More Questions on History
- Q. When did the Nawabs of Bengal surrender to the British East India Company?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1757
D)1765
Answer: 1757
- Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
A)The Muslim League
B)The National Congress
C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
D)The People living in those boundary areas
Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means
A)Sacredness
B)Divinity
C)Doctrine
D)Knowledge
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted
A)Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
B)Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
C)Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
D)Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
Answer: Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
- Q. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
A)Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
B)Khidmatgars (Servants)
C)Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
D)Angels of Freedom
Answer: Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
- Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Who is known as ‘The Father of English History’
A)Alfred the Great
B)Jerome
C)John Chrysostom
D)Bede
Answer: Bede
- Q. Genghis Khan died in the year
A)1219
B)1209
C)1227
D)1232
Answer: 1227
- Q. Who established the ‘Sharda Sadan’, a school for Indian Widows in colonial India?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Mahadev Govind Ranade
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Pandita Ramabai
Answer: Pandita Ramabai
- Q. In March 1923 Chittranjan Das along with Motilal Nehru formed :
A)The Forward Block
B)The Gaddar Party
C)The Swaraj Party
D)None of these
Answer: The Swaraj Party
- Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
- Q. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?
A)Charles Martel
B)Carloman
C)Pepin of Herstal
D)Pepin the Short
Answer: Pepin the Short
- Q. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
A)Shiva
B)Ganesh
C)Durga
D)Vishnu
Answer: Shiva
- Q. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent Assembly would be
A)289
B)389
C)250
D)350
Answer: 389
- Q. Assertion (A): The invasions of Krishnadeva Raya into the territories of Prataparudra were inconclusive. Reason (R): Krishnadeva Raya invaded the territories of the Gajpathi not for the latter’s extinction but only for the recovery of lost territories.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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 false but R is true
- Q. Humayun was born in the year
A)1608
B)1508
C)1708
D)1808
Answer: 1508
- Q. I. System of Purva Mimamsa was propagated by sage Jaimini, a disciple of Veda Vyasa. II. The main objective of the Purva Mimamsa School is to interpret and establish the authority of the Vedas. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct related to the Purva Mimamsa?
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Who switched on the world’s first large-scale electrical supply network?
A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Albert Einstein
C)Benjamin Franklin
D)Thomas Edison
Answer: Thomas Edison
- Q. The Bombay Association, the first political association in Bombay presidency was founded by __________ in 1852
A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Amaresh Chakravarty
D)Prankrishna Parija
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Who is the creator of the world famous statue ‘David’ in Florence
A)Raphael
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Filippo Brunelleschi
D)Michelangelo
Answer: Michelangelo
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