More Questions on History
- Q. Rohelas were of __________ origin
A)Afghan
B)Turkish
C)British
D)Chinese
Answer: Afghan
- Q. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
A)Lord William Bentinck
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. As per the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which of the following did not form a part of Pakistan?
A)Sind and British Baluchistan
B)East Bengal and the West Punjab
C)The North West Frontier
D)Assam
Answer: Assam
- 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. Under the Mughals the Governor was popularly known as
A)Wazir
B)Subahdar
C)Vakil
D)Faujdar
Answer: Subahdar
- Q. The slogan of ‘Vande Matram’ was first adopted during the __________ Movement?
A)Civil Disobedience
B)Non-cooperation
C)Swadeshi
D)Quit India
Answer: Swadeshi
- Q. The East India Association was set up in :
A)1857
B)1866
C)1836
D)1885
Answer: 1866
- Q. Guru died on 20 September, __________
A)1908
B)1902
C)1918
D)1928
Answer: 1928
- Q. The Peasant and the Raj is the work of __________
A)A. R. Desai
B)Eric Stokes
C)D. N. Dhanagare
D)Shirin Mehta
Answer: Eric Stokes
- Q. Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him
A)Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
B)He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
C)His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
D)The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
Answer: The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
- Q. The utensils of the Indus Valley people were mainly made of
A)copper
B)clay
C)bronze
D)brass
Answer: clay
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. The Akal Takht was built by
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Guru Hargovind
D)Guru Nanak
Answer: Guru Hargovind
- Q. In the war of succession who had supported Aurangzeb?
A)Zebunisha
B)Jahanara
C)Jintunisha
D)Roshanara
Answer: Roshanara
- Q. When was the kingdom between the Rhine and Rhone rivers created?
A)864
B)843
C)876
D)877
Answer: 843
- Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
A)Long-distance trade
B)Commercial and urban
C)Agriculture
D)All the above
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. The famine in Bihar and Bengal in 1873-74 was averted by the timely action of
A)Morley
B)Minto
C)Northbrook
D)Hastings
Answer: Northbrook
- Q. The first Round Table conference was held on:
A)August 12, 1930
B)December 12, 1930
C)April 12, 1930
D)November 12, 1930
Answer: November 12, 1930
- 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. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
A)The Dewan of Travancore
B)The Maharaja of Baroda
C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
D)The Raja of Jodhpur
Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
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