More Questions on History
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
B)his trial in 1907-08
C)the Home Rule Movement
D)the Congress Session in 1917
Answer: the Home Rule Movement
- Q. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram?
A)Prasadas
B)Rathas
C)Mathika
D)Gandhakuti
Answer: Rathas
- Q. From which port of England, Titanic started its journey
A)Southampton
B)Liverpool
C)Manchester
D)Sunderland
Answer: Southampton
- Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A)George Washington
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)John F. Kennedy
D)William Wallace Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
A)Curzon
B)Dalhousie
C)Bentick
D)Conrnwallis
Answer: Conrnwallis
- Q. “Desire is the cause of all sufferings”. Which religion promoted this?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Sikhism
D)Hinduism
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. The building of the famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was executed under the Rashtrakuta king
A)Govinda-III
B)Amoghavarsha-I
C)Indra-III
D)Krishna-I
Answer: Krishna-I
- Q. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
A)Trajan
B)Cartius
C)Nero
D)Brutus
Answer: Trajan
- Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
A)1857
B)1818
C)1858
D)1819
Answer: 1857
- Q. Who wrote biography of Chaitanya?
A)Namadeva
B)Krishnadasa Kaviraja
C)Shankar Dev
D)Both A & B
Answer: Krishnadasa Kaviraja
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about The French East India Company?
A)They established their first company in Surat
B)The French East India Company took hold of Yanam in 1723 AD, Mahe on Malabar Coast in 1725 AD and Karaikal in 1739 A.D.
C)The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD
D)The French East India Company was formed during the reign of King Louis XIV
Answer: The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD
- Q. In 1946, the Interim Government was formed under
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Patel
C)Rajaji
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Humayun restored his Indian kingdom with the help of the ruler of
A)Kabul
B)Arabia
C)Persia
D)Turkey
Answer: Persia
- Q. Who started the Indian Reforms Association?
A)Swami Vivekananda
B)Narayan Guru
C)Krishna swami Aiyar
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Keshav Chandra Sen
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar-Nama” in Persian was
A)Guru Har Krishan
B)Guru Har Rai
C)Guru Gobind Singh
D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was
A)treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda
B)annexation of Ahmadnagar
C)both (A) and (B) above
D)expulsion of the Portuguese from Hughli
Answer: both (A) and (B) above
- Q. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai ‘ was composed by
A)Khudiram Bose
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Chandrasekhar Azad
D)Ramprasad Bismil
Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
- Q. Which statement is not the advocacy of Nirguna Saints?
A)It is the concept of a formless God, which has no attributes or quality
B)It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
C)It conceived as Ishvara, the personal and purely spiritual aspect of godhead, beyond all names and forms (nama-rupa), and is to be apprehended only by inner (mystical) experience
D)None of the above
Answer: It advocated the worshiped the anthropomorphic manifestations of the divine being, particularly Rama and Krishna
- Q. With which of the following was Annie Besant Associated?
A)Arya Samaj
B)Ramakrishna Mission
C)ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
D)Theosophical Society
Answer: Theosophical Society
- Q. The Bloodless Revolution of 1688 was started in which country
A)Italy
B)England
C)Portugal
D)France
Answer: England
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