History GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Where is the famous Vijaya Vittala temple having its 56 carved pillars emitting notes located?
1) Belur
2) Srirangam
3) Bhadrachalam
4) Hampi
Q. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian State?
1) Sushila Nayar
2) Sucheta Kriplani
3) Sarojini Naidu
4) Sulochan Modi
Q. Where are the Dilwara Temples located?
1) Shravanabelagola
2) Parasnath Hills
3) Indore
4) Mt. Abu
Q. Who is the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress?
1) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
2) Annie Besant
3) Amrita Sher Gill
4) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Q. Who among the following formed a party named as 'Forward Bloc'?
1) Subhash Chandra Bose
2) Sardar Bhagat Singh
3) Chandrashekhar Azad
4) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q. Paper currency established in 1949 in India in -
1) 1862
2) 1542
3) 1601
4) 1880
Q. Which of the statements given below about the Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct?
- It was related to Indigo plantations.
- It started because the European planters oppressed the Zamindars.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1) Both 1 and 2
2) 2 only
3) 1 only
4) Neither 1 nor 2
Q. Which one among the following statements appropriately defines the term 'drain theory' as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji in his work 'Poverty and un-British Rule in India'?
1) That the resources of India were being utilised in the interest of Britain
2) That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns
3) That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power
4) That the British goods were being imported to India making the country poorer day by day
Q. Which among the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the last century?
1) Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress
2) Curzon's design to curtail the sphere of local self-government
3) Curzon's attempt to control the Universities
4) Curzon's partition of Bengal
Q. Which of the following statements regarding Permanent Settlement is/are correct?
- The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
- The Permanent Settlement created a new class of landlords with hereditary rights on land
- The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement could never be removed under any circumstance.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
1) 2 only
2) 1 only
3) 2 and 3 only
4) 1, 2 and 3
