History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Which one of the following statements about the Colonial economy is NOT correct ?
1) The British Presence inhibited indigenous capitalism
2) Laissez-faire actively promoted indigenous capitalism
3) The 'white collective monopoly' came earliest and remained most pronounced in Eastern India
4) The Bombay hinterland was difficult to penetrate before the construction of railways
Q. Which one of the following had created the office of the Secretary of State for India ?
1) The Councils Act 1861
2) The Government of India Act 1858
3) The Morley Minto Reforms
4) Montague Chelmsford reforms
Q. Which one of the following was the mandate of the Dhar Commission (1948) ?
1) To study the classification of States
2) To recommend whether the States can be re-organized on linguistic basis
3) To study and Centre-State relations
4) To examine whether Madras City can be transferred to Andhra
Q. Which one of the following pairs of term and meaning is NOT correctly matched ?
1) Khalisa : Villages whose income went directly to the State Treasury
2) Mauza : Rebellious territory
3) Inam : Land alloted to learned and religious man
4) Jagir : Territorial assignment given to Mansabdars in lieu of salary
Q. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha movement ?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Rabindra Nath Tagore
3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4) Chittaranjan Das
Q. Who is know as the 'Father of Indian Unrest' ?
1) Anant Singh
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3) Bhagat Singh
4) Dadabhai Naoroji
Q. Who was associated with the Red Shirts Movement ?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) Ballabh Bhai Patel
4) Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who founded a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda and requested Devapala through his ambassador to grant five villages for its maintenance, was -
1) Dharanindra
2) Sangramadhananjaya
3) Balaputradeva
4) Chudamanivarmana
Q. Who among the following was the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its own axis accounts for the daily rising and setting of the sun ?
1) Aryabhata
2) Bhaskara
3) Brahmagupta
4) Varahamihira
Q. Who among the following first issued gold coins on a large scale ?
1) Pushyamitra Shunga
2) Menander
3) Vima Kadphises
4) None of the above/ More than one of the above
