More Questions on History
- Q. In __________ , Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth)
A)1853
B)1773
C)1873
D)1889
Answer: 1873
- Q. Who among the following is the head of theosophical society in India
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Blavatsky
D)Did not come to india
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was
A)Jahandar Shah
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Shah Alam I
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Both A & B
Answer: Gnandeva
- Q. When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
A)Baldwin
B)Chamberlain
C)Churchill
D)Asquith
Answer: Churchill
- Q. There are no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by
A)Gandhi
B)Nehru
C)Vinoba Bhave
D)Jaya Prakash Narayan
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilisation flourished during the __________ age
A)Paleolithic
B)Megalithic
C)Neolithic
D)Chalcolithic
Answer: Chalcolithic
- Q. The Ruins of Harappa and Mohanjodaro were found on which of the following river bank?
A)Indus
B)Ravi
C)Beas
D)A and B both
Answer: A and B both
- Q. Who among the following Governor-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton?
A)Dufferin
B)Northbrook
C)Elgin-II
D)Ripon
Answer: Ripon
- Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
A)Jaipur
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Amarkot
Answer: Agra
- Q. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
A)Aligarh
B)Mumbai
C)Calicut
D)Guntur
Answer: Guntur
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1919 made provision for the appointment of a/an __________ for India in the United Kingdom
A)Council
B)Ambassador
C)High Commissioner
D)Indian Member in the parliament of England
Answer: Council
- Q. In India, Ancient Iron Age is attached with
A)Black and Red Pottery
B)Gray pottery
C)Ocher Coloured Pottery
D)Northern Black Polish Pottery
Answer: Gray pottery
- Q. Who discovered America?
A)Columbus
B)Vascoda Gama
C)Captain Cook
D)Amundsen
Answer: Columbus
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year
A)1674
B)1664
C)1670
D)1660
Answer: 1674
- Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
- Q. World renowned philosopher Karl Marx was born in the country
A)Germany
B)Austria
C)Russia
D)Italy
Answer: Germany
- Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)MK Gandhi
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
A)Madan Mohan Malviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
D)Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
- Q. India was partitioned as a consequence of the formula contained in
A)Attlee's Declaration
B)Cabinet Mission Plan
C)June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
D)Both B and C above
Answer: June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
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