More Questions on History
- Q. The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was
A)Taxila
B)Kanchi
C)Nalanda
D)Vallabhi
Answer: Nalanda
- Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
A)Gautam
B)Vyasa
C)Kapila
D)Charaka
Answer: Gautam
- 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. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?
A)Chandragupta
B)Srigupta
C)Samudragupta
D)Devicharangupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali
B)Md. Ali Jinnah
C)Saukat Ali
D)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
- Q. The Hundred Years’ War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between
A)Germany and Russia
B)England and France
C)America and Argentina
D)England and Germany
Answer: England and France
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Shah Jahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
- Q. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians?
A)It did not have any woman member
B)It did not include any Indian as a member
C)It was appointed before the stipulated time
D)If refused to meet prominent Indian leaders
Answer: It did not include any Indian as a member
- Q. Gokhale was born in a Marathi Brahmin family at __________
A)Poona
B)Ratnagiri
C)Allahabad
D)Assam
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
A)Saluva Dynasty
B)Sangama Dynasty
C)Tuluva Dynasty
D)Aravidu Dynasty
Answer: Tuluva Dynasty
- Q. In the Carnatic, the English supported the claims of
A)Chanda Sahib
B)Anwaruddin
C)Nasir Jang
D)Muzaffar Jang
Answer: Anwaruddin
- Q. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action was urgently needed?
A)M. A. Jinnah
B)Lord Curzon
C)Annie Beasnt
D)A. O. Hume
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on
A)March 20, 1931
B)March 10, 1930
C)March 20,1932
D)March 5,1931
Answer: March 5,1931
- Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
A)Gujarat
B)Madras
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. How did Saint Boniface help to shape the German church?
A)Preaching against the importance of monasteries
B)Preaching against divorce, incest, and polygamy
C)Writing the epic 'Beowulf'
D)Writing 'The Rule of Saint Benedict'
Answer: Preaching against divorce, incest, and polygamy
- Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
A)Kalinga
B)Cholamandalam
C)Kannauj
D)Purushpur
Answer: Kalinga
- Q. Who was the President of Indian National congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted?
A)Sardar Patel
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Maulana Azad
D)Acharya J. B. Kripalani
Answer: Acharya J. B. Kripalani
- Q. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
A)Hastings
B)Clive
C)Wellesley
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Cornwallis
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