More Questions on History
- Q. Treaty of Lahore taken place on __________
A)1846 A.D.
B)1836 A.D.
C)1725 A.D.
D)1816 A.D.
Answer: 1846 A.D.
- Q. Babur was originally the ruler of
A)Persia
B)Kabul
C)Fargana
D)Khandahar
Answer: Fargana
- Q. The first President of the Ghadar Party – founded in 1913 in USA was
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Lata Hardayal
C)Bhai Parmanand
D)Sardar Ajit Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- Q. Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan’s treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tamil
D)Greek
Answer: Pali
- Q. Who received the title of ‘shogun’ in 1603?
A)Kuroda Yoshitaka
B)Ishida Mitsunari
C)Oda Nobunaga
D)Tokugawa Leyasu
Answer: Tokugawa Leyasu
- Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
A)1906
B)1901
C)1909
D)1910
Answer: 1901
- Q. The huge wealth of the Mughals Cell into the hands of __________ after the capture of Delhi in 1739
A)The English
B)Nadir Shah
C)The French
D)The Portuguese
Answer: Nadir Shah
- Q. What is ‘Milind panho’?
A)One of the names of Buddha
B)A Buddhist place
C)A Buddhist Specimen of Art
D)Buddhist text
Answer: Buddhist text
- Q. The Peasant and the Raj is the work of __________
A)A. R. Desai
B)Eric Stokes
C)D. N. Dhanagare
D)Shirin Mehta
Answer: Eric Stokes
- Q. The quintessence of Gandhian thought is
A)Metaphysics
B)Satyagraha
C)Spiritualism
D)Moksha
Answer: Satyagraha
- Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
- Q. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was
A)Agrarian Civilization
B)Urban Civilization
C)Mesolithic Civilization
D)Paleolithic Civilization
Answer: Urban Civilization
- Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
A)The Kalinga War
B)The third Buddhist Council
C)His embracing of Buddhism
D)His sending missionary to Ceylon
Answer: The Kalinga War
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in 1926 to
A)work for harijan welfare
B)consolidate Khadi programme
C)cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence
D)write his autobiography
Answer: work for harijan welfare
- Q. Which among the following ‘MATH’ is related with Buddhism?
A)Chaitya
B)Dakhma
C)Khangah
D)Angeri
Answer: Chaitya
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
- Q. The ruler of Mysore who secured the rendition of Mysore was
A)Hyder
B)Tippu
C)Krishnaraja III
D)Rajendra Wodiar
Answer: Krishnaraja III
- Q. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite bank of which river?
A)Jhelum
B)Ravi
C)Sutlej
D)Chenab
Answer: Jhelum
- Q. Who was the first leader to preside over the INC?
A)S Subramanya Iyer
B)Ananda Charlu
C)WC Banerji
D)Surendranath Bannerjee
Answer: WC Banerji
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