History Tughlaq Dynasty

Q. Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from?

A
Persia
B
Morocco
C
Turkey
D
Central Asia

Correct Answer

Morocco

More Questions on History

  • Q. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of
    A)Mughals
    B)Bijapur
    C)Both (a) and (b) above
    D)Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals
    Answer: Both (a) and (b) above
  • Q. The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was
    A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
    B)Subhas Chandra Bose
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
    A)Curzon
    B)Salisbury
    C)Wedgwood Benn
    D)Montagu
    Answer: Wedgwood Benn
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi considered preconditions as necessary for a satyagrahi to fulfill namely :
    A)Prefect Chastity
    B)Follow truth and cultivate fearlessness.
    C)Adopts poverty
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. When Alexander invaded India, Taxila was ruled by
    A)Porus
    B)Ambhi
    C)Ashoka
    D)Bimbisara
    Answer: Ambhi
  • Q. Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him
    A)Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
    B)He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
    C)His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
    D)The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
    Answer: The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the impact of Bhakti Movement? I. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Hindu literature in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music. II. Bhakti Movement resulted in a surge in Buddhist text in regional / vernacular languages mainly in the form of devotional poems and music.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Abhinandannath Tirthankar was born?
    A)Dhanishtha
    B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
    C)Shravan
    D)Punarvasu
    Answer: Punarvasu
  • Q. Who established the Edo society?
    A)Kuroda Yoshitaka
    B)Akechi Mitsuhide
    C)Oda Nobunaga
    D)Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    Answer: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  • Q. In which year, America joined the Second World War
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1942
    Answer: 1941
  • Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
    A)Cyrus
    B)Darius
    C)Socrates
    D)Aristotle
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. Who preached the idea of Home Rule through his two news papers – the Kesari and the Maratha?
    A)Annie Besant
    B)Gokhale
    C)Tilak
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Tilak
  • Q. Under Shivaji each province was under a
    A)Governor
    B)Viceroy
    C)Diwan
    D)Zamindar
    Answer: Viceroy
  • Q. The deep transforming effect that the Kalinga War had on Ashoka has been described in
    A)Rock edicts
    B)Archaeological excavations
    C)Coins
    D)Pillar edicts
    Answer: Rock edicts
  • Q. Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with his brother__________
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Jahangir
    C)Babur
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
    A)Nizam of Hyderabad
    B)Scindia of Gwalior
    C)Dalip Singh of Punjab
    D)Gaikwad of Baroda
    Answer: Nizam of Hyderabad
  • Q. Who said “Liberty consists in obedience to the general will”?
    A)Rousseau
    B)Hobbes
    C)Green
    D)Laski
    Answer: Rousseau
  • Q. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
    A)Ahoms
    B)Santhals
    C)Pagal Panthis
    D)Ramosi
    Answer: Santhals
  • Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
    A)Shah Parvez
    B)Shah Muhammad
    C)Shah Abbas
    D)Shah Raza
    Answer: Shah Abbas
  • Q. Who is known as the “slave of a slave”?
    A)Mahmud of Ghazni
    B)Muhammad bin Oasim
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Outbuddin Aibak
    Answer: Iltutmish

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