More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
A)Mohanlal Pandya
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Patel
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Mohanlal Pandya
- Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
A)Bombay
B)Surat
C)Masulipatnam
D)Madras
Answer: Madras
- Q. Who wrote the history of Aurangzeb’s reign in total secrecy because of the emperor’s opposition to it and what was the name of that historical work?
A)Mirza Muhammad Kazim's Alamgir Nama
B)Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
C)Muhammad Saqi's Masir-i-Alamgiri
D)Aquil Khan Razi's Zafar Nama-i-Alamgir
Answer: Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
- Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
A)Chelmsford
B)Hardinge-II
C)Reading
D)Irwin
Answer: Chelmsford
- Q. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?
A)Once
B)Four Times
C)Thrice
D)Twice
Answer: Twice
- Q. The painting “Virgin of the rocks” was a work of
A)Michelangelo
B)Raphael
C)Leonardo da Vinci
D)Vincent van Gogh
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira is also known as
A)Great teacher
B)Jina
C)Great preacher
D)Jain
Answer: Jina
- Q. Buland Darwaza is the main entrance to the palace at
A)Gwalior Fort
B)Amer Fort
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Find out the contributions of Bhakti Movement in India: I. Surge in vernacular Literature II. Development of Philosophies III. Devotional transformation of society and Inclusiveness IV. New forms of Worship
A)I, II, III & IV
B)I, II & IV
C)Both I & IV
D)Only IV
Answer: I, II, III & IV
- Q. Democracy is a “government in which everyone has a share” was the opinion of
A)Seeley
B)Jeovans
C)Plato
D)Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. When did the Battle of Sekigahara take place?
A)1603
B)1600
C)1707
D)1761
Answer: 1600
- Q. Which was the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Tomb of Jahangir
C)Taj Mahal
D)Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: Humayun's Tomb
- Q. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
A)Economic relief to the common people
B)Complete Independence for India
C)Repeal of salt laws
D)Curtailment of the Government's powers
Answer: Repeal of salt laws
- Q. Who built Jama Masjid?
A)Shah Jahan
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Rao Jodhaji
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working Committee to announce the suspension of Non-Cooperation movement?
A)Poona
B)Bardoli
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Bardoli
- Q. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
A)Allahabad
B)Lahore
C)Karachi
D)Dacca
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
A)Mohammad Tughlaq
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
B)North America and South America
C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
D)France and Poland
Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
- Q. With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Hinduism
D)Sikhism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
A)Kalinga
B)Cholamandalam
C)Kannauj
D)Purushpur
Answer: Kalinga
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