More Questions on History
- Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who started the Saka Era and when?
A)Rudradaman-I in 78 AD
B)Kadphises in 58 BC
C)Vikramaditya in 58 BC
D)Kanishka in 78 AD
Answer: Kanishka in 78 AD
- Q. Who wrote Shiksha Ashtak which was called as the cream of the Shastras?
A)Tulsidas
B)Mirabai
C)Kabir
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Chaitanya
- Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
A)Mauryan period
B)Harappan period
C)Buddhist period
D)Gupta period
Answer: Gupta period
- Q. Who among the following was the court physician of Kanishka?
A)Nagarjuna
B)Vasumitra
C)Charaka
D)Patanjali
Answer: Charaka
- Q. In Jain literature, which of the following Tirthankar is also known as Prajapati, Adibrahma and Aadinath?
A)Ajitnath
B)Rishabhnath
C)Sambhav nath
D)Abhnindan Nath
Answer: Rishabhnath
- Q. A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of
A)1919
B)1909
C)1935
D)1861
Answer: 1935
- Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
- Q. Who wrote, “On the Geneology of Morals”?
A)Immanual Kant
B)Friedrich Nietzsche
C)Karl Marx
D)Sigmund Freud
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Q. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
A)1861
B)1858
C)1876
D)1909
Answer: 1876
- Q. Which monarch is known as ‘the Sun King’ and also the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history
A)Henry III of England
B)Louis XIV of France
C)Louis XIII of France
D)Edward I of England
Answer: Louis XIV of France
- Q. Ramayana was translated into Persian at Akbar’s court by whom?
A)Abul Fazl
B)Faizi
C)Badayuni
D)Haji Ibrahim Sirhindi
Answer: Faizi
- Q. The Wahabi Movement named after its founder Abdul Wahab originated in . . . . . . in the 18th century with a view to restoring Islam to its pristine purity and order
A)Arabia
B)Manipal
C)America
D)Africa
Answer: Arabia
- Q. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
A)Khan Bahadur Khan - RuhelKhand
B)Rani Laxmibai - Indore
C)Kunwar Singh - Sahabad
D)Nana Saheb - Kanpur
Answer: Rani Laxmibai - Indore
- Q. East Timor, in Indonesian, Archipelago, was the former colony of
A)English
B)Dutch
C)French
D)Portuguese
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. A focal point of all revolutionary activities in London was
A)Kaiser House
B)India House
C)Singh Sabha Building
D)Dadabhai Naoroji's House
Answer: India House
- Q. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
A)Aravidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system prevalent in
A)Mongolia
B)Persia
C)Afghanistan
D)Turkey
Answer: Mongolia
- Q. The English who twice served as President of the Indian National Congress was
A)Sir William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)AO Hume
D)Mrs Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Wedderburn
- Q. The first President of Indian National congress was :
A)Annie Besant
B)Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)George Yule
Answer: Sir Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
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