More Questions on History
- Q. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
A)Menander
B)Seleucus Nicator
C)Rudradaman
D)Kanishka
Answer: Seleucus Nicator
- Q. In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success?
A)By advocating open revolt
B)By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
C)By seeking foreign help against the British
D)By seeking the support of the Indians living abroad
Answer: By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
- Q. Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country’s unity?
A)Hume
B)Sardar Patel
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Sardar Patel
- Q. Sardar Patel brought all the Indian States into the Country’s unity
A)By using armed forces
B)By a bloody revolution
C)By a bloodless revolution
D)With the help of the English
Answer: By a bloodless revolution
- Q. The East India Association was set up in :
A)1857
B)1866
C)1836
D)1885
Answer: 1866
- Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
A)Rahim
B)Tansen
C)Kabir
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Kabir
- Q. Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
A)Indian National Congress
B)The India League
C)Madras Mahajana Sabha
D)Bombay Presidency Association
Answer: The India League
- Q. August Offer’ was issued by __________
A)Parliament
B)Crown
C)Viceroy
D)Secretary of State
Answer: Viceroy
- Q. Which country first invented Gunpowder in around 270 AD
A)India
B)China
C)Korea
D)England
Answer: China
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
B)It was formed in 1885
C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
- Q. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
A)Buland Darwaza
B)Bada Imambara
C)Jama Masjid
D)Siddi Bashir
Answer: Buland Darwaza
- Q. Who started the journal ‘The Commonweal’?
A)Annie Besant
B)N. G. Chandavarkar
C)M. G. Ranade
D)R. G. Bhandarkar
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
A)Kalinga
B)Cholamandalam
C)Kannauj
D)Purushpur
Answer: Kalinga
- Q. Marco Polo was a traveller from __________
A)England
B)Portugal
C)Italy
D)Spain
Answer: Italy
- Q. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Seleucos
B)Megasthanes
C)Menander
D)Demetrias
Answer: Megasthanes
- Q. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year
A)1729
B)1707
C)1774
D)1823
Answer: 1707
- Q. Which Bhakti saint believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. Which among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
A)Kanpur
B)Agra
C)Jhansi
D)Lucknow
Answer: Agra
- Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
A)Vidatha
B)Bali
C)Varman
D)Kara
Answer: Bali
- Q. The remains of the Great Vijayanagar Empire can be found in
A)Golconda
B)Bijapur
C)Hampi
D)Baroda
Answer: Hampi
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