History Indian History

Q. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?

A
Jung Bahadur Rana
B
Bahadur Shah Jafar
C
Begum Hazrat Mahal
D
Tatya Tope

Correct Answer

Begum Hazrat Mahal

More Questions on History

  • 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. Which U.S President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression?
    A)Benjamin Franklin
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)Roosevelt
    D)J.F. Kennedy
    Answer: Roosevelt
  • Q. Which governor General abolished the ‘Sati System’ in India?
    A)Lord Ripon
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord William Bentinck
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord William Bentinck
  • Q. In accordance with provisions of the Government of India Act 1935 elections to the Provincial Legislatures were held in :
    A)February 1932
    B)February 1925
    C)February 1935
    D)February 1937
    Answer: February 1937
  • Q. The organization of Khudai Khidmatgar was established:
    A)Under the leadership of Abul Kalam Azad
    B)Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
    C)Under the leadership of M.A. Ansari
    D)Under the leadership of Syed Hasan Imam
    Answer: Under the leadership of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.
  • Q. Alauddin Khalji’s commander who led the campaign to South India was
    A)Ulugh Khan
    B)Alpkhan
    C)Nusarat Khan
    D)Malik Kafur
    Answer: Malik Kafur
  • Q. Name of Republic which was a confederacy to tribes in the 6th century B.C
    A)Vajji
    B)Gandhara
    C)Koushal
    D)Avanti
    Answer: Vajji
  • Q. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
    A)Mohanlal Pandya
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Sardar Patel
    D)Vinoba Bhave
    Answer: Mohanlal Pandya
  • Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
    A)Sumit Sarkar
    B)Ania Loomba
    C)Cohn Bernard
    D)Ranajith Guha
    Answer: Sumit Sarkar
  • Q. The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was a fight between Rajput and Mughal forces. Who led the Mughal forces?
    A)Jai Singh
    B)Man Singh
    C)Khurram
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Man Singh
  • Q. The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Brahmi
    C)Pali
    D)Magadhi
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. Which of the following Indus Valley sites is presently in Pakistan?
    A)Harappa
    B)Kalibangan
    C)Alamgirpur
    D)Lothal
    Answer: Harappa
  • Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
    A)A Secretary
    B)A Committee of 24
    C)A Council of Lords
    D)A Board of Revenue
    Answer: A Committee of 24
  • Q. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
    A)Agra
    B)Sikandara
    C)Fatehpursikri
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Sikandara
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • Q. Which among the following is a place in Larkana district of Sind province in Pakistan?
    A)Harappa
    B)Alamgirpur
    C)Rangapur
    D)Mohenjo-Daro
    Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
  • Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)G. K. Gokhale
    C)Aurobindo Ghosh
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: G. K. Gokhale
  • Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
  • Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
    A)Benjamin Disraeli
    B)Oliver Cromweli
    C)Robert Walpole
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Robert Walpole
  • Q. Who was the President of America during American Civil War
    A)Andrew Jackson
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)George Washington
    D)James Madison
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Leave a Comment