More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
A)Aurangzeb
B)Shah Jahan
C)Jahangir
D)Humayun
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
A)Muazzam
B)Jahander Shah
C)Akbar
D)Farukhsiyar
Answer: Muazzam
- Q. The famous Sikh leader Banda Bahadur was captured and executed during the reign of the Mughal emperor?
A)Bahadur Shah I
B)Aurangzeb
C)Jahandar Shah
D)Farrukhsiyar
Answer: Farrukhsiyar
- Q. Tansen, a great musician of his time, was in the Court of
A)Akbar
B)Jahangir
C)Shahjahan
D)Bahadur Shah
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A)Shaivism
B)Sikhism
C)Vaishanvism
D)All of the above
Answer: Sikhism
- Q. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram?
A)Prasadas
B)Rathas
C)Mathika
D)Gandhakuti
Answer: Rathas
- Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
A)5 years
B)4 years
C)3 years
D)2 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
A)Forward Block
B)Communist Party of India
C)Socialist-Swarajist Party
D)Swarajya Party
Answer: Swarajya Party
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. What was the number of Gandhars of Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)114
B)112
C)116
D)118
Answer: 116
- Q. Which of the following is one of the causes for the passing of the Act of 1773?
A)Success of Double Government
B)Failure of Double Government
C)Agitation in India
D)Desire of the Indian Merchants
Answer: Failure of Double Government
- Q. Theosophical movement though not very successful helped in contributing to developments in society. Which of the following are those developments? I. Women upliftment and recognized their importance II. Provided self respect needed to fight British colonial rule III. Did not provide any contribution as they realized that they were giving false sense of pride
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Only III
D)All the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom”?
A)Dr. S.Gopal
B)Syed Hasan Imam
C)M.A. Ansari
D)Bharat Kumar
Answer: Dr. S.Gopal
- Q. Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babur
A)Raja Jai Singh
B)Rana Man Singh
C)Rana Sanga
D)Rana Pratap
Answer: Rana Sanga
- Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
- Q. Marx belonged to
A)Holland
B)Germany
C)France
D)Britain
Answer: Germany
- Q. An interim cabinet headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress in :
A)August 1943
B)August 1940
C)September 1946
D)September 1942
Answer: September 1946
- Q. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”?
A)Mir Qasim
B)Mir Jafar
C)Sirajudduala
D)None of these
Answer: Sirajudduala
- Q. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)C R Das
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Lokmanya Tilak
Answer: Lokmanya Tilak
- Q. I. Musamman Burj is situated inside the Fatehpur Sikri Fort II. Aurangzeb built Moti Masjid inside Agra Fort Which of the following option is correct related to the Mughal Architecture?
A)Both I and II are incorrect
B)Both I and II are correct
C)Only I is correct
D)Only II is correct
Answer: Both I and II are incorrect
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