More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the second Great Khagan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Temur Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. Subject matter which Manu Smriti deals with is related to
A)Politics
B)Economics
C)Law
D)Arts
Answer: Law
- Q. Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Q. At which of the following Harappan sites has a supposed dockyard been found?
A)Lothal
B)Kalibangan
C)Suktagendor
D)Sotka Koli
Answer: Lothal
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
A)cultivator
B)slave
C)neighbour
D)foreigner
Answer: neighbour
- Q. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
A)Maurya
B)Gnathrika
C)Shakya
D)Kuru
Answer: Shakya
- Q. When was the Fourth Crusade diverted from the Holy Land to Constantinople?
A)1204
B)1203
C)1261
D)1291
Answer: 1203
- Q. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
A)01 August 1947
B)18 July 1947
C)01 June 1947
D)01 September 1947
Answer: 18 July 1947
- Q. The Interim Government which took office on September 2, 1946 was headed by
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Vallabhbhai Patel
D)C Rajagopalachari
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. India’s trade with the Roman Empire came to an end with the invasion of Rome by the
A)Hungarians
B)Arabs
C)Hunas
D)Turks
Answer: Hunas
- 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. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
A)Ahoms
B)Santhals
C)Pagal Panthis
D)Ramosi
Answer: Santhals
- Q. Which state was the first victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
A)Mysore
B)Satara
C)Hyderabad
D)Awadh
Answer: Hyderabad
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- Q. During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
A)Jalpaiguri
B)Duars
C)Goalpara
D)Cooch Behar
Answer: Duars
- Q. The writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at __________ in England
A)Manchester
B)London
C)Liverpool
D)Haileybury
Answer: Haileybury
- Q. The Akal Takht was built by
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Guru Hargovind
D)Guru Nanak
Answer: Guru Hargovind
- Q. When was the famous Resolution on non-cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of the Congress held in Calcutta?
A)December, 1922
B)September, 1920
C)October, 1924
D)November, 1925
Answer: September, 1920
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