More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?
A)Godeheu
B)Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
C)La Bourdonnais
D)Joseph Francois Dupleix
Answer: Joseph Francois Dupleix
- Q. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
A)Mirza Raja Jai Singh
B)Shaista Khan
C)Prince Muazzam
D)Dilir Khan
Answer: Mirza Raja Jai Singh
- Q. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord?
A)Brahma
B)Shiva
C)Vishnu
D)Ram
Answer: Shiva
- Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
A)Iltutmish
B)Qutubuddin Aibak
C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Which of the following is the ceremony of initiation of education in Buddhism?
A)Upanayanam
B)Siksha
C)Pabajja
D)Diksha
Answer: Pabajja
- Q. Who is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Mongke Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. Which ascetics of the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy influenced the Ramananda?
A)Krishna Cult
B)Kabirpanthi
C)Nathpanthi
D)None of the above
Answer: Nathpanthi
- Q. Lucknow pact’ was a deal between
A)Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
B)Indians and the British about legislative seats
C)Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations
D)Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations
Answer: Hindus and Muslims regarding seat sharing in legislatures
- Q. Pearl Harbour, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was attacked by Japanese in
A)1939
B)1935
C)1941
D)1944
Answer: 1941
- Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
A)Foreign accounts
B)Literary works
C)Numismatic evidence
D)Epigraphic sources
Answer: Numismatic evidence
- Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
A)Michelangelo
B)Filippo Brunelleschi
C)Vincent van Gogh
D)Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
- Q. When did the Chinese Civil War began?
A)1948
B)1927
C)1950
D)1937
Answer: 1927
- Q. Which of the following provisions are included under female infanticide act of 1870? I. Declared female infanticide illegal equivalent to murder II. Parents to register the birth of all babies compulsorily. III. Verification of female children after some years of birth particularly in areas where the custom is still prevalent
A)All the above statement
B)Only I
C)Only II and III
D)Only I and II
Answer: All the above statement
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
B)common electorate for all Hindus
C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?
A)1991
B)1990
C)1992
D)1993
Answer: 1991
- Q. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
A)Raja Raj Chola
B)Aditya Chola
C)Rajendra Chola
D)Karikala Chola
Answer: Raja Raj Chola
- Q. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
B)Baba Farid
C)Moinuddin Chisti
D)Khwaja Bahuddin
Answer: Moinuddin Chisti
- Q. Who among the following British Officials suppressed the Revolt of Jhansi?
A)Henry Havelock
B)Colin Campbell
C)Henry Lawrence
D)Hugh Rose
Answer: Hugh Rose
- Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Kanishka
C)Gautamiputra Satakarni
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
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