More Questions on History

  • Q. The Cabinet mission arrived in Delhi on:
    A)May 24, 1946
    B)August 24, 1946
    C)March 24, 1946
    D)April 24, 1946
    Answer: March 24, 1946
  • Q. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as
    A)Minister of Defence
    B)Minister of Religious Affairs
    C)Chief Minister
    D)Minister of Justice
    Answer: Chief Minister
  • Q. It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar’s contribution to making of modern India is many sided. Which of the following aspects contribute to it?
    A)New methodology of teaching Sanskrit
    B)Farmers and depressed class upliftment
    C)Uplifting downtrodden women, abolishing child marriage , widow re marriage
    D)Both B and C
    Answer: Both B and C
  • Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Lord Wavell
    D)Lord Lirrlithgow
    Answer: Winston Churchill
  • Q. The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
    A)Iran
    B)Central Asia
    C)Greece
    D)China
    Answer: Greece
  • Q. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on
    A)Birth
    B)Education
    C)Occupation
    D)Talent
    Answer: Occupation
  • Q. Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation was/were
    A)Rice
    B)Wheat
    C)Millet
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
    A)Warangal
    B)Dwarasamudra
    C)Kalyani
    D)Devagiri
    Answer: Devagiri
  • Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
    A)Fevzi Cakmak
    B)Ismet Inonu
    C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
  • Q. Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were I. Cheras II. Cholas III. Chalukyas iV. Pallavas V. Pandyas
    A)II, III, IV
    B)I, II, V
    C)III, IV, V
    D)I, II, IV
    Answer: I, II, V
  • Q. During which Gupta King’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fahien visit India?
    A)Samudra Gupta
    B)Chandra Gupta-I
    C)Chandragupta II
    D)Kumara Gupta
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. Which of the following are correct regarding Shahjahan? I. Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli II. Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue III. Kahabat Khan was appointed governor of Lahore IV. Ali Mardan Khan surrendered Kandhar to Mughals
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II, III and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. Koh-i-noor diamond was presented to Aurangzeb by
    A)Mir Jumla
    B)Mirkasim
    C)Shivaji
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Mir Jumla
  • Q. Who give the famous quote ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth’
    A)Abraham Lincoln
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Vladimir Lenin
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Who translated Ramayana into Persian?
    A)Badauni
    B)Abul Fazal
    C)Abdul Latif
    D)Isar Das
    Answer: Badauni
  • Q. The last country of Axis power to surrender during the end of the World War II was
    A)Japan
    B)Germany
    C)Italy
    D)France
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. The battle of Thermopylae was fought between
    A)Athens and Rome
    B)Sparta and Athens
    C)Greece City States and Persia
    D)Rome and Carthage
    Answer: Greece City States and Persia
  • Q. Sati was prohibited by
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Warren Hastings
    C)Lord William Bentinck
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord William Bentinck
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
    A)Baba Farid
    B)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
    C)Saiyid Mummed
    D)Shah Alam Bukhari
    Answer: Baba Farid

Leave a Comment