More Questions on History

  • Q. The majority of the moderate leaders of India’s freedom struggle may be traced to hail from
    A)Rural areas
    B)Bengal
    C)Urban areas
    D)Both rurals as well as urban parts
    Answer: Urban areas
  • Q. In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?
    A)Durban
    B)Cape town
    C)Johannesburg
    D)Pretoria
    Answer: Durban
  • Q. What was the capital of Pallava Dynasty?
    A)Tiruchirapalli
    B)Kanchipuram
    C)Tanjore
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Kanchipuram
  • Q. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
    A)A Gupta Emperor
    B)A Mughal Emperor
    C)A Mauryan Emperor
    D)A Sunga Emperor
    Answer: A Mughal Emperor
  • Q. Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
    A)Surdas
    B)Sant Kabir
    C)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Sant Kabir
  • Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
    A)Biology
    B)Astronomy
    C)Medicine
    D)Physiology
    Answer: Astronomy
  • 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. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in
    A)Pali texts
    B)Prakrit texts
    C)Sanskrit texts
    D)Pictographical texts
    Answer: Pali texts
  • Q. The historic fast by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the
    A)Issue of White Paper
    B)Poona Pact
    C)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    D)Arrival of Simon Commission
    Answer: Poona Pact
  • Q. During the Mauryan period the administration was in the hands of
    A)four boards
    B)three boards
    C)five boards
    D)six boards
    Answer: six boards
  • Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Lytton
    Answer: Lord Lytton
  • Q. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
    A)Arabs
    B)Ghurids
    C)Karkotakas
    D)Hindushahis
    Answer: Hindushahis
  • Q. The revolutionary who was an accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case and who died in Jail after 64 days fast was
    A)Sukh Dev
    B)Jatin Das
    C)Raj Guru
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Jatin Das
  • Q. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
    A)01 August 1947
    B)18 July 1947
    C)01 June 1947
    D)01 September 1947
    Answer: 18 July 1947
  • Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
    A)Portuguese
    B)Dutch
    C)Danish
    D)French
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?
    A)Munda
    B)Santali
    C)Awadhi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Awadhi
  • Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
    A)M Kelappan
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Veer Savarkar
    D)Shankaran Nair
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
    A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Sikandar Lodi
    Answer: Sikandar Lodi
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
    A)Muazzam
    B)Jahander Shah
    C)Akbar
    D)Farukhsiyar
    Answer: Muazzam
  • Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
    A)Lord Bentick
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie

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