More Questions on History
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself at
A)Konkan
B)Poona
C)Bijapur
D)Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. Name the Pala ruler who was the first to plunge into the tripartite struggle
A)Mahipala
B)Devapala
C)Dharmapala
D)Gopala
Answer: Gopala
- Q. The theory of “natural rights” was propounded by
A)Locke
B)Hobbes
C)Bentham
D)Marx
Answer: Locke
- Q. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri Mantra?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Kathopanishad
D)Aitareya Brahmana
Answer: Rigveda
- Q. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
A)Indian Revenues
B)The Consolidated Fund of England
C)Funds Voted by Parliament
D)The revenues of Princely States
Answer: Indian Revenues
- Q. The correct chronological order in which the given monuments were built is
A)Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort, Buland Darwaza, Qutab Minar
B)Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
C)Qutab Minar, Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort
D)Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort, Qutab Minar
Answer: Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
- 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. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
A)Kadphises II
B)Kadphises I
C)Kanishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kadphises II
- Q. In which year, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established
A)1948
B)1945
C)1949
D)1952
Answer: 1949
- Q. The Social System of the Harappans was
A)Slave Labour based
B)Fairly egalitarian
C)Colour Varna based
D)Caste based
Answer: Fairly egalitarian
- Q. From which country, the tradition of written Constitution began
A)India
B)Japan
C)Britain
D)America
Answer: America
- Q. Who received the title of ‘shogun’ in 1603?
A)Kuroda Yoshitaka
B)Ishida Mitsunari
C)Oda Nobunaga
D)Tokugawa Leyasu
Answer: Tokugawa Leyasu
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct?
A)It was built by Shah Jahan
B)It is a magnificent Mausoleum
C)It is situated outside Agra Fort
D)The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
Answer: The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
- Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
A)Charles Darwin
B)Auguste Comte
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Herbert Spencer
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
- Q. Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Aurangzeb
C)Sher Shah Suri
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Constantinople, the capital of Roman Empire was captured by Turks in the year
A)1415
B)1385
C)1453
D)1469
Answer: 1453
- Q. The Ghadar Party took the name Ghadar from
A)its objective to wage another revolt
B)the Revolt of 1857
C)a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
D)All the above
Answer: a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
- Q. Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in __________
A)Afghanistan
B)Awadh
C)Bengal
D)Burma
Answer: Afghanistan
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