More Questions on History
- Q. Of the following who did not find a place in the Legislative Council as per the Act of 1853?
A)Additional Members
B)The Governor-General
C)The Commander-in-Chief
D)The Lieutenant Governor
Answer: The Lieutenant Governor
- Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
A)M Kelappan
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Veer Savarkar
D)Shankaran Nair
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. The first one, among the following, to deal with music was
A)Yajur Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Sama Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Sama Veda
- Q. When did the Battle of France take place?
A)1941
B)1940
C)1945
D)1942
Answer: 1940
- Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
A)Thailand and Cambodia
B)Burma and Tibet
C)Korea and Japan
D)Indonesia and Vietnam
Answer: Korea and Japan
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
B)He wanted to join the Congress
C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ?
A)The Permanent Settlement
B)Charter Act of 1813
C)Mahalwari System Reforms
D)Morley Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley Minto Reforms
- Q. Which Veda deals with magical hymn or charms of spell?
A)Samveda
B)Rigveda
C)Atharvaveda
D)Yajurveda
Answer: Atharvaveda
- Q. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the __________ age
A)Paleolithic
B)Megalithic
C)Neolithic
D)Chalcolithic
Answer: Chalcolithic
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. United Nations was formed in the year
A)1945
B)1944
C)1947
D)1948
Answer: 1945
- Q. Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
A)Sucheta Kripalani
B)Annie Besant
C)Sarojini Naidu
D)Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
- Q. __________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru’s visions and ideals to the western world
A)Kumaranasan
B)Nataraja Guru
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)K.Madhavan
Answer: Nataraja Guru
- Q. Where did the February Revolution take place
A)Petrograd
B)Moscow
C)Paris
D)London
Answer: Petrograd
- Q. Select the correct pair of writer and their book
A)Bharavi's Mricchakatika
B)Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
C)Vishakhadatta's Rajdoot
D)Shudraka's Kirtarjuniya
Answer: Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
- Q. The correct chronological order in which the given monuments were built is
A)Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort, Buland Darwaza, Qutab Minar
B)Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
C)Qutab Minar, Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort
D)Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort, Qutab Minar
Answer: Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
- Q. Which of the following act was the revision of Vernacular Act?
A)Newspaper Act, 1908
B)Indian Press act, 1910
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Indian Press act, 1910
- Q. In Mauryan dynasty Kalinga war took place in the year
A)261 BC
B)260 BC
C)126 BC
D)232 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. Boston Tea Party’ protest was associated with the revolution of
A)Italy
B)America
C)Franch
D)India
Answer: America
- Q. Which one of the following U.S. President visited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomatic ties?
A)George Bush (Senior)
B)Richard Nixon
C)D Eisenhowar
D)J. F. Kennedy
Answer: Richard Nixon
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