important history questions for competitive exams
25 Most important questions for PSC/SSC/NET on Indian History.....
1 Who among the foreign travellers describes how the Ganga water was carried in copper vessels for Mughal emperors to drink?
(a) Thomas Coryat (b) Edward Terry
(c) Ralph Fitch (d) Sir Thomas Roe
2 . “Both Agra and Fatehpur Sikri are bigger than London.” This statement was made by
(a) Bernier (b) Manueci
(c) Ralph Fitch (d) Hawkins
3 . “Din-i-Ilahi’ was a movement of Akbar’s folly, not of his wisdom.” Who made this statement?
(a) A.L. Srivastava (b) R.P. Tripathi
(c) V.A. Smith (d) S.R. Sharma
4 . The famous historical book ‘Travels of the Mughal Empire’ was written by
(a) Ibn-e-Battuta (b) Francois Bernier
(c) Al Baruni (d) Thomas Roe
5 With which medieval ruler, would you associate the statement ‘I would have lost the empire just for a handful of Millet’?
(a) Babur (b) Akbar
(c) Sher Shah (d) Aurangzeb
6 The theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original home of Aryans is popularised by:
[A] B.G. Tilak [B] Raja Ram Mohan Roy [C] Keith [D] Max Muller
7 . “War begins in the minds of men” is a famous Vedic saying. It is stated in:
[A] Atharvaveda [B] Mundaka Upanishad [C] Samaveda [D] Rigveda –
8 Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi [B] Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru [C] Annie Besant [D] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
9 Which one of the following historians has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of Independence”?
(a) T.R. Holmes (b) R.C. Majumdar
(c) S.B. Chudhari (d) G.B. Mallison
10 “The emergence of British power in India is from the battle of Buxar.” Who made this statement?
(a) Sir Stephen (b) Ramsay Muir
(c) Dr. K.K. Datta (d) Dr. R.C. Majumdar
11 Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraelli
12 . “My own belief is that congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to peaceful death.” Who said it?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin
13 Who among the following said, “India has to unite and conquer the whole world once again with its might”?
(a) Swami Dayanand
(b) Ram Krishna Param Hansha
(c) Swami Vivekanand
(d) Annie Besant
14 Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
15 In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi had said,“Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever”?
(a) Calcutta Session 1928
(b) Lahore Session 1929
(c) Karachi Session 1931
(d) Ramgarh Session 1940
16 Who out of the following had told “ Destruction is the best method of dealing with the foreign clothes”?
(a) Ravindranath Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
17 The Statement, “ I am a socialist and a republican and do not believe in Kings and Princes”, is associated with
(a) Narendra Dev
(b) Achyut Patwardhan
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
18 In which of the following jails, the book “Discovery of India” was written by Jawahar Lal Nehru?
(a) Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
(b) Alipur Central Jail
(c) Yervada Jail
(d) Deoli Camp Jail
19 Who said, ‘Imperialism is dead as dodo’ ?
(a) Ramje Macdonald (b) Winston Churchill
(c) Clement Attlee (d) Lord Wavell
20 The statement, “On bended knees I asked for bread and received stone instead”, is associated with
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Non-cooperation Movement
(c) Dandi March
(d) Quit India Movement
21 Who hailed Gandhi’s call for ‘Quit India’ as an ‘Epic Movement’?
(a) Ram Manohar Lohia
(b) Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
22 On 23 January 1948, who said about Subhas Chandra Bose, “We should emulate him. Subhash was a great patriot. He laid down his life for the country. He has no use for parochialism or caste distinction. He treated all alike”?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Jay Prakash Narayan
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bhulabhai Desai
23 Who among the following hailed Subhash Chandra Bose as “the flaming sword of Indian Patriotism”?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel
(c) Govind Vallabh Pant
(d) Sarojini Naidu
24 . “There is going to be a revolution here (in India) and we must get out quick.” Who said it?
(a) Sir Stafford Cripps
(b) Lord Pethwick Lawrence
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) A.V. Alexander
25 . Who among the following took the burning of the foreign clothes as the ‘insensate waste’ during the Non-cooperation Movement?
(a) C.R. Das
(b) Moti Lal Nehru
(c) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(d) Vallabh Bhai Patel
1 Who among the foreign travellers describes how the Ganga water was carried in copper vessels for Mughal emperors to drink?
(a) Thomas Coryat (b) Edward Terry
(c) Ralph Fitch (d) Sir Thomas Roe
2 . “Both Agra and Fatehpur Sikri are bigger than London.” This statement was made by
(a) Bernier (b) Manueci
(c) Ralph Fitch (d) Hawkins
3 . “Din-i-Ilahi’ was a movement of Akbar’s folly, not of his wisdom.” Who made this statement?
(a) A.L. Srivastava (b) R.P. Tripathi
(c) V.A. Smith (d) S.R. Sharma
4 . The famous historical book ‘Travels of the Mughal Empire’ was written by
(a) Ibn-e-Battuta (b) Francois Bernier
(c) Al Baruni (d) Thomas Roe
5 With which medieval ruler, would you associate the statement ‘I would have lost the empire just for a handful of Millet’?
(a) Babur (b) Akbar
(c) Sher Shah (d) Aurangzeb
6 The theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original home of Aryans is popularised by:
[A] B.G. Tilak [B] Raja Ram Mohan Roy [C] Keith [D] Max Muller
7 . “War begins in the minds of men” is a famous Vedic saying. It is stated in:
[A] Atharvaveda [B] Mundaka Upanishad [C] Samaveda [D] Rigveda –
8 Who said “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had”?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi [B] Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru [C] Annie Besant [D] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
9 Which one of the following historians has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of Independence”?
(a) T.R. Holmes (b) R.C. Majumdar
(c) S.B. Chudhari (d) G.B. Mallison
10 “The emergence of British power in India is from the battle of Buxar.” Who made this statement?
(a) Sir Stephen (b) Ramsay Muir
(c) Dr. K.K. Datta (d) Dr. R.C. Majumdar
11 Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Disraelli
12 . “My own belief is that congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to peaceful death.” Who said it?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin
13 Who among the following said, “India has to unite and conquer the whole world once again with its might”?
(a) Swami Dayanand
(b) Ram Krishna Param Hansha
(c) Swami Vivekanand
(d) Annie Besant
14 Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
15 In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi had said,“Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever”?
(a) Calcutta Session 1928
(b) Lahore Session 1929
(c) Karachi Session 1931
(d) Ramgarh Session 1940
16 Who out of the following had told “ Destruction is the best method of dealing with the foreign clothes”?
(a) Ravindranath Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
17 The Statement, “ I am a socialist and a republican and do not believe in Kings and Princes”, is associated with
(a) Narendra Dev
(b) Achyut Patwardhan
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
18 In which of the following jails, the book “Discovery of India” was written by Jawahar Lal Nehru?
(a) Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
(b) Alipur Central Jail
(c) Yervada Jail
(d) Deoli Camp Jail
19 Who said, ‘Imperialism is dead as dodo’ ?
(a) Ramje Macdonald (b) Winston Churchill
(c) Clement Attlee (d) Lord Wavell
20 The statement, “On bended knees I asked for bread and received stone instead”, is associated with
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Non-cooperation Movement
(c) Dandi March
(d) Quit India Movement
21 Who hailed Gandhi’s call for ‘Quit India’ as an ‘Epic Movement’?
(a) Ram Manohar Lohia
(b) Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
22 On 23 January 1948, who said about Subhas Chandra Bose, “We should emulate him. Subhash was a great patriot. He laid down his life for the country. He has no use for parochialism or caste distinction. He treated all alike”?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Jay Prakash Narayan
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bhulabhai Desai
23 Who among the following hailed Subhash Chandra Bose as “the flaming sword of Indian Patriotism”?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel
(c) Govind Vallabh Pant
(d) Sarojini Naidu
24 . “There is going to be a revolution here (in India) and we must get out quick.” Who said it?
(a) Sir Stafford Cripps
(b) Lord Pethwick Lawrence
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) A.V. Alexander
25 . Who among the following took the burning of the foreign clothes as the ‘insensate waste’ during the Non-cooperation Movement?
(a) C.R. Das
(b) Moti Lal Nehru
(c) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(d) Vallabh Bhai Patel
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