More Questions on History
- Q. Who was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great
A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Socrates
D)None of the above
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. From which country, the tradition of written Constitution began
A)India
B)Japan
C)Britain
D)America
Answer: America
- Q. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
A)Seals
B)The Pottery
C)The boats
D)The houses
Answer: Seals
- Q. The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was a fight between Rajput and Mughal forces. Who led the Mughal forces?
A)Jai Singh
B)Man Singh
C)Khurram
D)Akbar
Answer: Man Singh
- Q. The author of ‘A Nation in the Making’ was
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)SN Banerjee
C)Hume
D)Tilak
Answer: SN Banerjee
- Q. Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?
A)Indigo disturbances
B)Santhal rebellion
C)Sanyasi rebellion
D)Pabna disturbances
Answer: Indigo disturbances
- Q. When did the Constitution of Australia come into force?
A)1906
B)1901
C)1909
D)1910
Answer: 1901
- Q. Who quoted “The problems of day cannot be solved by motions, resolutions and can be solved only by blood and iron.”
A)Bismarck
B)Hitler
C)Kaiser William IV
D)King Frederick William IV
Answer: Bismarck
- Q. The slogan of the French Revolution was
A)Government of the people, by the people and for the people
B)One nation, one leader and one flag
C)Liberty, equality and fraternity
D)None of these
Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity
- Q. Historian Abdul Hamid Lahori was in the court of
A)Akbar
B)Aurangzeb
C)Shahjahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Shahjahan
- Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
A)The Government of India act, 1919
B)The Government of India act 1913
C)The Government of India act 1935
D)None of these
Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
- Q. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
A)April 8, 1931
B)March 5, 1931
C)May 8, 1931
D)August 8, 1931
Answer: March 5, 1931
- Q. Which king started the organization of Kumbh fair at Allahabad?
A)Dhruvasena Ii
B)Harshavardhana
C)Narshimhvarman
D)Akabar
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. Which of the following are essentially books of rituals?
A)The Upanishads
B)The Vedas
C)The Aranyakas
D)The Brahmanas
Answer: The Brahmanas
- Q. What was the policy of “doctrine of lapse”?
A)States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir
B)States were allowed to adopt son as an heir
C)According to this system, every ruler in India had to accept to pay a subsidy to the British for the maintenance of British army
D)None of these
Answer: States were not allowed to adopt son as an heir
- Q. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
A)Muhammad Ali
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Zakir Hussain
D)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad
- 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. Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P. Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organization :
A)Satya Shodhak Samaj
B)Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
C)Bengal Society
D)None of these
Answer: Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal).
- 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. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherhee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
A)Hindu
B)Amrit Bazar Patrika
C)Sudharak
D)Yugantar
Answer: Amrit Bazar Patrika
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