More Questions on History
- Q. Mozart was born in which country
A)Switzerland
B)Italy
C)Austria
D)Germany
Answer: Austria
- Q. Lord __________ is regarded to have been the father of local self-government in India
A)Bentinck
B)Ripon
C)Curzon
D)Mayo
Answer: Ripon
- Q. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Pattabhi Sitharamayy
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)VB Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitharamayy
- Q. In 1937, the Congress formed Ministries in
A)9 states
B)7 states
C)5 states
D)4 states
Answer: 5 states
- Q. Which Sultan of Delhi died while playing the chaugan (polo)?
A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
B)Qutbuddin Aibak
C)Shamsuddin IItutmish
D)Nasiruddin Mahmud
Answer: Qutbuddin Aibak
- Q. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
A)Nishka
B)Kakini
C)Rupyaka
D)Dinar
Answer: Rupyaka
- Q. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Tansen
D)Todarmal
Answer: Bairam Khan
- Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
A)The Portuguese
B)The French
C)The Dutch
D)The English
Answer: The Portuguese
- Q. Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected in the __________ Movement
A)Quit India
B)Swadeshi
C)Khilafat
D)Civil Disobedience
Answer: Khilafat
- Q. Shivaji sacked __________ and secured a large booty
A)Poona
B)Bijapur
C)Konkan
D)Surat
Answer: Surat
- Q. Who was the commander of 1857 revolt in Rohilkhand?
A)Begum Hazrat Mahal
B)Ahmadullah
C)Jung Bahadur Rana
D)Tatya Tope
Answer: Ahmadullah
- Q. What is the literal meaning of Bhakti?
A)Prayer
B)Salvation
C)Offer words of praise
D)None of the above
Answer: Salvation
- Q. Vasco da Gama a sailor belongs to __________.
A)American
B)Portuguese
C)German
D)South American
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Who was the first sailor to sail around the world
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Christopher Columbus
D)Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
- Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Tulsidas
C)Sankara
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
A)Salt Satyagraha
B)Rowlatt Satyagraha
C)Quit India Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Quit India Movement
- Q. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Chandrashekhar Azad
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Iqbal
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
B)Peter I
C)Nicholas I
D)John Adams
Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
- Q. Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom”?
A)Lenin
B)Bentham
C)Marx
D)Locke
Answer: Locke
- Q. Who founded Saint Petersburg?
A)Ivan the Terrible
B)Alexis of Russia
C)Peter the Great
D)Peter III of Russia
Answer: Peter the Great
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