More Questions on History
- Q. When did the British East India Company establish a capital in Calcutta?
A)1818
B)1772
C)1858
D)1857
Answer: 1772
- Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
A)Mysore
B)Bangalore
C)Seringapatam
D)Hellebid or Halebid
Answer: Seringapatam
- Q. How did Abu al-Abbas become well known in the court of Charlemagne?
A)Distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world
B)Beloved pet from an Indian king
C)Gift from the Abbasid court
D)Muslim enemy of the king
Answer: Gift from the Abbasid court
- Q. Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt. I. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers. II. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers. III. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was
A)The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah
B)The English attempts to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William
C)Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials
D)Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
Answer: Siraj-ud-Daulah's attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)
- Q. The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Ramprasad Bismil
C)Batukeshwar Datta
D)Barkatulla
Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
- Q. Name the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Gopalkrishna Gokhle
C)Aurobindo Ghosh
D)Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Gopalkrishna Gokhle
- Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
A)Surat
B)Agra
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Agra
- Q. Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars
A)Magadha
B)Kosala
C)Champa
D)Avanti
Answer: Magadha
- Q. Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa?
A)Vallabhbhai Patel
B)B. G. Tilak
C)G. K. Gokhale
D)J. L. Nehru
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
- Q. The formation of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) at the initiative of __________ in 1972
A)Roop Kanwar
B)Ela Bhat
C)Raja radhakant dev
D)Dwarkanath Tagore
Answer: Ela Bhat
- Q. In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Madarsatul Uloom in __________
A)Aligarh
B)Delhi
C)Bengal
D)Agra
Answer: Aligarh
- Q. __________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. Who was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great
A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Socrates
D)None of the above
Answer: Aristotle
- 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
- Q. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
A)The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
B)The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
C)The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
D)The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into __________ provinces
A)8
B)5
C)11
D)14
Answer: 11
- Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
A)Curzon
B)Salisbury
C)Wedgwood Benn
D)Montagu
Answer: Wedgwood Benn
- Q. Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?
A)Kam Baksh
B)Azam shah
C)Akbar-II
D)Mauzzam
Answer: Azam shah
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