More Questions on History
- Q. The Simla Conference called by Viceroy Lord Wavell (to discuss the so-called Wavell Plan) in June 1945 failed on account of
A)the demand of the Congress to include the members of all communities in their quota to the Executive Council
B)Jinnah's demand that the Muslim League alone would nominate Muslim members to the Executive Council
C)the demand of the Scheduled Castes to reserved seats in the Executive Council in Proportion to their population
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who among the following has been given honorary status among the seven wonders of the modern world?
A)Great Pyramid of Giza
B)Taj Mahal
C)Petra
D)Colosseum
Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza
- Q. In 1893 __________ landed in India, made a tour of the country in the company of H. S. Olcott, and by her splendid presentation of Indian philosophy and her undisguised personal preference for the Indian spiritual heritage, won the support of orthodox Brahmins to Theosophy
A)Upendranath Basu
B)Annie Besant
C)I. N. Gurtu
D)George Thompson
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who built Red Fort?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Shah Jahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
A)Vaishanavism
B)Nirgunabraman
C)Shaivism
D)None of the above
Answer: Nirgunabraman
- Q. Bucephalus’ was the name of the horse of
A)Alexander
B)Napoleon
C)Julius Caesar
D)Mark Antony
Answer: Alexander
- Q. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
A)British
B)French
C)Protuguese
D)Dutch
Answer: Protuguese
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the attitudes of Alvars and Nayanars towards caste system? I. Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement of protest against the caste system and the dominance of Brahmanas or at least attempted to reform the system. II. Alvars and Nayanars always supported the caste system in the society. III. The importance of the traditions of the Alvars and Nayanars was sometimes indicated by the claim that their compositions were as important as the Vedas
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: I and III
- Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
A)Cyrus
B)Darius
C)Socrates
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira is also known as
A)Great teacher
B)Jina
C)Great preacher
D)Jain
Answer: Jina
- Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
A)Jyotibha Phule
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Jyotibha Phule
- Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
A)The Government of India act, 1919
B)The Government of India act 1913
C)The Government of India act 1935
D)None of these
Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services (during the First World War)
A)during the Non-Cooperation Movement
B)in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
C)in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
D)during the Champaran Satyagraha
Answer: in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
- Q. Two socio-religious reform movements founded in India in 1875 were
A)Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission
B)Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj
C)Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj
D)Aligarh Movement and Servants of Indian Society
Answer: Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj
- Q. “Treaty of Rajpurghat” was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________
A)British
B)French
C)Portuguese
D)Dutch
Answer: British
- Q. When did the British East India Company establish a capital in Calcutta?
A)1818
B)1772
C)1858
D)1857
Answer: 1772
- Q. When was the All Red Line inaugurated?
A)1902
B)1901
C)1922
D)1872
Answer: 1902
- Q. Who was the second President of America
A)Andrew Jackson
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)John Adams
Answer: John Adams
- Q. In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France
A)1804
B)1799
C)1807
D)1812
Answer: 1804
- Q. Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
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