More Questions on History
- Q. Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)None of the above
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
- Q. Who built Jama Masjid?
A)Shah Jahan
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Rao Jodhaji
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Name the oldest civilization
A)Mesopotamian civlization
B)Indus Valley civilization
C)Egyptian civilization
D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: Mesopotamian civlization
- Q. When did the British East India Company establish a capital in Calcutta?
A)1818
B)1772
C)1858
D)1857
Answer: 1772
- Q. Which of the following provision is a part of the Government of India Act of 1919?
A)The enlargement of the Viceroy's Executive Council
B)Transfer of power to the Indians
C)Remodelling of the Central legislature
D)Doing away with the distinction between the regulation and non-regulation provinces
Answer: Transfer of power to the Indians
- Q. Harappan weapons were made of
A)Copper
B)Stone
C)Bronze
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
A)Aligarh
B)Mumbai
C)Calicut
D)Guntur
Answer: Guntur
- Q. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)R.C. Dutt
D)M.K. Gandhi
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas?
A)Raghuvamsa
B)Kumarasambhava
C)Meghaduta
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. When did the USS ‘Panay’ incident happen?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. __________ started The Adyar Bulletin, which continued until 1929
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Annie Besant
C)Durgabai Deshmukh
D)Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who said this message, the name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone. Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Narayana Guru
D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at chandani chowk in Delhi in 1912?
A)Avadh Behari
B)Amir Chand
C)Rasbihari Bose
D)Basant Kumar Biswas
Answer: Rasbihari Bose
- Q. The medieval Indian literary work ‘Darbar-i- Akbari’ was written by
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Muhammad Hussain
C)Abul Fazl
D)Amir Khusrau
Answer: Muhammad Hussain
- Q. Select the correct pair of writer and their book
A)Bharavi's Mricchakatika
B)Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
C)Vishakhadatta's Rajdoot
D)Shudraka's Kirtarjuniya
Answer: Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
- Q. Ramayana was translated into Persian at Akbar’s court by whom?
A)Abul Fazl
B)Faizi
C)Badayuni
D)Haji Ibrahim Sirhindi
Answer: Faizi
- Q. The All India Muslim league was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B)Maulana Ahmed Ali
C)Agha Khan
D)Hakim Ajmal Khan
Answer: Agha Khan
- Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A)Regulating Act: 1773
B)Third Battle of Panipat: 1764
C)Pitt's India Act: 1761
D)Treaty of Allahabad: 1784
Answer: Regulating Act: 1773
- Q. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of
A)Tarain in 1192 A.D.
B)Tarain in 1191 A.D.
C)Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
D)Ranthambor in 1195 A.D.
Answer: Tarain in 1192 A.D.
- Q. Who had been the first to emphasise the instruction in literature and science through the English Language was essential for building a modern India?
A)GK Gokhale
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C)Raj Ram Mohun Roy
D)MM Malaviya
Answer: Raj Ram Mohun Roy
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