More Questions on History
- Q. The ‘political philosophy’ was the work of __________
A)Dadabai Naoroji
B)Gopala Krishna Gokhale
C)R. C. Dutt
D)Lala Lajpath Rai
Answer: Gopala Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramdas
C)Namdeva
D)Eknath
Answer: Tukaram
- Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
A)1729
B)1727
C)1829
D)1834
Answer: 1829
- Q. Shivaji submitted to Jai Singh and signed the treaty of
A)Purandhar
B)Poona
C)Konkan
D)Surat
Answer: Purandhar
- Q. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
A)Rashtra Jagriti
B)Jay He
C)Bharat Vidhata
D)Matribhoomi
Answer: Bharat Vidhata
- Q. Who was called India’s Napoleon because of his victories?
A)Chandragupta
B)Skandagupta
C)Brahmagupta
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Balban
- Q. Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1928?
A)Mangal Pandey
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Sukhdev
D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. Who was the author of United States Declaration of Independence
A)George Washington
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)Benjamin Franklin
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy , Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?
A)Vaisheshika
B)Sankhya
C)Yoga
D)Uttarmimansa
Answer: Uttarmimansa
- Q. Humayun was born in the year
A)1608
B)1508
C)1708
D)1808
Answer: 1508
- Q. Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
A)Swarnakumari Devi
B)Annie Besant
C)Devendranath Tagore
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society?
A)Madame Blavatsky
B)Col. Occolt
C)Annie Besant
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. In which year was the partition of Bengal scrapped?
A)1911
B)1908
C)1923
D)1931
Answer: 1911
- Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
A)Sama Veda
B)Upanishads
C)Rig Veda
D)Ramayana
Answer: Upanishads
- Q. When did the Battle of Plassey take place?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1757
D)1765
Answer: 1757
- Q. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
A)Establishment of village industries
B)Abolition of machinery
C)Adoption of non-violence
D)Trusteeship theory
Answer: Trusteeship theory
- Q. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from
A)London
B)Moscow
C)Paris
D)Stockholm
Answer: London
- Q. When did the invasion of Poland begin?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1939
- Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
A)The Kalinga War
B)The third Buddhist Council
C)His embracing of Buddhism
D)His sending missionary to Ceylon
Answer: The Kalinga War
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