HISTORY Questions

1 Swadeshi Movement was started in the year?

              1905

2 Who was the heroine of Quit India Movement?
              Aruna Asaf Ali

3 Gandhiji started his Dhandi march from
              Sabarmathi

4 Who is considered as the father of History?
              Herodotus

5 Vaso-da-Gama disovered India in the year
                            1498

6 "The King of England who signed ""Magna Carta"" was"
              King John II

7 Who was the first leader of All India Trade Union Congress(AITUC)?
 Subhash Chandra Bose

8 "Who was known as ""Man of Destiny"" ?"
 Napolean Bonapart

9 Which colour was commonly used in Harappan Pottery?
              Red

10 The Indian freedom fighter who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi' is 
 Khan Abdul Gafar Khan

11 Tansen ,a great musician of his times, was in the Court of 
              Akbar

12 Suez Canal was opened for traffic in the year
 1869

13 """Ballot is stronger than the Bullet"" Who said this?"
              Abraham Lincoln

14 The first Olympic games was held in
 776 BC

15 The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
              Dhaka

16 Ankar Vat is a temple in
              Combodia

17 John. F.Kennedy was killed in the year 
              1963

18 The Congress party was formally split into extrimists and moderates at the Surat session of   1907

19 Indian National Army fought Second World War against
 British

20 Modern Olympic games started in 1896 in
Athens

21 Which of the following dynastics was ruling over north India at the time of Alexander's invasion ?
              Nanda

22 The year in which Second World War started
 1939

23 Burma, presently Myanmar was separated from British India in the year
              1935

24 Who was the designer of the Statue of Liberty in USA ?
Fredric Auguste

25 First common wealth was held at
Hamilton(Canada)

26 The fifth story of Qutabminar was added by which King
              Firos sha Tuglaque

27 French revolution began in the year
1789

28 Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the 
              Budhists

29 The 'Master of Greek Comedy' is
              Aristophanes

30 The only women ruler of Delhi Sultanate Raziya Sultana was the daughter of 
              Ilthumish

31 Where is Black Pagoda
              Konark

32 """Ashta Pradhan"" adorned the court of"
              Shivaji

33 Beginning of Saka Era 
              78 AD

34 Indian Association was founded by
Surendranath Banerjee

35 Holly book of Judans
              The Toras

36 The year in which the ship Titanic sank
              1912

37 Israel came into existence in the year
              1948

38 Who was the founder of city of 'Amritsar' ?
              Guru Ramdas

39 Founder of Arya Samaj was
Dayananda Saraswathi

40 The word 'Hindu'as reference to the people of India was first used by
              The Arabs

41 The Civilization which developed on the banks of the river Tiber is known as
 Roman

42 In which year was Jesus Christ born ?
              BC 4

43 From which country did Fascist party originate
 Italy

44 The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
              1921

45 "The ""East India Company was founded in India durinhg the reighn of"Akbar

46 Russian revolution took place in the year
1917

47.Who is the father of Indian Renaissance ?
 Raja Ram MohanRay

48.First Deputy Prime Minister of India ?
Sardar Vallabhai Patel

49.Who was the First Prime Minister of India to face the No-Confidence Motion ?
              Jawahar Lal Nehru

50.Who was the last Viceroy of British India ?
 Lord Canning