More Questions on History
- Q. Gokhale was born in a Marathi Brahmin family at __________
A)Poona
B)Ratnagiri
C)Allahabad
D)Assam
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. The term Nirgrantha is associated with
A)Charvakas
B)Ajivikas
C)Jains
D)Pasupatas
Answer: Jains
- Q. The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855
A)William Logan
B)H.V. Connolly
C)Lord Ripond
D)Gladstone
Answer: H.V. Connolly
- Q. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
A)Amoghvarsha-I
B)Dantidurga
C)Krishna-I
D)Vatsraja
Answer: Krishna-I
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by publishing two newspapers in 1881
A)The Maratha and Samwad
B)The Maratha and Kesari
C)The Samwad and Kesari
D)The Maratha and Kumudi
Answer: The Maratha and Kesari
- Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?
A)V D Savarkar
B)Madan Lal Dhingra
C)Lala Hardayal
D)Shyamji Krishna Varma
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. Which of the following is not correct about Prarthana Samaj?
A)The Prarthana Samaj was founded by Athmaram panduranga (with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen)
B)The Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay in1867
C)The main aim behind the establishment of the Prarthana Samaj was to make people believe in one God and worship only one God
D)This society was against the widow remarriage
Answer: This society was against the widow remarriage
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Which of the following are correct regarding Shahjahan? I. Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli II. Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue III. Kahabat Khan was appointed governor of Lahore IV. Ali Mardan Khan surrendered Kandhar to Mughals
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and IV
- Q. Name the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Gopalkrishna Gokhle
C)Aurobindo Ghosh
D)Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Gopalkrishna Gokhle
- Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
A)1776
B)1775
C)1783
D)1791
Answer: 1791
- Q. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
A)Kolhapur Bomb Case
B)Alipore Bomb case
C)Lahore Conspiracy Case
D)Kakori
Answer: Alipore Bomb case
- Q. Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
A)Kabir
B)Dadu
C)Ramananda
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress?
A)Republican party
B)Indian National Army
C)Forward Bloc
D)Socialist Party
Answer: Forward Bloc
- Q. The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:
A)1934
B)1924
C)1930
D)1939
Answer: 1934
- Q. The Harappan Civilisation declined as a result of
A)Decline in foreign trade
B)Aryan invasion
C)Ecological factors
D)Not definitely known factors
Answer: Not definitely known factors
- Q. The Theosophical Society was officially formed in . . . . ., United States, in November 1875 by Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others
A)Calcutta
B)Madras
C)Bombay
D)New York City
Answer: New York City
- Q. Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?
A)The Government of India Act, 1858
B)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
C)The Indian Councils Act, 1861
D)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908
Answer: The Government of India Act, 1858
- Q. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
A)1907
B)1906
C)1909
D)1919
Answer: 1909
- Q. In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry was not formed in June 1937?
A)Central Provinces
B)United Provinces
C)Madras
D)Assam
Answer: Assam
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