History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Rajani Palme Dutt said, "They both fought and collaborated with imperialism." Which political grouping was he referring to ?
1) The Indian National Congress
2) The Communist Party of India
3) The Swaraj Party
4) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Q. The immediate cause of the Deccan Riots of 1875 was -
1) the shadow of a famine
2) high interest rates charged by Mahajans
3) high land revenue rates
4) None of the above/More than one of the above
Q. The Indigo Rebellion was about
1) the peasant not wanting to grow indigo but being forced to
2) the peasant wanting to grow indigo but being forced not to
3) the peasant not wanting to grow indigo but being forced to grow at a price that was unacceptable
4) a protest movement that carried an indigo-coloured flag
Q. Who among the following did not rebel against the British East India Company's control over them ?
1) Raja of Vizianagaram
2) Nizam of Hyderabad
3) Polygar of Tamil Nadu
4) Dewan Velu Thampi of Travancore
Q. About Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, it was said that his empire extended from -
1) Chandni Chowk to Palam
2) Delhi to Bihar
3) Peshawar to Bihar
4) None of the above/More than one of the above
Q. Which of the following was not a reason for making the sepoys of the East India Company rebellious ?
1) The efforts of the officers of the Company to spread Christianity
2) The order to the sepoys to travel on ships
3) The stoppage of Bhatta
4) The inefficiency of the officers
Q. Bihar as an Indian State was formed in -
1) 1911
2) 1912
3) 1936
4) 2000
Q. Who among the following was the leader of the first Congress Ministry in Bihar ?
1) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
2) Abdul Bari
3) Jayaprakash Narayan
4) Shri Krishna Sinha
Q. Who raised the Flag of Independence at the Congress Session of 1929 ?
1) Maulana Muhammad Ali
2) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
3) Vallabhbhai Patel
4) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q. Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran ?
1) Rajendra Prasad
2) Raj Kumar Shukla
3) Mazharul Huq
4) Krishna Sahay
