More Questions on History
- Q. A focal point of all revolutionary activities in London was
A)Kaiser House
B)India House
C)Singh Sabha Building
D)Dadabhai Naoroji's House
Answer: India House
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Smritis? I. It deals with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma II. It is concerned mainly with the rules of the organization of the monasteries
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Which of the following was the capital of Surasena Mahajanapada?
A)Junagarh
B)Viratnagar
C)Mathura
D)Kashi
Answer: Mathura
- Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
A)Gandhara Style
B)The Persian Style
C)Hindu Style
D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
- Q. Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947
A)Lytton
B)Wavell
C)Linlithgow
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Wavell
- Q. Zamindari Association was the political association of modern India
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: First
- Q. Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas?
A)Raghuvamsa
B)Kumarasambhava
C)Meghaduta
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Who had scrapped the partition of Bengal?
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Lord Hardinge
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Hardinge
- Q. The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit play written by Kalidasa
A)Devichandragupta
B)Mudrarakshas
C)Malavikagnimitram
D)Mrichhakatika
Answer: Mudrarakshas
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the Act of 1919?
A)Responsible government would be realised only by progressive stages
B)British India must an integral part of the British Empire
C)Provincial subjects were classified into reserved subjects & transferred subjects
D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was drawn out of the revenues of Indian government
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Sir John Shore
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. The enquiry Committee on Jallianwaia Bagh incident was headed by
A)Irwin
B)Dyer
C)Hunter
D)Simon
Answer: Hunter
- Q. The oldest Jain scriptures are regarded to be the
A)Twelve Upangas
B)Fourteen Purvas
C)Twelve Angas
D)Fourteen Uparvas
Answer: Twelve Angas
- Q. Which of the following are two works of Kalidasa?
A)Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
B)Raghuvamsha and Kiratarjuniya
C)Malti Madhava and Kumara Sambhava
D)Malti Madhav and Kumara Sambhava
Answer: Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
- Q. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar’s reign was the port of
A)Calcutta
B)Karachi
C)Surat
D)Bombay
Answer: Surat
- Q. Which of the following play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Palaka?
A)Raghuvansa
B)Mrcchakatika
C)Sri Adi Kala
D)None of the above
Answer: Mrcchakatika
- Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Non-Cooperation movement
C)Civil Disobedience movement
D)None of the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
- Q. The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?
A)Portuguese
B)French
C)Danish
D)Dutch
Answer: Dutch
- Q. In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because
A)of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders
B)he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt
C)both A and B above
D)of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders
Answer: both A and B above
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