History Modern Indian

Q. Which of the following was not included in the early three English Settlements in India?

A
The Punjab
B
Madras
C
Bombay
D
Calcutta

Correct Answer

The Punjab

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who began the Achintayabhedabhedavada School of theology?
    A)Mirabai
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Surdas
    Answer: Chaitanya
  • Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
    A)Diwan
    B)Vakil
    C)Kotwal
    D)Amin
    Answer: Diwan
  • Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
    A)December 1922.
    B)September 1920.
    C)October 1924.
    D)November 1925.
    Answer: September 1920.
  • Q. Who wrote, “On the Geneology of Morals”?
    A)Immanual Kant
    B)Friedrich Nietzsche
    C)Karl Marx
    D)Sigmund Freud
    Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Q. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
    A)Bairam Khan
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Tansen
    D)Todarmal
    Answer: Bairam Khan
  • Q. Which of the following personality is related with the “Deepavali Declaration”?
    A)Lord Linlithgow in 1940
    B)Lord Irwin in 1929
    C)Gandhiji in 1930
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose in 1941
    Answer: Lord Irwin in 1929
  • Q. Who among the following built the Gomateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola ?
    A)Kharvela
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Amoghavarsha
    D)Chamundaraya
    Answer: Chamundaraya
  • Q. Under Mauryas each province was placed under a__________
    A)Commander
    B)Prince
    C)Council
    D)Minister
    Answer: Prince
  • Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
  • Q. Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampraday that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule?
    A)Eknath
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Namdeva
    Answer: Namdeva
  • Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
    A)Darwin
    B)Aristotle
    C)Cuvier
    D)Socrates
    Answer: Darwin
  • 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. What was the strength of Indus economy?
    A)Business
    B)Agriculture
    C)Pottery
    D)Crockery
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. The demand officially made by the Congress for a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India was accepted in principal by the British government in what is known as :
    A)Government of India, 1935
    B)Cripps Mission 1942
    C)Independent India 1947
    D)August Offer of 1940
    Answer: August Offer of 1940
  • Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
    A)Qutb-din-Aibak
    B)Nasir-ud-din
    C)Bahram Shah
    D)Aram Shah
    Answer: Nasir-ud-din
  • Q. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
    A)Buland Darwaza
    B)Bada Imambara
    C)Jama Masjid
    D)Siddi Bashir
    Answer: Buland Darwaza
  • Q. In which Indian Religion, there are 24 tirthankaras?
    A)Buddhism
    B)Jainism
    C)Hinduism
    D)Sikhism
    Answer: Jainism
  • Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
    A)Sumit Sarkar
    B)Ania Loomba
    C)Cohn Bernard
    D)Ranajith Guha
    Answer: Sumit Sarkar
  • Q. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
    A)Punjab
    B)Assam
    C)Bengal
    D)N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
    Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
  • Q. Under the Mughals, the Police duties in urban areas were entrusted to the officers known as
    A)Kazi
    B)Kotwal
    C)Vakil
    D)Amin
    Answer: Kotwal

Leave a Comment