More Questions on History
- Q. Where was the Devadasi System prevailed in India?
A)Northern India
B)Southern India
C)East India
D)West India
Answer: Southern India
- Q. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)Tilak
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
A)Sind
B)Bihar
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Sind
- Q. Hakim Mirza, the younger brother of Akbar was the viceroy of
A)Herat
B)Kabul
C)Agra
D)Bengal
Answer: Kabul
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
B)It was formed in 1885
C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
- Q. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
A)The Constitution of USSR
B)The Constitution of China
C)The Constitution of USA
D)The Constitution of Japan
Answer: The Constitution of USA
- 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. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
A)Montesquieu
B)Voltaire
C)Diderot
D)Rousseau
Answer: Voltaire
- Q. Which of the following reasons can be attributed to the success of Ramakrishna mission?
A)Popularized the saying" for our own motherland a junction of both Hinduism and Islam is necessary"
B)Focused mainly on teachings of Upanishads and Vedas
C)Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism
D)Worked for upliftment of depressed classes
Answer: Though a religious body never considered itself as a sect of Hinduism
- Q. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ is the call associated with
A)French Revolution
B)American Revolution
C)Chinese Revolution
D)Russian Revolution
Answer: French Revolution
- Q. Who built the famous Shalimar bagh of Srinagar?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- 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. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership. II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country. III. There was no central organisation to guide them. IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English. Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
A)I, II & III
B)I, III & IV
C)III & IV
D)II, III & IV
Answer: I, III & IV
- Q. Who among the following was also known as ‘Zinda Pir’?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
A)Bindusara
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ajatashatru
D)Pulakesin
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
A)French
B)Dutch
C)British
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Elgin
C)Sadler
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Macaulay
- Q. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the __________ Movement
A)Quit India
B)Swadeshi
C)Khilafat
D)Civil Disobedience
Answer: Khilafat
- Q. Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
A)Macaulay Commission
B)Wood's Dispatch
C)Vernacular Act
D)Both A & B
Answer: Wood's Dispatch
- Q. The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
A)Aruvanad
B)Palamoli
C)Pattinappalai
D)Padirrupattu
Answer: Pattinappalai
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