More Questions on History
- Q. Babur was born in the year
A)1583
B)1483
C)1693
D)1783
Answer: 1483
- Q. Because of his virtuous deeds Ajitnath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Tara
B)Vijaya
C)Sharmestha
D)Geeta
Answer: Vijaya
- Q. Economy of Vedic period was based on?
A)Agriculture
B)Pastureland
C)Mining
D)Cotton Cultivation
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Prithivyah Pratham Veer was the title of?
A)Rajendra I
B)Samudragupta
C)Amoghavarsha
D)Gautamiputra Shatkarni
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Who is the author of the book “The First Indian War of Independence- 1857-59”?
A)Syed Ahmad Khan
B)Karl Marx
C)R. Mazumdar
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: Karl Marx
- Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
A)Lahore
B)Allahabad
C)Amritsar
D)Belur
Answer: Belur
- Q. The Cabinet Mission which arrived Delhi in 1946 was headed by
A)Sir Stafford Cripps
B)Lord Pethrick Lawrence
C)AV Alexander
D)Lord Attlee
Answer: Lord Pethrick Lawrence
- Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
A)underground drainage system
B)town planning
C)uniformity of weights and measures
D)large agricultural surplus
Answer: underground drainage system
- Q. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilization?
A)Cunningham
B)Charles Mason
C)M. Wheeler
D)M.S. Vats
Answer: M.S. Vats
- Q. The youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Annie Besant
D)Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. The Treaty of Versailles humiliated
A)Germany
B)Austria
C)England
D)France
Answer: Germany
- Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
A)Cyrus
B)Darius
C)Socrates
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who has written the famous book Padmavat?
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Nakhshabi
C)Al Biruni
D)Hasan Nizami
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
D)Birbal
Answer: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
- Q. Bijapur is known for its
A)Gol Gumbaz
B)Sever drought condition
C)Heavy rainfall
D)Statue of Gomateswara
Answer: Gol Gumbaz
- Q. A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of
A)1919
B)1909
C)1935
D)1861
Answer: 1935
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Manusmriti I. Smritis dealt with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma. II. Consists mainly of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
A)The right to move from one manor to another
B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
D)All the above
Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
- Q. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of
A)Arcot
B)Trichinopoly
C)Wandiwash
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indian for the ICS from 21 year to
A)19 years
B)20 years
C)18 years
D)17 years
Answer: 19 years
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