More Questions on History
- Q. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
A)Rafi-ud-DaIjat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammad Shah
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Elgin
C)Sadler
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Macaulay
- Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
A)The Government of India act, 1919
B)The Government of India act 1913
C)The Government of India act 1935
D)None of these
Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
- Q. The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year
A)1919
B)1857
C)1946
D)1947
Answer: 1946
- Q. Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Jahandar Shah
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was led by __________
A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
B)Amaresh Chakravarty
C)Gandhi
D)Patel
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Shah Jahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
A)Kanva Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)Shunga Dynasty
D)Maurya Dynasty
Answer: Gupta Dynasty
- Q. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
A)Sangha
B)Nirvana
C)Buddha
D)Dhamma
Answer: Nirvana
- Q. Sumtinath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Marudevi
B)Tara
C)Vijaya
D)Sumangla
Answer: Sumangla
- 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. During the reign of Bindusara there was unrest at __________
A)Pushkalavati
B)Ujjayani
C)Taxila
D)Rajagriha
Answer: Taxila
- Q. In which ot the following places was the Ryotwari settlement introduced by
A)North-West Provinces and Punjab
B)Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
C)Madras and Bombay
D)Bengal and Bihar
Answer: Madras and Bombay
- Q. Who had founded the Deccan Educational Society?
A)CR Das
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Mahadeva Govind Ranade
Answer: Mahadeva Govind Ranade
- Q. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
A)Guru Nanak
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Kabir
D)Nimbarka
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
A)Ashvaghosha
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasumitra
D)Buddhaghosha
Answer: Ashvaghosha
- Q. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad?
A)Dhruvasena Ii
B)Harshavardhana
C)Narshimhvarman
D)Akabar
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. The Rathas of Mahabalipuram, the rock- cut architecture, were built by a king of the dynasty of
A)Hoysala
B)Chola
C)Pallava
D)Rashtrakuta
Answer: Pallava
- Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 primarily to promote among Indian Muslims
A)political consciousness
B)mutual unity and goodwill
C)feeling of loyalty to the British Government
D)hatred for the Congress
Answer: feeling of loyalty to the British Government
- Q. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the
A)Pallavas
B)Rashtrakutas
C)Pandyas
D)Chalukyas
Answer: Chalukyas
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