NTSE SAT History MCQs Set B

Question: Who prepared the draft of the Quit India Resolution ?

• a) Acharya Kripalani
• b) Jawharlal Nehru
• c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
• d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

Answer: Jawharlal Nehru

Question: Jammu and Kasmir became an intergral part of India in_____

• a) October 26, 1948
• b) Novemver 26, 1947
• c) October 26, 1947
• d) None of the above

Answer: October 26, 1947

Question: The Battle of Buzar came to an end in 1765 after the signing of the Treaty of :-

• a) Allahabad
• b) Buxar
• c) Oudh
• d) Calcutta

Answer: Allahabad

Question: The first major Revolt before 1857 was led by sanyasis and fakirs in

• a) Bombay
• b) Bengal
• c) Madras
• d) Oudh

Answer: Bengal

Question: Who raised the slogan “No taxation without representation “?

• a) People of Russia
• b) American colonies
• c) Industrial workers of England
• d) Peasants and workers of France

Answer: American colonies

Question: Under the feudal system in Europe, the peasants who gave a part of the produce of the land to their lords were called -

• a) Villains
• b) Serfs
• c) Cultivators
• d) Freeholders

Answer: Serfs

Question: The Great Silk Route was -

• a) To Central Asia, Iran and Byzantine
• b) To Tibe, Iran, Egypt
• c) To Mangolia, Greece and Rome
• d) None of the above

Answer: To Central Asia, Iran and Byzantine

Question: The greatest genus of the Renaissance period was -

• a) Leonardo da Vinci
• b) Michelangelo
• c) Raphael
• d) Copernicus

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Question: The first nation-states where strong monarchies came to power were -

• a) Italy and France
• b) Germany and England
• c) Germany and France
• d) England and France

Answer: England and France

Question: Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England was so named because -

• a) It was a bloodless revolution
• b) It ended military dictatorship without any bloodshed
• c) It added glory to the king of England
• d) It completely destroyed feudal system

Answer: It was a bloodless revolution

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Question: The renaissance began first in Italy, Rome, Florence, Milan and Venice - all Italian cities - that had grown prosperous, played a leading role in it. This property of the Italian cities came to them through wealth obtained because of -

• a) Trade and commerce
• b) Conquests of rules
• c) Adventures of their brace citizens
• d) The discovery of the hidden treasures of the ancient Roman empire

Answer: Trade and commerce

Question: Martin Luther is famous is history because -

• a) Of his geographical discoveries
• b) He was a great scholar
• c) He was a great poet
• d) He started the protestant Reformation Movement

Answer: He started the protestant Reformation Movement

Question: In the 18th century England was in the most favorable position for an industrial revolution because -

• a) She had capital in the form of profits earned through overseas trade
• b) In the European trade rivalries she had emerged unveiled
• c) She had colonies for regular supply of raw materials
• d) All the three above

Answer: All the three above

Question: Russia was the last of the Big European powers to have a Industrial Revolution. This was because -

• a) She lacked capital and free labor
• b) She was not rich in mineral resources
• c) She did not have plenty of natural resources
• d) She did not possess colonies for providing raw materials and markets.

Answer: She lacked capital and free labor

Question: As a protest against the 1756 Stamp Act, the American colonies -

• a) Revolted
• b) Destroyed English ships
• c) Boycotted English goods
• d) Suspended all transactions with England

Answer: Boycotted English goods

Question: Who laid the foundation of the Akhil Bharatiya Bahiskirt Parishad ?

• a) Mahatma Gandhi
• b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
• c) Periyar Ramaswami
• d) Shri Narayana Guru

Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Question: According to Marx, economic crises were inevitable under capitalism because -

• a) Profit motive dominated the system
• b) Wages of the workers were not equal to the value produced by them
• c) Of the discrepancy between the purchasing power of workers and total production
• d) The interests of workers and capitalists were irreconcilable

Answer: The interests of workers and capitalists were irreconcilable

Question: Which of the following is not a communist doctrine ?

• a) Class was, a basic fact in all social revolution
• b) Transition from capitalism can be brought about only by revolution
• c) Workers must get control of the state by force
• d) Popular sovereignty

Answer: Popular sovereignty

Question: The African slaves were sent to -

• a) Australia
• b) Europe
• c) America
• d) Asia

Answer: America

Question: In the October 1917 Revolution, the Russia Government collapsed and All-Russia Congress of Sovients assumed full political power. This October Revolution was -

• a) Violent and bloody
• b) Completely peaceful
• c) An armed rebellion
• d) None of these

Answer: Completely peaceful

Question: The Bolshevik Government of Russia issued the Decree of Peace with proposal to-

• a) End the war without any annexations and indemnities
• b) Accept defeat and end the war
• c) Withdraw from the war
• d) None of the above

Answer: Withdraw from the war

Question: When the uprise broke in Nasirabad ?

• a) 1857
• b) 1858
• c) 1850
• d) None

Answer: 1857

Question: In 1857 which revolutionary came to Rajasthan ?

• a) Queen of Jhansi
• b) Jeevan Mahal
• c) Tantya Tope
• d) Bahadur shah Jafar

Answer: Tantya Tope

Question: For which incident, Dr. Rajendra prasad used the words ‘A marriage without groom’?

• a) First Round Table Conference
• b) Second Round Table Conference
• c) Third Round Table Conference
• d) Gandhi - Irwin pact

Answer: First Round Table Conference

Question: Who presented the August proposals.

• a) Wavell
• b) Irwin
• c) Linlithgow
• d) Mountbatten

Answer: Linlithgow

Question: Who started the movement against caste exploitation ?

• a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
• b) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
• c) Shri Narayan Guru
• d) Sir Saiyad Ahmad Khan

Answer: Shri Narayan Guru

Question: Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq changd his capital from Delhi to deogiri because he wanted to-

• a) Improve trade in the Deccan
• b) Spread Islam in the Deccan
• c) Punish the people of Delhi
• d) Close proximity to newly conquered region

Answer: Close proximity to newly conquered region

Question: On the basis of ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ which state was annexed ?

• a) Jodhpur
• b) Jaipur
• c) Gujarat
• d) Satara

Answer: Satara

Question: Who started the Revolt of 1857 ?

• a) Mangal Pandey
• b) Nana Sahib
• c) Tantya Tope
• d) Bahadur Shah Zaffar

Answer: Mangal Pandey

Question: During which year the Moplah revolt took place in the Malabar region ?

• a) 1919
• b) 1920
• c) 1921
• d) 1922

Answer: 1921

Question: Who gave the title of ‘Sardar’ to Sarda Patel ?

• a) Pt. Nehru
• b) Moulana Ajad
• c) Mahatma Gandhi
• d) Ambedkar

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Question: In which year all India Kishan Sobha was formed ?

• a) 1928
• b) 1936
• c) 1942
• d) 1946

Answer: 1936

Question: In which year ‘Workers Day’ was celebrated for the first time in India ?

• a) 1927
• b) 1937
• c) 1947
• d) 1957

Answer: 1927

Question: The first session of All India Farmers Union was held at -

• a) Faizabad
• b) Lucknow
• c) Delhi
• d) Surat

Answer: Faizabad

Question: Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti movement in Bengal ?

• a) Kabir
• b) Chaitanya
• c) Tulsidas
• d) Vivekananda

Answer: Chaitanya

Question: Who among the Indian denied to accept the Nehru report ?

• a) Communists
• b) Jinnah
• c) Cogress
• d) None of the above

Answer: Jinnah

Question: During Lahore sesion in 1929 the Congress president used the following words “We have only one target - complete independece”. Who used these words ?

• a) Pt. J.N. Nehru
• b) Mahatma Gandhi
• c) Moulana Azad
• d) S.C.Boss

Answer: Pt. J.N. Nehru

Question: One of the founder member os ‘Hindustan Democratic Federatin’ was :-

• a) Yatindra Mukkherji
• b) Schindra Sanyal
• c) Bhagat Singh
• d) Rajnder Lahiri

Answer: Schindra Sanyal

Question: ‘Death or Vicoty’, who gave this slogan ?

• a) Indian National Army
• b) Hindustan Democratic Socialist Party
• c) Naujawan Sabha
• d) None of the above

Answer: Hindustan Democratic Socialist Party

Question: Who was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi ?

• a) Lala Lagpat Rai
• b) Tantya Tope
• c) Gopal Krishna Gokhele
• d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhele

Question: The exquisite workmanship of the people of the Harappan culture is revealed in

• a) Artistic seals
• b) The bronze figure of the dancing girl
• c) The stone images
• d) All the three above

Answer: All the three above

Question: Under whose region the rock pillers were erected ?

• a) Chandragupt
• b) Kanishk
• c) Ashoka
• d) None

Answer: Ashoka

Question: The period of Indus civilization -

• a) 1500 to 1000 B.C
• b) 2500 to 1500 B.C
• c) 500 to 2500 B.C.
• d) 3700 to 200 B.C

Answer: 2500 to 1500 B.C

Question: The sexagesimal counting is related to -

• a) Egypt
• b) Mesopotamia
• c) China
• d) India

Answer: Mesopotamia

Question: The great depression or the economic crisis began in Europe in the year :

• a) 1926
• b) 1927
• c) 1929
• d) 1930

Answer: 1926

Question: The first country to introduce tanks in the 1st World War was :

• a) France
• b) Britain
• c) USA
• d) Japan

Answer: Britain

Question: The Balkan wars broke out in the year :

• a) 1912
• b) 1913
• c) 1914
• d) 1916

Answer: 1914

Question: Fascists under Mussolini’s leadership came to power in Italy in 1922 -

• a) After a bloody revolution
• b) After open declaration of policy of expansion
• c) After the Italy’s king was overthrown and his palace destroyed
• d) Without firing a shot

Answer: Without firing a shot

Question: The hero of the American was or Independence was -

• a) Abraham Lincoin
• b) Thomas Jafferson
• c) George Washington
• d) Franklin

Answer: George Washington

Question: The country invaded by Germany in the 2nd World War under the code name “Sea Lion” was

• a) Denmark
• b) Britain
• c) Poland
• d) None

Answer: Britain

Question: Which of the following is the term used from Bismark policy ?

• a) Steel and Iron policy
• b) Hand Shake policy
• c) Blood and Iron policy
• d) Golden Goose policy

Answer: Blood and Iron policy

Question: What was the main reason the first world war ?

• a) Competition of imperialism
• b) Extreme Nationalism
• c) Army Force
• d) Above all

Answer: Competition of imperialism

Question: When Russia with drew herself from first world war ?

• a) 1916
• b) 1915
• c) 1917
• d) 1919

Answer: 1917

Question: Renaissance started first in -

• a) France
• b) Russia
• c) Italy
• d) England

Answer: Italy

Question: When did French revolution took place ?

• a) 14 July 1789
• b) 4 July 1776
• c) 17 October 1917
• d) 4 March 1917

Answer: 14 July 1789

Question: “I cam, I saw, I conquered” was said by -

• a) Napoleon
• b) Chengis Khan
• c) Julius Caesar
• d) Alexander the Great

Answer: Napoleon

Question: Who was the king of France the time of French revolution :

• a) Louis XIV
• b) Louis XVI
• c) Louis XV
• d) Louis Z

Answer: Louis XVI

Question: Egyptian mummy is a proof that the people of Egypt believed in-

• a) Grand burial
• b) That both the body and soul live but in a different way after death
• c) Remembering the dead
• d) Immortality of body and soul

Answer: That both the body and soul live but in a different way after death

Question: The first center of civilization in China developed in the region of the river

• a) Yang Tse-kaing
• b) Hwang-ho
• c) Yang-she
• d) Siliang

Answer: Hwang-ho