More Questions on History
- Q. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
A)Kanva
B)Sunga
C)Kusana
D)Gupta
Answer: Gupta
- Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
A)MA Jinnah
B)The Ali brothers
C)Syed Ahmed Khan
D)RM Sayani
Answer: The Ali brothers
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
A)18
B)17
C)19
D)20
Answer: 19
- Q. When did the Sasanian Empire rise?
A)238
B)226
C)280
D)285
Answer: 226
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?
A)Portuguese
B)French
C)Danish
D)Dutch
Answer: Dutch
- Q. What is the correct chronological sequence of the under mentioned Pallava kings? I. Nandivarman II II. Mahendravarman I III. Narasimhavarman I IV. Simhavishnu
A)IV, II, III, I
B)I, II, III, IV
C)III, I, IV, II
D)II, III, I, IV
Answer: IV, II, III, I
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
- Q. In which Hindi month Sumtinath Tirthankar received diksha?
A)Jyestha
B)Vaisakh
C)Chetra
D)Magha
Answer: Vaisakh
- Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
D)None of the above
Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
- Q. On which island of France, Napoleon was born
A)Corsica
B)Saint Helena
C)Elba
D)Oleron
Answer: Corsica
- Q. Whose speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Shyama Charan Sen
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
A)Potato and Mustard
B)Millet and Groundnut
C)Tobacco and Maize
D)Indigo and Maize
Answer: Tobacco and Maize
- Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Balban
- 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. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from
A)London
B)Moscow
C)Paris
D)Stockholm
Answer: London
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. Who was popularly known as Africa’s Gandhi?
A)Firoz Gandhi
B)Mir Karzai
C)Nelson Mandela
D)M.K.Gandhi
Answer: Nelson Mandela
- Q. Under the Government of India act 1935 it was decided to establish a federation consisting of :
A)Princely states
B)Governor’s provinces
C)Governor’s provinces and princely states
D)None of these
Answer: Governor’s provinces and princely states
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