More Questions on History
- Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
A)Thalassery
B)Kannur
C)Travancore
D)Cochi
Answer: Travancore
- Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
A)Sama Veda
B)Upanishads
C)Rig Veda
D)Ramayana
Answer: Upanishads
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of in modern Indian history?
A)August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact
B)Morley-Minto Reforms, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
C)Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer
D)Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer
- Q. Who among the following built the famous Alai Darwaza?
A)Babur
B)Allaudin Khalji
C)Ibrahim Lodi
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Allaudin Khalji
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
A)Varanasi
B)Lucknow
C)Hyderabad
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. When was the Carolingian dynasty replaced in the western lands?
A)918
B)911
C)987
D)996
Answer: 987
- Q. Akbar had got constructed the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory of
A)Delhi
B)Gujarat
C)Bengal
D)Odisha
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. What was Jagat Seth’s claim to fame in Bengal?
A)Leading popular poet
B)Diwan of Siraj-ud-Daulah
C)Biggest banker in Bengal
D)Commander of the Nawab's troops
Answer: Biggest banker in Bengal
- Q. Which of the following leaders was one of the founding member of the Muslim League?
A)Shaukat Ali
B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C)Nawab Salimullah
D)Aga Khan
Answer: Nawab Salimullah
- Q. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
A)Nandas
B)Mauryas
C)Guptas
D)Cholas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
A)Chyavana
B)Susruta
C)Dhanwantari
D)Charaka
Answer: Dhanwantari
- Q. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
A)Chota Nagpur
B)Orissa
C)Bijapur
D)Golconda
Answer: Golconda
- Q. Which of the following temples was not constructed by Chandela dynasty?
A)Chaturbhuja
B)Kandariya Mahadev
C)Lakshman
D)Somnath
Answer: Somnath
- Q. After the partition of India, the largest number of Harappan towns and settlements have been found In
A)Haryana
B)Punjab
C)Gujarat
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
- Q. Which dynasty immediately succeeded the Maurya dynasty and ruled Magadha Kingdom?
A)Sunga
B)Satavahana
C)Nanda
D)Kanva
Answer: Sunga
- Q. “India for the Indians” was the political message of
A)Vivekanand
B)D E Wacha
C)Dayanand
D)Hume
Answer: Dayanand
- Q. The Gupta king who assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was
A)Samudragupta
B)Skandagupta
C)Chandragupta-II
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta-II
- Q. The passage of the Rowlatt Act had been almost immediately followed by the
A)Khilafat Movement
B)Minto-Morley Reforms
C)Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
D)Chauri-Chaura Incident
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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