More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement? I. Suppression by British new law II. Did not involve peasant cause III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both II and III
D)All the above
Answer: Both II and III
- Q. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of
A)Jahangir Alampanah
B)Jahangir
C)Jahangir Alamgir
D)Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
Answer: Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
- Q. In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
A)French
B)British
C)Spain
D)Dutch
Answer: British
- Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
A)Lord Dufferin
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Northbrook
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. The prominent leaders of Indian Association which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 were :
A)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das
B)Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
C)Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand Mukherjee
D)Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
- Q. The first newspaper which was published in India was
A)The Bombay Gazette
B)The Calculatta Gazette
C)The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta
D)The Bengal Gazette
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
- Q. The term of office of member of the Council of India as per the act of 1919 was
A)4 years
B)5 years
C)2 years
D)6 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. After how many years of practice Sambhavnath acquired Kewalya Gyan and formed DharamTirth?
A)12
B)10
C)14
D)16
Answer: 14
- Q. The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was
A)Maitreyi
B)Kalhana
C)Kalidasa
D)Panini
Answer: Panini
- Q. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
A)Niccolo de Conti
B)Athanasius Nikitin
C)Ibn Batuta
D)Ferishta
Answer: Niccolo de Conti
- Q. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
A)A Gupta Emperor
B)A Mughal Emperor
C)A Mauryan Emperor
D)A Sunga Emperor
Answer: A Mughal Emperor
- Q. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called
A)Verna
B)Sikhara
C)Nagara
D)Gandhara
Answer: Gandhara
- Q. In which Hindi month Sumtinath Tirthankar received diksha?
A)Jyestha
B)Vaisakh
C)Chetra
D)Magha
Answer: Vaisakh
- Q. When did the Korean war end?
A)1948
B)1937
C)1950
D)1953
Answer: 1953
- Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
A)Pusyamitra Shunga
B)Ashoka
C)Kanishka I
D)Menander
Answer: Kanishka I
- Q. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
A)Allahabad
B)Lahore
C)Karachi
D)Dacca
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi participated In the Second Round Table conference after
A)refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League
B)signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
C)being permitted by the Congress
D)receiving assurance that independence was fast coming
Answer: signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
- Q. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
A)Maurya
B)Gnathrika
C)Shakya
D)Kuru
Answer: Shakya
- Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
A)Sri Lanka
B)Varkala
C)Kottayam
D)Calicut
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between
A)Gandhi and Ambedkar
B)Nehru and Ambedkar
C)Malaviya and Ambedkar
D)Gandhi and Nehru
Answer: Gandhi and Ambedkar
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