More Questions on History
- Q. In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
A)Vice-President
B)President
C)General Secretary
D)Member of the Working Committee
Answer: General Secretary
- Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
A)W. C. Banerjee
B)Gokhale
C)Ranade
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was
A)a military State
B)a loose federation
C)a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
D)a regency of the Peshwa
Answer: a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
- Q. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?
A)R. C. Dutt
B)Satyendranath Tagore
C)Behari Lal Gupta
D)Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
- Q. What is the meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)Sangeet Siksha
B)Shastra Gyan
C)Nartya Siksha
D)Brahma Vidya
Answer: Brahma Vidya
- Q. In Buddhism ‘Bull’ is related to what incident of Buddha’s life?
A)Mahabhimiskramana
B)Birth
C)Enlightenment
D)Mahaparinirvana
Answer: Birth
- Q. Who speaks of Cabinet system as “the steering wheel of the ship of state”?
A)Muin
B)Lowell
C)Marriot
D)Bagehot
Answer: Muin
- Q. The Mughal architecture attained unrivalled magnificence during the reign of
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Humayun
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which city was recaptured at the end of the first war of Crusade
A)Venice
B)Rome
C)Jerusalem
D)Vienna
Answer: Jerusalem
- Q. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
A)Vishakhadatta
B)Shundraka
C)Kalidasa
D)Chanakya
Answer: Kalidasa
- Q. The first Indian who was elected to the leadership of the Communist International was
A)SS Joshi
B)SA Dange
C)MN Roy
D)PC Joshi
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. Fascism believes in the application of the principle of
A)Democracy
B)Dictatorship
C)Utilitarianism
D)Totalitarianism
Answer: Totalitarianism
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Condemnation of rituals, ceremonies and blind faith. II. Rejection of idol worship by many saints.
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Which emperor wrote the play ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language?
A)Harshavardhana
B)Prabhakara vardhana
C)Chandragupta II
D)Bindusara
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. Who among the following composed the Hindi version of Ramayana?
A)Valmiki
B)Tulsidas
C)Ramananda
D)Kabir
Answer: Tulsidas
- 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. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted?
A)All the members of the commission were Englishmen
B)Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause
C)It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period
D)Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police
Answer: All the members of the commission were Englishmen
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
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