Indian History Question Answer
Q1. Which incident initiated the Swadeshi movement in British India
(a) Jallianwala Bagh genocide
(b) Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Bengal Partition
(d) Gandhiji's return to India
Answer: (c) Bengal Partition
Q2. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started with which event
(a) Bardoli Satyagraha
(b) Communal Award
(c) Dandi March
(d) Failure of round table conference
Answer: (c) Dandi March
Q3. In which Muslim League session, the "Divide and Quit" slogan was raised by Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(a) Dhaka Session, 1906
(b) Lucknow Session, 1931
(c) Lahore Session, 1940
(d) Karachi Session, 1943
Answer: (d) Karachi Session, 1943
Q4. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843 was enacted by which Governor-General
(a) Lord Wilberforce
(b) Lord Ellenborough
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Auckland
Answer: (b) Lord Ellenborough
Q5. From the followings, who is appointed twice as the Governor-General of India
(a) Minto
(b) Hardinge
(c) Cornwallis
(d) Warren Hastings
Answer: (c) Cornwallis
Q6. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, which deals with the preservation of ancient monuments was passed during the times of
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Curzon
(d) Mountbatten
Answer: (c) Curzon
Q7. Which Mughal Emperor discontinued the practice of Jharokha-Darshan
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangazeb
Answer: (d) Aurangazeb
Q8. The religious scriptures of Mahayanism were written in
(a) Devanagari
(b) Prakrit
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Pali
Answer: (d) Pali
Q9. Who is also known as the "Lord of five Indies"
(a) Ashoka
(b) Harsha
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Chandragupta II
Answer: (b) Harsha
Q10. Who among these was never elected to the Presidentship of INC
(a) George Yule
(b) Alfred Webb
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Nawab Syed
Answer: (c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q11. Who moved (and withdrew) a resolution for the enfranchisement of women in the 1917 Session of Indian National Congress
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: (a) Annie Besant
Q12. V. D. Savarkar authored the book
(a) Eighteen Fifty Seven
(b) The Sepoy Mutiny
(c) The Indian War of Independence
(d) Rebellions in the Indian Mutinies
Answer: (c) The Indian War of Independence
Q13. Charaka Samhita is predominantly a text on
(a) Sports
(b) Therapeutics
(c) Yoga
(d) Food
Answer: (b) Therapeutics
Q14. Chachnama, in early century source on history of Sind, was originally written in
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Persian
(c) Arabic
(d) Pali
Answer: (b) Persian
Q15. The law book of Manu translated by Sir William Jones published under the title of
(a) Institutes of Hindu Law
(b) Law by Aryan
(c) Manu's Law
(d) Sacred Law of the Aryans
Answer: (a) Institutes of Hindu Law