More Questions on History
- Q. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was
A)Italian
B)French
C)Flemish
D)Spanish
Answer: Spanish
- Q. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loin cloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify
A)the ruin of India's handloom textiles
B)the poverty of the Indian people
C)his identification with the Indian people
D)his resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent
Answer: his identification with the Indian people
- Q. Who among the following Kushan Emperors was the first to introduce the gold coinage in India?
A)Vima Taktu
B)Vima Kadphises
C)Vasishka
D)Kujula Kadphises
Answer: Vima Kadphises
- Q. The British Prime Minister Atlee announced the withdrawal of the Britishers in the House of Commons from India on
A)February 20, 1947
B)February 20, 1942
C)March 20, 1947
D)March 20, 1942
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. Aurangzeb died in the year
A)1764
B)1760
C)1707
D)1700
Answer: 1707
- Q. Wahabis were __________ fanatics
A)Muslim
B)Hindu
C)Christian
D)Sikh
Answer: Muslim
- Q. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
A)British
B)French
C)Protuguese
D)Dutch
Answer: Protuguese
- Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
A)Bede
B)Alcuin
C)Einhard
D)Rabanus Maurus
Answer: Alcuin
- Q. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?
A)Godeheu
B)Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
C)La Bourdonnais
D)Joseph Francois Dupleix
Answer: Joseph Francois Dupleix
- Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Sukhdev
C)Surya Sen
D)Rajguru
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in the year
A)1729
B)1707
C)1774
D)1823
Answer: 1707
- Q. The National Anthem was first sung in year 1911 at the Annual session of the India National Congress held at
A)Mumbai
B)Pune
C)Kolkata
D)Lucknow
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
A)78 AD
B)108 AD
C)58 AD
D)128AD
Answer: 78 AD
- Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
A)Neem
B)Devdar
C)Priyangu
D)Vat
Answer: Priyangu
- Q. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
A)Menander
B)Seleucus Nicator
C)Rudradaman
D)Kanishka
Answer: Seleucus Nicator
- Q. The Red fort in Delhi was the residence of emperors of which dynasty in the 16th century?
A)Khalji
B)Rajput
C)Tughlaq
D)Mughal
Answer: Mughal
- Q. MSP means __________
A)Mysore Special police
B)Malabar Special Police
C)Madras Special police
D)Mappila Special Police
Answer: Malabar Special Police
- Q. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was
A)treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda
B)annexation of Ahmadnagar
C)both (A) and (B) above
D)expulsion of the Portuguese from Hughli
Answer: both (A) and (B) above
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the Conference held at __________
A)Shimla
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Shimla
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