More Questions on History
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 consists of __________ sections and 10 schedules
A)330
B)300
C)321
D)331
Answer: 321
- Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
A)The Panch Mahal
B)The Rang Mahal
C)The Red Fort
D)The Bahai temple
Answer: The Panch Mahal
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahma Samaj which of the following statements regarding Raja Rammohan Roy are correct? I. Considered as father of Indian renaissance II. Started Brahmo Samaj III. Set up Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta IV. Translated Vedas and five Upanishads to Bengali language
A)I, II, III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
A)Rigidity of Caste
B)Slavery
C)Prostitution
D)Widow remarriage
Answer: Widow remarriage
- Q. Which Mountain’s volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD
A)Mount Tambora
B)Mount Pelee
C)Mount Etna
D)Mount Vesuvius
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
- 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
- Q. Who was the patron of the 3rd Buddhist council?
A)Ashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Kanishka
D)Harsha
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Idol of dancing girl (Bronze) is found in which of the following civilization?
A)Indus Valley Civilization
B)Mesopotamian Civilization
C)Persian Civilization
D)Egyptian Civilization
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
A)Lahore
B)Allahabad
C)Amritsar
D)Belur
Answer: Belur
- Q. What was the name of the father of Rishabhanatha Tirthankar?
A)Sambhavnath
B)Nabhiraya
C)Sumitnath
D)Vasupujya
Answer: Nabhiraya
- Q. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ?
A)The Permanent Settlement
B)Charter Act of 1813
C)Mahalwari System Reforms
D)Morley Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley Minto Reforms
- Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Winston Churchill
C)Lord Wavell
D)Lord Lirrlithgow
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
A)Charter Act, 1813
B)Pitt's India Act, 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1813
- Q. Which of the following was the capital of Surasena Mahajanapada?
A)Junagarh
B)Viratnagar
C)Mathura
D)Kashi
Answer: Mathura
- Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
A)Bentinck
B)Ripon
C)Curzon
D)Mayo
Answer: Ripon
- Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja?
A)Chandragupta I
B)Skandhgupta
C)Chandragupta II
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir?
A)Harshacharita
B)Gaudavaho
C)Rajatarangini
D)Vikramankadevacharita
Answer: Rajatarangini
- Q. Who called Muazzam as Shahi-i- Bekhabar?
A)Zulfikar khan
B)Kafi Khan
C)Kam Baksh
D)Nur Jahan
Answer: Kafi Khan
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
A)The Year 1939
B)The Year 1935
C)The Year 1937
D)The Year 1942
Answer: The Year 1939
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