More Questions on History
- Q. Ranthambhor was
A)A Rajput fort
B)A Mughal palace
C)Capital of the khaljis
D)A Buddist pilgrimage centre
Answer: A Rajput fort
- Q. Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is__________
A)Irfan Habib
B)Romila Thapar
C)S.C.Ghosh
D)Naoroji Dadabhai
Answer: Naoroji Dadabhai
- Q. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
A)Rashtra Jagriti
B)Jay He
C)Bharat Vidhata
D)Matribhoomi
Answer: Bharat Vidhata
- Q. After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named
A)Revolutionary Socialist Bloc
B)Socialist Bloc
C)Forward Bloc
D)Socialist-Congress Bloc
Answer: Forward Bloc
- Q. What was the unique system developed by the Mughals?
A)Ryotwari settlement
B)Centralised autocracy
C)Mansabdari system
D)Local responsibilities for crime detection
Answer: Mansabdari system
- Q. Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal principle of the theosophical society?
A)Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western enlightenment
B)It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
C)It believed in the existence of unique connections between god and every being
D)It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and karma
Answer: It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
- Q. In 1918 who founded Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association ?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Annie Besant
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on
A)August 10, 1942
B)July 14, 1942
C)August 8, 1942
D)June 30, 1942
Answer: July 14, 1942
- Q. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by
A)Persian invader Nadir Shah
B)Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali
C)Mongol invader Chengiz Khan
D)British East India Company
Answer: Persian invader Nadir Shah
- Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
A)Dholavira
B)Mohenjodaro
C)Lothal
D)Rakhigarhi
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
A)Yajurveda
B)Prashna
C)Mundaka
D)Ishavasya
Answer: Mundaka
- Q. __________ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement
A)Maqsud Ali
B)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul kalam Azad
D)Karim Ali
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
A)1921
B)1917
C)1927
D)1932
Answer: 1921
- Q. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
A)Suhrawardy
B)Chisti
C)Qadiri
D)Naqshbandi
Answer: Chisti
- Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
A)Queen Victoria
B)Queen Elizabeth
C)Queen Anne
D)Queen Marie
Answer: Queen Victoria
- Q. In the Vedic age, who was the head of “Grama”?
A)Gramini
B)Kulapa
C)Vispati
D)Gopati
Answer: Gramini
- Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
A)Young Indian Organization
B)Bhinav Bharat
C)Young India
D)Indian National Congress
Answer: Indian National Congress
- Q. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”?
A)Dr. S.Gopal
B)Syed Hasan Imam
C)M.A. Ansari
D)Bharat Kumar
Answer: Dr. S.Gopal
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
A)Pala dynasty —Founded by Gopala
B)Sena dynasty —Founded by Vijaya Sena
C)Prathihara dynasty —Founded by Bhoja
D)Rastrakuta dynasty —Founded by Amogavarsha
Answer: Rastrakuta dynasty —Founded by Amogavarsha
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