More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Tansen
D)Todarmal
Answer: Bairam Khan
- Q. The main cause of the tribal uprisings of the 19th century was
A)Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
B)the British land settlements and land laws had created tension in the tribal society
C)the British Forest Laws
D)new excise regulations and police exactions
Answer: the British Forest Laws
- Q. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
A)Punjab and NWFP
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Madras and Central Provinces
D)Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Gandhi
D)Rajaji
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
A)Kaliamma
B)Kaliamma
C)Rohini
D)Meenkshi Amma
Answer: Kaliamma
- Q. August Offer’ was issued by __________
A)Parliament
B)Crown
C)Viceroy
D)Secretary of State
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendations of the
A)Cabinet Mission Plan
B)Government of India Act, 1935
C)Cripps' Mission
D)Mountbatten Plan
Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan
- Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
A)Gujarat
B)Madras
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Which of the following is/are the main aim/s of Young Bengal Movement?
A)Question all authority and oppose decadent customs and traditions
B)Inspire pupil to think freely and rationally
C)Love liberty, equality and freedom
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
A)National Herald
B)Pioneer
C)Kesari
D)Patriot
Answer: National Herald
- Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Anand Mohan Bose
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. The Hindu Pioneer started in __________
A)1831
B)1827
C)1834
D)1838
Answer: 1838
- Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
A)Narayan Rao
B)Raghunath Rao
C)Madhav Rao-II
D)Baji Rao-II
Answer: Baji Rao-II
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is correct about Alvar Saints?
A)The 63 Alvars saints were the Shiva devotional poets, who lived between 5th and 10th centuries
B)The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
C)Only B
D)Both A & B
Answer: The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
- Q. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
A)1813
B)1814
C)1815
D)1816
Answer: 1815
- Q. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Bihari Bose
C)Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D)Madanlal Dhingra
Answer: Madanlal Dhingra
- Q. The Second World War started in the year
A)1939
B)1940
C)1941
D)1942
Answer: 1939
- Q. Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following Sayyid rulers of Delhi? I. Muhammad Shah II. Alauddin Alam Shah III. Mubarak Shah IV. Khizr Khan
A)IV, III, I, II
B)I, II, III, IV
C)IV, I, II, III
D)IV, II, III, I
Answer: IV, III, I, II
- Q. After Tilak’s deportation which of the following extremist leaders was not similarly deported to Mandalay prison in Burma?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Aswini Kumar Datta
D)CR Das
Answer: CR Das
- Q. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
A)Lord Wavell
B)Lord Mountbatten
C)Lord Linlithgow
D)Lord Irwin
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
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