950
Answer: 1966
- Q. Who said Ask not, Say not, Think not caste, Think only Gods
A)William Logan
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Connolly
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
A)The New India
B)The Native Opinion
C)Al-Balagh
D)The Comrade
Answer: The Comrade
- Q. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
A)T. R. Holmes
B)V A Smith
C)J K Hikki
D)Sir Ahmed Khan
Answer: T. R. Holmes
- Q. Assertion (A): The introduction of ‘Western Education’ and English language as medium of instruction led the foundation for the rise and growth of nationalism in India. Reason (R): The Indian National Movement would not have been possible without the English language as the medium
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. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
A)Sharda Mukherjee
B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C)Fathima Beevi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :
A)Nine States
B)Eleven States
C)Five States
D)Ten States
Answer: Eleven States
- Q. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Muhannad Iqbal
Answer: Lokmanya Tilak
- Q. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
A)Bankim chandra Chatterjee
B)Raj Narain Bose
C)Swami Vivekanand
D)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Bankim chandra Chatterjee
- Q. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was
A)Karachi
B)Islamabad
C)Lahore
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Karachi
- Q. Of the following who transferred the capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?
A)Mir Jaffar
B)Mir Kasim
C)Siraj-ud-Daulah
D)Mir Mudan
Answer: Mir Kasim
- Q. Which symbol shows renunciation of Gautama Buddha?
A)Bull
B)Lotus
C)Elephant
D)Horse
Answer: Horse
- Q. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
A)Ibrahim Lodi
B)Bahlol Lodi
C)Daulat Khan Lodi
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Jahandar Shah
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Arrange in chronological order: 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 4. Minto-Morley Reforms
A)1, 2, 3, 4
B)3, 2, 4, 1
C)4, 3, 2, 1
D)2, 3, 4, 1
Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
- Q. The Shimla Conference which was convened as per Wavell’s Plan ended in failure because of the stiff opposition of
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Gandhi
C)Jinnah
D)Rajaji
Answer: Jinnah
- Q. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the Conference held at __________
A)Shimla
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Shimla
- Q. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period?
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)Danish
D)Britis
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Which is the oldest trade Union organisation in India?
A)Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
B)Indian National Trade Union Cogress (INTUC)
C)All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
D)Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
Answer: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
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