More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Valmiki
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Tulsidas
- Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
A)Farrukh-Siyar
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
- Q. Who built the famous Charminar of Hyderabad?
A)Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
B)Krishndev Rai
C)Nadir Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
- Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
A)Bahadur Shah-II
B)Bahadur Shah-I
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Shah Alam-II
Answer: Shah Alam-I
- Q. That all appointments made by the President and an treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates
A)Theory of checks and balances
B)Theory of separation of powers
C)Due process of law
D)Rule of law
Answer: Theory of checks and balances
- Q. Banga Darshan – a monthly magazine – was started in 1872 from Behrampur by:
A)Umakant desai
B)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D)None of these
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Bihari Bose
C)Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D)Madanlal Dhingra
Answer: Madanlal Dhingra
- Q. Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times?
A)Ruhelkhand
B)Avadh
C)Bundelkhand
D)Malwa
Answer: Malwa
- Q. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar’s wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
A)Malwa and Gujarat
B)Jaisalmer and Khandesh
C)Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
D)Ranathambhor and Khandesh
Answer: Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
- Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
A)October 17, 1940
B)October 17, 1942
C)October 17, 1939
D)October 17, 1938
Answer: October 17, 1940
- Q. Nanu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of__________, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals
A)Maruthwamala
B)Silanka
C)Karunagapally
D)Kayamkulam
Answer: Maruthwamala
- Q. When was the First Round Table Conference held?
A)1931
B)1933
C)1930
D)1903
Answer: 1930
- Q. Who among the following Mughal Emperors was half Rajput?
A)Akbar Jahan & Jahangir
B)Shah Jahan & Aurangzeb
C)Shah Jahan & Jahangir
D)Jahangir & Humayun
Answer: Akbar Jahan & Jahangir
- 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. Who was the selected as first satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin individual satyagraha in 1940?
A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Brahma Datt
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. Which one was the slogan during French Revolution
A)Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
B)Liberty, Authority, Fraternity
C)Liberty, Equality, Freedom
D)Liberty, Law, Fraternity
Answer: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
- Q. During Shivaji’s rule the Council of the State consisted of
A)Eighteen Ministers
B)Eight Ministers
C)Twelve Ministers
D)Fifteen Ministers
Answer: Eight Ministers
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Land Revenue under Tipu__________
A)Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
B)Was mainly collected through revenue officers
C)Was collected by interme-diaries
D)Was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
Answer: Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
- Q. Sarvodaya stands for
A)Non-cooperation
B)Total revolution
C)Upliftment of all
D)Non-violence
Answer: Upliftment of all
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