More Questions on History
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to
A)work for harijan welfare
B)consolidate Khadi programme
C)cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence
D)write his autobiography
Answer: work for harijan welfare
- Q. Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas?
A)Raghuvamsa
B)Kumarasambhava
C)Meghaduta
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Akbar’s mausoleum is situated at
A)Sikandra
B)Sasaram
C)Agra
D)Delhi
Answer: Sikandra
- Q. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
A)Orissa
B)Bengal
C)Mysore
D)Surat
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
A)Queen Elizabeth-II
B)Queen Victoria
C)Queen Mary Tudor
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Queen Elizabeth-II
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct?
A)The Viceroy was given special powers
B)Diarchy was established in the provinces
C)The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy, councillors and the ministers
D)The federal legislature was to be bicameral
Answer: Diarchy was established in the provinces
- Q. The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?
A)Zamidar's property
B)Providing rent free land
C)Giving officer a right to revenue
D)Giving cash salary to Mansabdar
Answer: Giving officer a right to revenue
- Q. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A)The British Government Authority
B)Muslim Land Holders
C)The non-tribal outsiders
D)Hindu Land Holders
Answer: Hindu Land Holders
- Q. Which of the following is the Journal published in Britain by the Committee of the Indian National Congress?
A)India
B)Calcutta Gazette
C)Bengal Tribune
D)Calcutta Tribune
Answer: India
- Q. Which of the following is not match correctly?
A)Lothal : India
B)Harappa : Pakistan
C)Dholavira : Rajasthan
D)Banwali : Haryana
Answer: Dholavira : Rajasthan
- Q. Servants of India Society was founded in
A)India
B)England
C)America
D)Burma
Answer: India
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had held detailed discussions on the approaching partition of India with
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. With the fall of which among the following the French Revolution began?
A)Communes
B)Bastille
C)Jacobin Club
D)Pilinitz
Answer: Bastille
- Q. Which was the biggest building in Mohanjodaro?
A)Granary
B)Great Bath
C)Huge Hall
D)Two Story Building
Answer: Granary
- Q. The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
A)Plassey
B)Buxar
C)Swally
D)Trafalgar
Answer: Swally
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of
A)Hindu Muslim riots
B)the Chauri Chaura incident
C)arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for six years
D)all the above
Answer: the Chauri Chaura incident
- Q. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
A)Sayyid Ahmed Khan
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Aga Khan
D)All of the above
Answer: Aga Khan
- Q. Mozart was born in which country
A)Switzerland
B)Italy
C)Austria
D)Germany
Answer: Austria
- Q. Who among the following was impeached in the UK for his actions in India?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Hastings
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Hastings
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