📘 History Question Bank India and the Contemporary World – Part I Chapter – 1 : The French Revolution 1. Multiple Choice Questions (01 Mark each) i. Louis 16 was the king of which dynasty? (a) Romanov (b) Windsor (c) Bourbon (d) Hapsburg ii. When did the French Revolution begin? (a) 1780 AD (b) 1890 AD (c) 1789 AD (d) 1960 AD iii. What was the tithe in France? (a) Church tax (b) Direct tax (c) Indirect tax (d) Customs tax iv. When did women in France get the right to vote? (a) 1946 AD (b) 1935 AD (c) 1950 AD (d) 1952 AD v. Who was the leader of Jacobin Club? (a) Locke (b) Thomas Paine (c) Robespierre (d) Rousseau vi. Which are the French national colors? (a) Blue-Green-Red (b) Yellow-Green-Red (c) White-Blue-Yellow (d) Blue-White-Red vii. Why did Louis 16 call a meeting of the Estates General on May 5, 1789? (a) To impose new taxes (b) To remove taxes (c) To punish the nobles (d) To reward the philosophers viii. Which principle is not of the French Revolu...
Objective question
Answer the following questions in one word or one sentence:
1. In which year did Goa get statehood?
Answer-1987.
2. Mention any one element necessary for nation building.
Answer: National sentiment.
3. Under which act did India get independence?
Answer- Indian Independence Act, 1947
4. Who is known as Seemant Gandhi? Answer- To Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
5. When did the Border Commission announce border reclamation?
Answer- On August 15, 1947.
6. Who was the ruler of Kashmir before 1947?
Answer-Hari Singh.
7. Name the Chairman of the Language Commission formed in the year 1955.
Answer- B G Kher.
8. In which year was Hyderabad merged with India?
Answer-1948
9. In which year was the Official Language Act passed?
Answer-1963.
10. When were the states of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh formed?
Answer: In the year 2000.
11. When did Maharaja Hari Singh sign the 'Entry Letter'?
Answer-On October 26, 1947.
12. When did Pakistan sign the Baghdad Pact?
Answer: In April, 1954.
13. In which year did the State Assembly make the final announcement of the merger of Kashmir with India?
Answer: In February, 1954.
14. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?
Answer- A.O Hume.
15. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer-Shri Sukumar Sen.
16. Dominance of one party in India is related to which party?
Answer-With Congress Party.
17. Who has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting elections in India?
Answer- To the Election Commission.
18. In which year was the second general election held in India?
Answer-1957
19. Answer- In which year was the Communist Party established in 1957?
Answer: In 1925.
20. When did the era of one party dominance end in India?
Answer- After the general elections held in 1967.
21. Which system of governance did India choose after independence?
Answer – Democratic governance system.
22. In which year was the third general election held in India?
Answer- In 1962.
23. Which Indian political party emphasized the idea of 'one country, one culture and one nation'?
Answer- Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
24. Which scholar has compared Congress to an inn?
Answer- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had compared the Congress Party to an inn.
25. Who was the Chairman of the National Planning Committee?
Answer-Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
26. Who was the father of Indian Green Revolution?
Answer- Dr. M.S Swaminathan
27. Which is the improved variety of wheat?
Answer- K.68
28. Which type of economy has been adopted in India?
Answer: Mixed economy.
29. Which ideology does the right wing support?
Answer: Free market.
30. Where was planning first adopted? In post-Soviet Russia.
31. In which year was communist rule established in Russia?
Answer: In 1917.
32. Shimla Agreement was signed between which two countries?
Answer-India-Pakistan.
33. Name any four neighboring countries of India.
Answer – (i) Nepal, (ii) Pakistan, (iii) China, (iv) Bhutan.
34. What is the main reason for tension between India and Pakistan?
Answer-Jammu-Kashmir.
35. Which operation was conducted by the Indian Army during the Kargil conflict?
Answer- Vijay Operation.
36. When did the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament take place?
Answer- 13 December 2001
37. Tashkent Agreement was signed between which countries?
Answer- India-Pakistan.
38. Which Indian city was attacked by terrorists on 26 November 2008?
Answer: On Mumbai.
39. Who attacked India in 1962? Answer-China.
40. Who is considered the chief architect of India's foreign policy?
Answer- To Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
41. When were the principles of Panchsheel propounded?
Answer: In the year 1954.
42. Kargil war took place between which countries?
Answer: Between India and Pakistan.
43. In which country was the 16th Non-Aligned Conference held?
Answer – Tehran, Iran
44. In which country was the 18th Non-Aligned Conference held?
Answer- In Azerbaijan (Baku).
45. When did the Indian Army carry out air strikes on terrorist targets in Pakistan?
Answer- On 26 February 2019.
46. In which country did Lal Bahadur Shastri die?
Answer. In the north-eastern Soviet Union (present-day Uzbekistan).
47. Who became the Prime Minister after the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri?
Answer- Smt. Indira Gandhi.
48. Which Prime Minister gave the slogan 'Eliminate Poverty'?
Answer- Smt. Indira Gandhi.
49. Who led the Congress (R) in 1971? Answer-Shrimati Indira Gandhi.
50. When was the fourth general election held?
Answer: In the year 1967.
51. Which party won the fifth Lok Sabha election?
Answer-Congress Party.
52. What is the current election symbol of Congress Party?
Answer: Claw of hand.
58. When was Privy Purse abolished?
Answer- In 1971.
54. When did Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri die?
Answer – January 10, 1966.
55. When was Ram Manohar Lohia born? Answer: In 1910.
56. Name the first woman Prime Minister of the country?
Answer- Smt. Indira Gandhi.
57. When did Mrs. Indira Gandhi become the Prime Minister of the country for the first time?
Answer – January 26, 1966.
58. When did Mrs. Indira Gandhi die?
Answer-Indira Gandhi died on 31 October 1984.
59. Under whose leadership was the movement launched in Bihar before the declaration of emergency?
Answer-Under the leadership of Jaiprakash Narayan.
60. Who became the first Prime Minister of the Janata Party government?
Answer-Morarji Desai.
61. By which High Court was Smt. Indira Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership declared illegal?
Answer-By Allahabad High Court.
62. In which Lok Sabha election was the slogan 'Garibi Hatao' used by the Congress Party?
Answer: In the 1971 Lok Sabha elections.
63. Who gave birth to the concept of 'committed bureaucracy and judiciary' in India?
Answer-Shrimati Indira Gandhi.
64. When was the Shah Commission appointed by the Janata Party government to investigate the excesses of the Emergency?
Answer: In May, 1977.
65. Who was the President of the country when emergency was declared in the country on 25 June 1975?
Answer- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
66. Under whose leadership was the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) established?
Answer-Charu Majumdar.
67. Which newspapers opposed the censorship imposed on the press during the Emergency?
Answer – (i) Indian Express, (ii) Statesman.
68. What was the slogan of Bihar movement of 1974?
Answer: “Complete revolution is now the slogan, future history is ours.”
69. Write the full name of Misa.
Answer-Maintenance Internal Security Act
70. For how long was Jagjivan Ram the Deputy Prime Minister of the country?
Answer- Between 1977 and 1979.
71. Name the famous person named JP.
Answer- Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan.
72. When was DMK party established?
Answer: In the year 1949.
79. When was Akali Dal established?
Answer- In 1920.
74. When was the state of Punjab reorganized on the basis of language?
Answer: In the year 1966.
75. When did the demand for state autonomy start in India?
Answer- In 1967.
76. When did Akali Dal demand state autonomy in Punjab?
Answer- In 1973.
77. Which party was against giving the status of official language to Hindi?
Answer- DMK.
78. Which party first gave the slogan of separatism in India?
Answer- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
79. How was the governance system in Jammu and Kashmir before 1947?
Answer: Monarchy.
80. Who was the founder of DMK?
Answer- C N Annadurai.
81. How many states are there in India at present?
Answer-28.
82. What was Article 370 related to?
Answer: From Jammu and Kashmir.
88. When was the NDA government formed?
Answer- In 1997.
84.Who is the present President of Bahujan Samaj Party? Answer-Ms. Mayawati.
85. Which party system is found in India? Answer-Multi-party system.
86. When was the National Backward Classes Commission formed?
Answer- On August 14, 1993.
87. When was Shri Rajiv Gandhi assassinated?
Answer: In May, 1991.
88. Who is the current Prime Minister of the country?
Answer- Shri Narendra Modi.
89. Who was the Chairman of the Mandal Commission?
Answer- Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal.
90. Write the full name of BAMCEF.
Answer- Backward and Minority Community Employees Federation.
91. Who was the founder of BSP?
Answer- Shri Kanshi Ram.
92. Which party was formed by the supporters of former Jan Sangh after the fall of Janata Party?
Answer- Bharatiya Janata Party.
93. Who is the current President of BJP?
Answer-Shri J.P.Nadda.
94. Write the full name of NDA.
Answer- National Democratic Alliance.
95. Which coalition government was in power in 2004?
Answer: United Progressive Alliance.
96. Which coalition government is currently in power?
Answer- National Democratic Alliance.
97. When did the Supreme Court give the historic decision regarding the construction of Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya?
Answer: On 9 November 2019.
98. In which year did America use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Answer- On August 6, 1945.
99. In which year did the Communist Revolution take place in Russia?
Answer- In 1917.
100. Which country blockaded Berlin?
Answer – By the Soviet Union.
101. Which country was not an ally during World War II?
Answer-Japan.
102. Which country was not an Axis nation during World War II?
Answer-France.
103 In which year was Seato established?
Answer- In 1954.
104. In which year was CENTO established?
Answer- In 1955.
105. What is the term cold war related to?
Answer: Due to ideological hatred.
106. When was the Warsaw Pact made?
Answer- In the year 1955.
107. What was the number of members at the time of NATO's establishment?
Answer-12
108 When was the 17th Non-Aligned Conference held?
Answer- 17-18 September, 2016.
109. When and for how long did the First World War take place?
Answer- From 1914 to 1918.
110. When and for how long did the Second World War last?
Answer- From 1939 to 1945.
111. Write the full name of NATO.
Ans- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
112. In which country was the 18th Non-Aligned Conference held?
Answer- In Azerbaijan (Baku).
119. When did the socialist Soviet Union come into existence?
Answer- In 1917.
114. Which countries were named 'second world'?
Answer-Soviet Union and the countries in its camp.
115. Marshall Plan is related to which country?
Answer- From United States of America.
116. In which year did Mikhail Gorbachev become the President of the former Soviet Union?
Answer- In 1985.
117. For which countries was shock therapy adopted?
Answer: For the countries of the Soviet Union camp.
118. In which year did the Soviet Union disintegrate?
Answer: In the year 1991.
119. In which year was the India-Soviet Union Friendship Treaty signed?
Answer: In the year 1971.
120. Which countries signed the '21st Century Vision Paper'?
Answer-India-America.
121. Who is considered the biggest symbol of the Cold War?
Answer: Construction of the Berlin Wall.
122. In which year did the communist revolution take place in Russia?
Answer: In 1917.
128. Which country did America support in the India-Pakistan border dispute?
Answer- Pakistan.
124. Write the name of the present President of Russia. Answer- Vladimir Putin.
125. In which year did the unification of Germany take place?
Answer: In the year 1990.
126. Write any one principle of 'Shock Therapy'.
Answer-Principle of free trade or liberalization.
127. Write the full name of U.S.S.R
Answer-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
128. What was the most important belief of 'Shock Therapy'?
Answer: The most prominent belief of 'Shock Therapy' was that the most effective form of ownership would be private ownership.
129. Which party controlled the political system of the former Soviet Union?
Answer-Communist Party.
130. Who was Boris Yeltsin?
Answer- First elected President of the Russian Republic.
131. In which year did terrorists destroy the World Trade Center?
Answer – In the year 2001.
132. Where was the world's first 'Business School' opened?
Answer: University of Pennsylvania.
133. In which year was Saddam Hussein captured?
Answer: On 13 December 2003.
134. In which year was the ten-year agreement signed between America and India?
Answer: On June 28, 2005.
135. Who was the first black President of America?
Answer-Barack Hussein Obama.
136. When was the Organization for European Economic Cooperation established?
Answer- In 1948.
137. In which year was the European Economic Community formed?
Answer- In 1957.
138. Is India a member country of ASEAN?
Answer- No .
139. By what name is the 'International Border Line' between India and China known?
Answer- In the name of McMahon Line
140. When did the Free Trade Agreement between India and ASEAN come into force?
Answer- On January 1, 2010.
141. What is India's position in the world in terms of population?
Answer-First.
142. In which year was the Euro currency introduced in Europe?
Answer – In the year 2002.
143. When was the European Union established?
Answer: In the year 1992.
144. When was ASEAN established?
Answer: In the year 1967.
145. When was 'Open Door Policy' announced in China?
Answer- In 1978.
146. What is the main reason for tension between India and China?
Answer: Border dispute
147. When was the agricultural sector privatized in China?
Answer- In the year 1982.
148. When did the communist revolution take place in China?
Answer- In 1949.
149. Under whose leadership did the communist revolution take place in China? Answer- Under the leadership of Mao Tse-Tung
150. When was monarchy abolished in Nepal?
Answer- In 2006.
151. Bangladesh was a part of which state before becoming an independent state?
Answer-Pakistan.
152. In which SAARC country monarchy still exists?
Answer-Bhutan.
153. In which year was the Tashkent Agreement signed between India and Pakistan?
Answer: 1966. What happened?
154. Which Prime Minister of India signed the Tashkent Agreement?
Answer-Lal Bahadur Shastri.
155. Write the names of two neighboring countries of India.
Answer – (i) Pakistan, (ii) Nepal.
156. Farakka problem is related to which countries?
Answer: With India and Bangladesh.
157. When did Sri Lanka become independent from British imperialism?
Answer- In 1948.
158. When did the 'Free Trade Agreement' between India and Sri Lanka come into force?
Answer- 11 March 2000
159. Name the country which was earlier under the Sultan (Sultanate) and is now a republic?
Answer-Maldives.
160. Which country attacked India in 1971 on the issue of Bangladesh?
Answer- Pakistan.
161. What is the number of present member countries of SAARC?
Answer: The number of current member countries of SAARC is 8.
162. Which country has been made the eighth member country of SAARC?
Answer: Afghanistan.
163. What is the tenure of the Secretary General of SAARC?
Answer-3 years.
164. In which neighboring country of India was a campaign to eradicate the monarchy by the Maoists?
Answer-Nepal.
165. Who is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan? -
Answer- Shahbaz Sharif.
166. Which state was declared as Nepal in 2015?
Answer - Secular
167. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO located?
Answer-Paris (France).
168. Name the country where the army was sent to establish peace on the recommendation of the United Nations.
Answer- In Congo.
169. What is the term of the General Secretary of the United Nations?
Answer-5 years.
170. On which day is United Nations Day celebrated every year?
Answer- On 24 October.
171. How many members are there in the Economic and Social Council?
Answer- 54 members.
172. Which is the most important part of the United Nations?
Answer- Security Council.
173. How many majority are taken on important subjects in the General Assembly?
Answer- 2/3 majority.
174. How many members of the United Nations are currently?
Answer-193.
175. How is temporary members of the Security Council selected?
Answer: Temporary members of the Security Council are elected by the General Assembly every two years.
176. Where is the headquarters of the United Nations located?
Answer- In New York (America).
177. Who is the Chief Administrative Officer of the United Nations Secretariat?
Answer: General Secretary.
178. Is the effect of globalization positive or negative?
Answer- Both.
179. "Globalization is a concept related to strengthening the consciousness of world integration." "Whose statement is this?
Answer -Robertson.
180. Which country emerged as world superpower after the disintegration of the Soviet Union?
Answer - America
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