More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatshatru
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
A)The imprisonment of Lenin
B)The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
C)The ambition of America to dominate the world
D)The sudden death of Lloyd George
Answer: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
- Q. Who was the first Caliph?
A)Abu Bakr
B)Sulaiman, the Great
C)Imam Hussain
D)Constantine
Answer: Abu Bakr
- Q. Swami Vivekananda was graduated from __________University
A)Hyderabad
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Karachi
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. The war criminals of the World War-II were put to trial in
A)Peitersburg
B)Nuremburg
C)Gettysburg
D)Peitsburg
Answer: Nuremburg
- Q. The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by
A)BC Pal
B)Surendra Nath Bennerjee
C)Aurobindo Ghose
D)Rash Behari Bose
Answer: Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
A)Jana
B)Vish
C)Grama
D)Gotra
Answer: Grama
- Q. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
A)Dadabhai Naroji
B)W. C. Bannerji
C)Gopalkrishna Gokhale
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Dadabhai Naroji
- Q. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at
A)Agra
B)Ajmer
C)Delhi
D)Daulatabad
Answer: Agra
- Q. Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan proposing the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan :
A)On June 3, 1947
B)On May 3, 1947
C)On July 3, 1947
D)On August 3, 1947
Answer: On June 3, 1947
- Q. Shivaji attacked Shaista Khan in the night at
A)Konkan
B)Agra
C)Bijapur
D)Poona
Answer: Poona
- Q. Under the Mughals the jizya was collected from
A)Muhammadans
B)Persians
C)Hindus
D)Foreign visitors
Answer: Hindus
- Q. Which Rajput dynasty had not surrendered to Akbar?
A)Sisodiya
B)Pratihara
C)Rathor
D)Parmar
Answer: Sisodiya
- Q. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
A)1840
B)1788
C)1872
D)1814
Answer: 1788
- Q. Which Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
A)Individual Satyagraha
B)Salt Satyagraha
C)Ryots Satyagraha
D)Flag Satyagraha
Answer: Flag Satyagraha
- Q. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were known as
A)Barawardi
B)Walashahi
C)Jcumaki
D)Dakhili
Answer: Dakhili
- Q. Which revolutionary was associated with the foundation of the Punjab Navjivan Bharat Sabha in 1926?
A)Amir Chand
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bhagat Singh
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