More Questions on History
- Q. Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)Dr. Palpu
C)C. Kesavan
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. The revolt of 1857 had its beginning in
A)Plassey
B)Meerut
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Meerut
- Q. Humayun’s Tomb was built by
A)Bega Begum
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Akbar
Answer: Bega Begum
- Q. After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book __________Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas
A)Prince
B)The Rights of Man
C)Utopia
D)Advaitha Deepika
Answer: The Rights of Man
- Q. Who said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
A)Lord Curzon
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Lansdowne
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. Why did King Vipulvahan develop aversion for worldly life?
A)Because of son
B)Because of wife
C)Because of famine
D)Because of subjects
Answer: Because of famine
- Q. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam ?
A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
B)Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
C)C. Rajagopalachari
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Periyar E.V Ramaswamy Naicker
- Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
A)Gwalior
B)Baghat
C)Sambalpur
D)Satara
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)none of the above
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
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 true but R is false
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Who was the first nun of Gautama Buddha?
A)Smriti
B)Meenakshi
C)Gautami
D)Gargi
Answer: Gautami
- Q. In which year (in A.D) did Babur invaded India?
A)1520
B)1530
C)1526
D)1550
Answer: 1526
- Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who was elected as First Consul of the Consulate of France?
A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Adolf Hitler
C)Napoleon III
D)Maximiliean Robespierre
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Q. The Congressmen who wanted to contest the elections under the Act of 1919 and enter the legislature, formed a party (1923) called
A)Congress Swarajya Party
B)Swaraj Party
C)Nationalist Party
D)Liberal Party
Answer: Swaraj Party
- Q. Which of the following state was not the victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
A)Satara
B)Mysore
C)Awadh
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Satara
- Q. Who among the following played a prominent role during the “Reign of Terror” in France?
A)Marat
B)Voltaire
C)Robespierre
D)Montesquieu
Answer: Robespierre
- Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
A)Baroda
B)Travancore
C)Hyderabad
D)Mysore
Answer: Travancore
- Q. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in
A)Sanskrit
B)Telugu
C)Tamil
D)Kannada
Answer: Telugu
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