More Questions on History
- Q. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the
A)Jains
B)Parsis
C)Jews
D)Buddhists
Answer: Parsis
- Q. Who was the Emperor of Russia during Russian Revolution
A)Nicholas II
B)Alexander III
C)Nicholas I
D)Alexander II
Answer: Nicholas II
- Q. After Tilak’s deportation which of the following extremist leaders was not similarly deported to Mandalay prison in Burma?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Aswini Kumar Datta
D)CR Das
Answer: CR Das
- Q. When did the Vietnam war occur?
A)1948
B)1937
C)1950
D)1955
Answer: 1955
- Q. In __________, the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)) was established
A)1908
B)1904
C)1917
D)1920
Answer: 1920
- Q. Who made remarkable contribution to the development of Local government?
A)Gladstone
B)Lord Ripon
C)W.W Hunter
D)Hastings
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by
A)Begum Hazrat Mahal
B)Wajid Ali Shah
C)Asaf-ud-daula
D)Begum Zeenat Mahal
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
B)He wanted to join the Congress
C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Who was King Vipulvahan?
A)Brother of Sambhavnath
B)Father of Sambhavnath
C)Friend of Sambhavnath
D)Teacher of Sambhavnath
Answer: Father of Sambhavnath
- Q. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders
A)Ten
B)Eighteen
C)Only Two
D)Seven
Answer: Ten
- Q. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Bihari Bose
C)Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D)Madanlal Dhingra
Answer: Madanlal Dhingra
- Q. Who developed system ranks of binary patterns?
A)Aryabhata
B)Baudhayana
C)Mahavira
D)Pingala
Answer: Pingala
- Q. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced In India?
A)Dohakosa
B)Divya Vandana
C)Vjrachedika
D)Vamsathapakasini
Answer: Vamsathapakasini
- Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
A)Indigenous merchants
B)Portuguese
C)British free merchants
D)Dutch
Answer: British free merchants
- Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Ranade
C)Pulinbehari Sarkar
D)Amaresh Chakravarty
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Both I and III
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Sir Saiyad breathed his last on Sunday, 27th March__________
A)1898
B)1878
C)1901
D)1906
Answer: 1898
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Lucknow
C)Lahore
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Q. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji’s reign – the Jama Masjid at Kana and Alai Darwaza – were constructed at
A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Dhar
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Delhi
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