More Questions on History
- Q. In 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent :
A)Cripps Mission to India
B)Wavell Mission to India
C)Mount Mission to India
D)August Offer
Answer: Cripps Mission to India
- Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
A)Nalanda
B)Taxila
C)Vikramshila
D)Vaishali
Answer: Taxila
- Q. Bande Matram was a series of articles published in the year 1907 by :
A)Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Domadar Chapekar
D)Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. The first truly revolutionary organisation in Bengal was
A)Yugantar
B)Anusilan Samiti
C)Abhinava Bharata
D)Abhinava Bharat Society
Answer: Anusilan Samiti
- Q. Akbar’s teacher was
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Latif
D)Kabir
Answer: Abdul Latif
- Q. Two great Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila were patronised by the
A)Paramaras
B)Palas
C)Chandelas
D)All the above
Answer: Palas
- Q. Which of the following is not correct about Prarthana Samaj?
A)The Prarthana Samaj was founded by Athmaram panduranga (with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen)
B)The Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay in1867
C)The main aim behind the establishment of the Prarthana Samaj was to make people believe in one God and worship only one God
D)This society was against the widow remarriage
Answer: This society was against the widow remarriage
- Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
A)Bodh Gaya
B)Sarnath
C)Kapilavastu
D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
A)Ramananda
B)Tukaram
C)Dadu
D)Raghunandan
Answer: Dadu
- Q. Which of the following Acts had provision of Indian Civil Services recruitment on the basis of competitive examination?
A)Government of India Act, 1858
B)Charter Act of 1813
C)Charter Act of 1853
D)Charter Act of 1833
Answer: Charter Act of 1853
- Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
A)Kadphises II
B)Kadphises I
C)Kanishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kadphises II
- Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Germany
Answer: Britain
- Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
- Q. Noakhali is situated in
A)Bangladesh
B)West Bengal
C)Tripura
D)Bihar
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. The Upanishads are
A)Books of ancient Hindu laws
B)A source of Hindu philosophy
C)Books on social behavior of man
D)Prayers to God
Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
- 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. Who said that Indian National Congress is a ‘begging institute’?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. Who ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes – the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
A)Govindan Vaidyar
B)P. K. Kesavan
C)P. K. Divakara Panicker
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ? I. non-cooperation II. Strike, III. Demonstration IV. Civil disobedience
A)I and IV are correct
B)I and II are correct
C)II and IV are correct
D)III and IV are correct
Answer: I and IV are correct
- Q. Who represented Indian women in The Second Round Table Conference?
A)Sucheta Kripalani
B)Aruna Asaf Ali
C)Sarojini Naidu
D)Kalpana Joshi
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
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