More Questions on History

  • Q. Who discovered a direct sea route to India?
    A)Germans
    B)Portuguese
    C)The French
    D)The Dutch
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
    A)1495
    B)1398
    C)1496
    D)1498
    Answer: 1498
  • Q. Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal principle of the theosophical society?
    A)Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western enlightenment
    B)It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
    C)It believed in the existence of unique connections between god and every being
    D)It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and karma
    Answer: It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
  • Q. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in
    A)Babylon
    B)Persia
    C)Macedonia
    D)Taxila
    Answer: Babylon
  • Q. Who made tripartite periodisation standard?
    A)Christoph Cellarius
    B)Andreas Cellarius
    C)Flavio Biondo
    D)Genseric
    Answer: Christoph Cellarius
  • Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
    A)1809
    B)1804
    C)1820
    D)1822
    Answer: 1804
  • Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
    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 false but R is true
  • Q. Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
    A)Kanpur
    B)Agra
    C)Jhansi
    D)Lucknow
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. Who said that the congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Minto
    D)None of these
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who had observed that “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation”?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)BG Tilak
    C)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
  • Q. Hevarappathinkangal is a Tamil work of __________
    A)Sree Narayana Guru
    B)Chattambi Swamikal
    C)K. Ayyappan
    D)K. madhvan Nair
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • Q. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)M. A. Jinnah
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)V. P. Menon
    Answer: Lord Mountbatten
  • Q. Select the incorrect pair
    A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
    B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
    C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
    D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
    Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
  • Q. Who discovered America?
    A)Columbus
    B)Vascoda Gama
    C)Captain Cook
    D)Amundsen
    Answer: Columbus
  • Q. The East India Association was founded by __________ in 1866
    A)Raja radhakanta dev
    B)Lord Lyveden
    C)Debendranath Tagore
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired by a regard for
    A)uniformity
    B)beauty and utility
    C)sanitation and public health
    D)demographic factor
    Answer: sanitation and public health
  • Q. Which is known as book of Melody?
    A)Samveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Atharvaveda
    D)Yajurveda
    Answer: Samveda
  • Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? As per the Act of 1935, the Federal Court would have jurisdiction to decide disputes between
    A)The Federating Units and the Federal Government
    B)The Federating Units
    C)The Federal Government and a Federating Units
    D)The Secretary of State and the Viceroy's Council
    Answer: The Secretary of State and the Viceroy's Council

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