More Questions on History
- Q. The first newspaper which was published in India was
A)The Bombay Gazette
B)The Calculatta Gazette
C)The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta
D)The Bengal Gazette
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
- Q. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
A)Jhelum and Chenab
B)Sutlej and Beas
C)Ravi and Chenab
D)Ganga and Yamuna
Answer: Jhelum and Chenab
- Q. In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
A)Malabar
B)Travancore
C)Cochi
D)Kottayam
Answer: Travancore
- Q. Which of the following is not a holy book of Jainism?
A)Upang sahitya
B)Anga sahitya
C)Sutta pitaka
D)Kalpasutra
Answer: Sutta pitaka
- Q. Vishvambhara Mishra was the original name of
A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
B)Guru Nanak
C)Shankaracharya
D)Kabir
Answer: Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
- Q. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?
A)Mohanjodaro
B)Kalibangan
C)Harappa
D)Chanhudaro
Answer: Chanhudaro
- Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A)Aram Shah
B)Balban
C)Nasiruddin Mahmud
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)M.K. Gandhi
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
Answer: Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
- Q. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
A)King of Jhansi
B)Peshwa Baji Rao II
C)Madhav Rao Sindhia
D)Malhar Rao Holkar
Answer: Peshwa Baji Rao II
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A)Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals
B)Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828
C)Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
D)Sati Pratha was abolished in 1829
Answer: Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
- Q. Greek Roman Art has found a place in
A)Gandhara
B)Ellora
C)Kalinga
D)Bhuddhist Art
Answer: Gandhara
- Q. Most depicted animal of the Indus Valley Civilization was?
A)Lion
B)Elephant
C)Bull
D)Dog
Answer: Bull
- Q. The earliest specimen of Kavya style is found in?
A)Ellora
B)Ajanta
C)Kathiawar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Kathiawar
- Q. In . . . . . Derozio founded with his students the ‘Academic Association’ which organised debates on various subjects
A)1825
B)1824
C)1828
D)1834
Answer: 1828
- Q. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and __________
A)China
B)Pakistan
C)Tibet
D)Afghanistan
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. In which year salt Satyagraha took place?
A)1930
B)1929
C)1931
D)1932
Answer: 1930
- Q. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
A)Jung Bahadur Rana
B)Bahadur Shah Jafar
C)Begum Hazrat Mahal
D)Tatya Tope
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. Purushapura is the other name for
A)Pataliputra
B)Patna
C)Peshawar
D)Punjab
Answer: Peshawar
- Q. In Akbar’s regime,__________ was the military head
A)Suri Moja
B)Sultan Ahmed Fawad
C)Mir Khaas
D)Mir Bakshi
Answer: Mir Bakshi
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