More Questions on History
- Q. When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, he named these islands as :
A)Samaj Island and Swaraj Island respectively
B)Shaheed Island and Samaj Island respectively
C)Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island respectively
D)Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
Answer: Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
- Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
D)None of the above
Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
- Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
A)Morley
B)Minto
C)Northbrook
D)Hastings
Answer: Northbrook
- Q. Purushapura is the other name for
A)Pataliputra
B)Patna
C)Peshawar
D)Punjab
Answer: Peshawar
- Q. Which is the script of Indus Valley Civilization?
A)Kharshthi
B)Tamil
C)Unknown
D)Brahmi
Answer: Unknown
- Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Non-Cooperation movement
C)Civil Disobedience movement
D)None of the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
- Q. Assertion (A): On 25th April, 1809, the Treaty of Amritsar was signed between Ranjit Singh and East India Company. Reason (R): Ranjit Singh wanted to increase the realm of his empire with the help of the company
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: A is true but R is false
- Q. Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with
A)Ghadar Movement
B)Home Rule Movement
C)Swadeshi Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Ghadar Movement
- Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
A)H. P. Blavatsky
B)Annie Besant
C)W. T. Stead
D)H. S. Olcott
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
A)Acharya Narendra Bose and P. C. Joshi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
C)Subhas Chandra Bose and P. C. Joshi
D)Saifuddin Kitchlwe and Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Acharya Narendra Bose and P. C. Joshi
- Q. During the last 25 years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against
A)Golcunda
B)Bijapur
C)Marathas
D)All the above
Answer: Marathas
- Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
A)Linlithgow
B)Willingdon
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Linlithgow
- Q. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders
A)Ten
B)Eighteen
C)Only Two
D)Seven
Answer: Ten
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
A)Kheda
B)Dandi
C)Sabarmati
D)Champaran
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Tulsidas
C)Sankara
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on
A)limited use of Violence
B)compromise with the British
C)constructive programme
D)None of the above
Answer: constructive programme
- Q. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-Ilahi was
A)Birbal
B)Todermal
C)Tansen
D)Man Singh
Answer: Birbal
- Q. The most important text of vedic mathematics is
A)Atharva Veda
B)Satapatha Brahman
C)Sulva Sutras
D)Chhandogya Upanishad
Answer: Sulva Sutras
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related with the Kautilya’s Arthashastra? I. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on statecraft was written in Gupta Period. II. Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, from which it appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecrafts because Kautilya acknowledges his debt to his predecessors in the field
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)None of the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. Which war lord is also known as ‘little corporal’
A)Julius Caesar
B)Alexander
C)Napoleon Bonaparte
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
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