History interview questions – page 3

In Arthashastra, the superintendent of commerce is known as

1. Panyadhyaksha
2. Sulkadhyaksha
3. Samsthadhyaksha
4. Mudradhyaksha

Who was the son of Ashoka mentioned in an inscription?

1. Tivara
2. Kunala
3. Jalauka
4. Mahendra

Who was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya?

1. Radhagupta
2. Khallataka
3. Megasthenese
4. Kautilya

Who was the mentor of Chandragupta Maurya?

1. Vishakhadutta
2. Megasthenes
3. Patanjali
4. Chanakya

Which one of the following was the first Indian effort to draft constitutional scheme?

1. Irwin report
2. Simon report
3. Nehru report
4. None of these

Which operation was started by the British Government to arrest the leaders of Quit India Movement?

1. Operation Blue Star
2. Operation Thunderbolt
3. Operation Zero Hour
4. Operation Reander Paste

In which session, did the Muslim League give the slogan ‘Divide and Quit’?

1. Karachi 1943
2. Lahore 1940
3. Karachi 1933
4. Lucknow 1931

Which one of the following leaders was not a part of Non-cooperation Movement?

1. Abdul Kalam Azad
2. Hakim Ajamal Khan
3. M.A. Jinnah

Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Bhimrao Ambedkar
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Who was the first to have successfully read the Ashoka’s inscription?

1. Rakhaldas Banerji
2. James Princep
3. Dayaram Sahni
4. Charles Wilkins

Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?

1. Special Kalinga Edict
2. Maski
3. Rummindei
4. Kalsi

Which of the following sources gives a detailed account of city administration of the Mauryas?

1. Megasthanese’s Indica
2. Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadutta
3. Inscription of Ashoka
4. Kautilya’s Arthashastra

During the region of Chandragupta Maurya, Pataliputra was administrated by a board consisting of the members numbered.

1. 20
2. 30
3. 40
4. 50

Who of the following has mentioned on the absence of slavery in Maurya period?

1. Vishakhadatta
2. Kautilya
3. Megasthenese
4. Justin

Who said, ‘Imperialism is dead as dodo’?

1. Lord Wavell
2. Clement Attlee
3. Winston Churchill
4. Ramje Macdonald

After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in

1. Dandi
2. Bardoli
3. Chauri Chaura
4. Champaran

Where did Baba Ramchandra organized the farmers?

1. Andra
2. Awadh
3. Bihar
4. Bengal

Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?

1. Allahabad
2. Kanpur
3. Delhi
4. Lahore

Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?

1. His sending of missionary to Ceylon
2. His embracing of Buddhism
3. The Kalinga War
4. The Third Buddhist Council

Which Indian king defeated Seleucus, the administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed by Alexander?

1. Ashok
2. Bindusar
3. Chandragupta
4. Samudragupta

Name the foreign journalist who reported Satyagrah at Dharsana salt work was

1. Francis Louis
2. Philip Sprat
3. Mark Tully
4. Web Miller

What was the naem of the rectangular silver coin during Akbar’s reign?

1. Jalali
2. Mohur
3. Dinar
4. Rupiyah

Which one of the following parties was in power in UK when India got Independence?

1. Socialist Party
2. Liberal Party
3. Conservative Party
4. Labour Party

Which one of the following was not known to the Harappans?

1. Construction of Arches
2. Construction of Drains
3. Construction of Pillars
4. Construction of Wells

Subhas Chandra Bose had founded ‘Forward Block’ in the year

1. 1936 AD
2. 1937 AD
3. 1938 AD
4. 1939 AD

Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission Plan?

1. Lord Emery
2. Sir Stafford Cripps
3. A.V. Alexander
4. Lord Pathic Lawrence

Which one of the following revolutionaries is not associated with Kakori Conspiracy Case?

1. Bhagat Singh
2. Roshan Singh
3. Ram Prasad Bismil
4. Ashfaque-ullah-khan

The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission in India was

1. Appointment before time
2. Chairman was a member of British Liberal Party
3. All the members were Englishman
4. None of these

The title of the autobiography of Subhas Chandra Bose is

1. Autobiography of an Indian Soldier
2. Autobiography of an Indian Pilgrim
3. Autobiography of a Revolutionary
4. Autobiography of an unknown Indian

During the reign of Ashoka the huge Maurya empire divided into

1. Four Provinces
2. Five Provinces
3. Six Provinces
4. Seven Provinces