More Questions on History
- Q. What does the opening scene of Beowulf describe?
A)The birth of Beowulf
B)The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
C)The death of Beowulf
D)The defeat of the monster Grendel
Answer: The arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
- Q. In India, the Wahabi movement was started by __________
A)1906
B)1901
C)1915
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________
A)Legislative Assembly
B)Legislative Council
C)House of Representatives
D)House of Commons
Answer: Legislative Assembly
- Q. Which was probably the most popular assembly in which even women enjoyed an equal status with men in the Early Vedic period?
A)Samiti
B)Sabha
C)Gana
D)Vidatha
Answer: Vidatha
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?
A)our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred.
B)Forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only.
C)Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the the attempt.
D)Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
Answer: Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it.
- Q. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to
A)Fatehpur Sikri
B)Andman and Nicobar
C)Mandalay
D)Rangoon
Answer: Rangoon
- Q. Ram Prasad Bismil had been associated with the case?
A)Kanpur conspiracy
B)Alipore bomb
C)Kokori bomb
D)Meerut conspiracy
Answer: Kokori bomb
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
A)Kusinara and Pava
B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
C)Kundagrama and Pava
D)Kashi and Champa
Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
- Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 empower the British government to do
A)Shut down any industrial unit at will
B)Foment class and caste strife
C)Extend the period of imprisonment for Indians
D)Detain a person for any duration without a trial
Answer: Detain a person for any duration without a trial
- Q. Bhakti Saint who was contemporary of Sivaji?
A)Ekanatha
B)Namadev
C)Tukaram
D)Gnanadeva
Answer: Tukaram
- Q. In Jainism, ‘Perfect Knowledge’ is referred to as
A)Ratna
B)Nirvana
C)Kaivalya
D)Jina
Answer: Kaivalya
- Q. Assertion (A): The introduction of ‘Western Education’ and English language as medium of instruction led the foundation for the rise and growth of nationalism in India. Reason (R): The Indian National Movement would not have been possible without the English language as the medium
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: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The Jaina literature is known as
A)Epics
B)Tripitakas
C)Aryasutras
D)Angas
Answer: Angas
- 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. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
- Q. What were the collective farms under Stalin’s Collectivization Programme in Russia known as
A)Ferma
B)Kolkhoz
C)Lider
D)Kollektsiya
Answer: Kolkhoz
- Q. The Sikh Guru who fought in the Mughal ranks during the reign of Aurangzeb was
A)Har Rai
B)Tegh Bahadur
C)Amar Das
D)Angad
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
- Q. Who had written the book “poverty and Un-British rule in India”
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)R. C. Dutta
C)D. R. Gadgil
D)P. C. Mahalnobis
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The landmarks or Dalhousie’s administration did not include
A)English as the medium of instruction
B)Indian Railways
C)Public works department
D)Telegraph
Answer: English as the medium of instruction
- Q. Which of the following Vedas is not a part of Vedatrayi?
A)Yajur Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Sama Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
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