More Questions on History
- Q. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
A)Punjab and Delhi region
B)Indo-Gangetic Valley
C)Indus Valley
D)Region between the Swat and the Indus
Answer: Indus Valley
- Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)Rash Behari Bose
C)MK Gandhi
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Rash Behari Bose
- Q. When did the British establish colonies in Australia?
A)1840
B)1788
C)1872
D)1814
Answer: 1788
- Q. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by
A)Persian invader Nadir Shah
B)Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali
C)Mongol invader Chengiz Khan
D)British East India Company
Answer: Persian invader Nadir Shah
- Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
A)Victoria Memeorial
B)San Thome
C)Fort William
D)Howrah Port
Answer: Fort William
- Q. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
A)Charles I
B)The Dutch
C)Charles II
D)The Portuguese
Answer: Charles II
- Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
A)Iltutmish
B)Qutubuddin Aibak
C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. In the famous Kakori Conspiracy Case (August 1925) which of the following revolutionaries was not hanged?
A)Asafaqulla Khan
B)Ram Prasad Bismil
C)Snehlata
D)Suhasini Sarkar
Answer: Snehlata
- Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
A)Pali
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Both A & B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Through which principle or device did Ghandhiji strive to bridge economics inequalities?
A)Establishment of village industries
B)Abolition of machinery
C)Trusteeship theory
D)None of the above
Answer: Trusteeship theory
- Q. The Kalinga was fought in
A)301 BC
B)321 BC
C)261 BC
D)241 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
A)Kalinga
B)Cholamandalam
C)Kannauj
D)Purushpur
Answer: Kalinga
- Q. Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Who defeated Darius III in the Battle of Gaugamela?
A)Aristotle
B)Alexander the Great
C)Julius Caesar
D)Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Alexander the Great
- Q. What is the name of the World’s smallest republic which has an area of 21 sq. km only?
A)Palermo
B)Nauru
C)Vatican City
D)Namur
Answer: Nauru
- Q. Who was the founder of Vikramshila Vihar?
A)Gopala
B)Dharmapala
C)Nagpala
D)Mahipala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. In accordance with provisions of the Government of India Act 1935 elections to the Provincial Legislatures were held in :
A)February 1932
B)February 1925
C)February 1935
D)February 1937
Answer: February 1937
- 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. Who is the author of “The History of the World-Conquerer”?
A)Clifford Edmund Bosworth
B)Annemarie Schimmel
C)Gustaf John Ramstedt
D)John Andrew Boyle
Answer: John Andrew Boyle
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