More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following was the book written by Amoghvarsha the Rashtrakuta King?
A)Ganitasara Samgraha
B)Adipurana
C)Saktayana
D)Kavirajamarg
Answer: Kavirajamarg
- Q. Madam Bhikaji Cama unfolded the National Flag of India in 1907 at
A)International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
B)India House, London
C)Vande Mataram Office at San Francisco
D)Indian Workers Meet Vancouver
Answer: International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. According to Jainis, at which place Abhinandannath attained Nirvana?
A)Shri Keshriyaji Tirtha
B)Sammed Shikhar
C)Parasnath
D)Sarnath
Answer: Sammed Shikhar
- Q. The Sepoy Mutiny broke out on May 10, 1857 at __________
A)Gwalior
B)Meerut
C)Jhansi
D)Agra
Answer: Meerut
- Q. To avenge the brutal lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai (October 30, 1928), which was believed to have caused his death subsequently, who murdered Saunders, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lahore?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Batukeshwar Dutt
C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
D)Sachindra Sanyal
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against
A)Japan
B)Germany
C)Italy
D)Great Britain
Answer: Great Britain
- Q. What was the charge against Bal Gangadhar Tilak, for which he was sentenced to six years transportation in July 1908?
A)for insiting violence during the Surat session of the INC
B)for being the chief exponent of the cult of extremism
C)for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
D)for being instrumental in the murder of the British Plaque commissioner in Poona.
Answer: for seditious writings in his paper Kesari
- Q. Who pioneered Christian cenobitic monasticism?
A)Athanasius of Alexandria
B)Anthony the Great
C)Basil of Caesarea
D)Pachomius the Great
Answer: Pachomius the Great
- Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
- Q. The Mughal government can be described as an/a
A)Liberal monarchy
B)Autocracy
C)Centralised despotism
D)Absolute monarchy
Answer: Centralised despotism
- Q. When did the Nanking Massacre start?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D)Baba Farid
Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
- Q. Before the passing of the Act of 1773, each of the three English Settlement in India was governed by
A)President
B)Viceroy
C)Secretary
D)Director
Answer: President
- Q. Who is the author of “Shahnama”?
A)Firdausi
B)Utbi
C)Hasan Nizami
D)AI-Beruni
Answer: Firdausi
- Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)D. G. B. Pant
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
A)Devanagiri
B)Brahmi
C)Gurmukhi
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Brahmi
- Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- Q. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Agra Fort
- Q. From which city, the Russian revolution of 1917 begin
A)Moscow
B)Petrograd
C)Warsaw
D)Ukraine
Answer: Petrograd
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