More Questions on History
- Q. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
A)1805
B)1800
C)1807
D)1815
Answer: 1815
- Q. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
A)Passive resistance
B)Organisation of secret societies
C)Constitutional agitation
D)Terrorism
Answer: Passive resistance
- Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
C)Allowing women to enter temple
D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
- Q. Chinese travellers visited India primarily because-
A)They were invited by ten Indian kings
B)They were interested in Buddhism
C)They were interested to study Indian culture
D)They were interested to stay in India
Answer: They were interested in Buddhism
- Q. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
A)Abdur Qadir Badauni
B)Nizamuddin Ahmad
C)Abul Fazl
D)Abdas Khan Arwani
Answer: Abul Fazl
- Q. The first Mughal emperor of India was
A)Humayun
B)Shahjahan
C)Babur
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. The main founder (s) of the Swaraj Party was/were
A)Motilal Nehru
B)CR Das
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Only A and B above
Answer: Only A and B above
- Q. What is pietra dura?
A)Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B)A form of music
C)Armour
D)None of the above
Answer: Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
- Q. The Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were directed against
A)Moneylenders
B)Big landlords
C)Revenue collectors
D)British opium planters
Answer: Moneylenders
- Q. Sarojini Naidu was elected Congress President at :
A)Bombay, 1934
B)Haripura, 1938
C)Madras Session, 1927
D)Kanpur Session ,1925
Answer: Kanpur Session ,1925
- Q. One Caste One Religion, One God for Man is the teaching of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Rajaram Mohan Roy
C)C. Kesavan
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in
A)Rangoon
B)Vienna
C)Tokyo
D)Singapore
Answer: Singapore
- Q. The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy
A)1843
B)1842
C)1845
D)1875
Answer: 1875
- Q. Which of the following Craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans?
A)Jewellery
B)Pottery
C)Carpentry
D)Blacksmith
Answer: Blacksmith
- Q. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
A)1921
B)1917
C)1927
D)1932
Answer: 1921
- Q. Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
A)Amir Khusro
B)Hussain Shah
C)Barbak Shah
D)Nanak
Answer: Amir Khusro
- Q. The first Famine Commission was constituted under
A)Sir John Strachey
B)Sir Richard Strachey
C)Roberts
D)Chamberlain
Answer: Sir Richard Strachey
- Q. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
A)1858
B)1857
C)1900
D)1909
Answer: 1857
- Q. Mughal presence in the Red fort was ceased by
A)Lord hording
B)Robert Clive
C)Heuroz
D)John Nicholsan
Answer: John Nicholsan
- Q. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
A)Yajur-veda
B)Rig-veda
C)Atharva-veda
D)Sarna-veda
Answer: Rig-veda
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