Saturday, January 16, 2010

History Objective Questions – PART 3



51. Who was the Hindu king shown playing veena on the ancient-coins ?

(A) Shivajee

(B) Vikramaditya

(C) Samudra Gupta

(D) Ashoka


52. What was unique to Harappan civilization in comparision to Egyptian and mesopotamian civilization ?

(A) Pictographic script

(B) Temples

(C) Rectangular town planning

(D) Drainage system


53. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by British in—

(A) Bengal presidency only

(B) Bombay presidencey only

(C) Madras presidency only

(D) Bombay and Madras presidency


54. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of ‘Satyagraha’ ?

(A) Champaran

(B) Ahemdabad mill strike

(C) Dandi

(D) South Africa


55. Which pair threw a bomb at carriage that they believed was occupied by Kingsford, the unpopular judge at Muzaffarpur ?

(A) Ram Prasad Bismil, Surya Sen (1906)

(B) Khudi Ram Bose, Prafulla Chaki (1908)

(C) Jatindra Nath Das, Ashfaqullah (1910)

(D) None of these


56. Which one of the following was not a president of Indian National Congress ?

(A) Sir William Wedderburn

(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Purushottam Das Tondon

(D) None of these


57. Which of the following movements was launched along with Khilafat Movement ?

(A) Non-cooperation Movement

(B) Civil Disobedience Movement

(C) Home Rule Movement

(D) Swadeshi Movement


58. Match the method of protest against the British with its propounder—

List-I

(a) Method of direct action

(b) Non-cooperation means

(c) Method of petitions and resolutions

(d) Acts of courage to rouse the mass revolt by masses

List-II

1. Gokhale

2. Bhagat Singh

3. Tilak

4. Gandhijee

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 2 4 1 3

(C) 4 2 3 1

(D) 3 4 2 1


59. ‘Kesari’ was—

(A) An organisation for social reforms started by Tilak

(B) An english language paper owned by S.N. Banerjee

(C) A Marathi Newspaper

(D) None of these


60. The main weakness of Revolt of 1857 was lack of—

(A) External help

(B) Discipline among rebel soldiers

(C) Modern weapons

(D) United and coordinate efforts by rebels


61. Of the following who is credited for the unification of India after Independence ?

(A) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(C) C. Rajgopalachari

(D) Mahatma Gandhi


62. ‘Rajtarangini’ has been written by—

(A) Jayadev

(B) Vidhyapati

(C) Kalhan

(D) Chandarbardai


63. When India got Independence the Prime Minister of England was ?

(A) Winston Churchill

(B) Clement R. Atlee

(C) Neville Chamberlain

(D) None of these


64. Alexander invaded India in—

(A) 298 B.C.

(B) 202 B.C.

(C) 303 B.C.

(D) 327 B.C.


65. Who was the founder of Pala dynasty ?

(A) Gopal

(B) Devapal

(C) Dharmapal

(D) None of these


66. Who did not participate in the Revolt of 1857 ?

(A) Tantiya Tope

(B) Bhagat Singh

(C) Nana Sahib

(D) Rani Lakshmibai


67. Gandhiji first experiment with Satyagraha came up in—

(A) Dundee

(B) Champaran

(C) Barisal

(D) Natal


68. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of—

(A) Chandra Gupta Maurya

(B) Bindusara

(C) Chandra Gupta II

(D) Bimbisara


69. The third battle of Panipat took place in—

(A) 1760

(B) 1761

(C) 1762

(D) 1763


70. In which century was the Bahmani kingdom founded ?

(A) 15th

(B) 14th

(C) 13th

(D) 16th


71. When was the battle of Buxar fought ?

(A) 1764

(B) 1766

(C) 1767

(D) 1761


72. Chola-period is mostly known for which of the following ?

(A) Gramsabha

(B) Battle against Rashrakut

(C) Trade with Ceylon

(D) Development of Tamil culture


73. Megasasthenes was the ambassador of the following—

(A) Seleukos

(B) Alexander

(C) Darius

(D) Greek


74. Which of the following is the oldest dynasty ?

(A) Maurya

(B) Gupta

(C) Kushan

(D) Kanva


75. What was the main effect of vedic culture an Indian history ?

(A) Progress of Metaphysics

(B) Development of Sanskrit

(C) Solidification of race

(D) None of these


Answers :

51 (C) 52. (D) 53. (C) 54. (D) 55. (B) 56. (B) 57. (A) 58. (B) 59. (C) 60. (D) 61. (A) 62. (C) 63. (B) 64. (D) 65. (A) 66. (B) 67. (B) 68. (C) 69. (B) 70. (B) 71. (A) 72. (A)73. (A) 74. (A) 75. (B)

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