More Questions on History
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Under the Government of India __________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj
A)Act of 1758
B)Act of 1658
C)Act of 1858
D)Act of 1947
Answer: Act of 1858
- Q. Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
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. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the power would be first transferred to __________
A)The Interim Government
B)The Indian National Congress
C)The Viceroy
D)The Princes of the States
Answer: The Interim Government
- Q. A Janapadin was the __________ of a janapada.
A)Minister
B)Servant
C)Army General
D)Ruler
Answer: Ruler
- Q. Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim and Calcutta Council?
A)Midnapur
B)Burdwan
C)Chittagong
D)Monghyr
Answer: Monghyr
- Q. Who among the following has written Malavikagnimitram?
A)Banabhatta
B)Pusyamitra Sunga
C)Kautilya
D)Kalidasa
Answer: Kalidasa
- Q. Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?
A)The West Punjab
B)East Bengal
C)Sind
D)West Bengal
Answer: West Bengal
- Q. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?
A)Farid
B)Nizamuddin Aulia
C)Todarmal
D)Firdausi
Answer: Nizamuddin Aulia
- Q. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
A)Ahilyadevi
B)Rudramadevi
C)Bhagwati
D)Bhanumati
Answer: Rudramadevi
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
A)Indian National Congress
B)The India League
C)Madras Mahajana Sabha
D)Bombay Presidency Association
Answer: The India League
- Q. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of
A)Calcutta
B)Karnataka
C)Jammu & Kashmir
D)Kerala
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru?
A)Nehru was not in favour of socialism
B)Nehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence
C)Nehru had his higher education in India only
D)Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
Answer: Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
- Q. Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
A)Taxila
B)Swarnagiri
C)Ujjain
D)Tosali
Answer: Taxila
- Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
A)Caligula
B)Augustus
C)Constantine the Great
D)Cicero
Answer: Constantine the Great
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of
A)Hindu Muslim riots
B)the Chauri Chaura incident
C)arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for six years
D)all the above
Answer: the Chauri Chaura incident
- Q. First meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was held in
A)New York
B)Paris
C)Moscow
D)London
Answer: London
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