More Questions on History
- Q. Who wrote Akbarnama?
A)Birbal
B)Akbar
C)Abul Fazal
D)Bhagavan Das
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
A)Kadambini Ganguli
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Pherozeshah Mehta
D)D.Ewacha
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which of the following statement (S) is/are correct related to the Ancient Indian Literature? I. Vedas, Puranas, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, and other literature besides foreign accounts are only available literary sources that restructure the Ancient Indian History. II. The archaeological sources like epigraphic, numismatic and architectural remains besides archaeological explorations and excavations also help in restructuring Ancient Indian History.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The Sikh guru who had fought the Mughals was
A)Guru Hargobind
B)Guru Nanak Dev
C)Guru Tegh Bahadur
D)Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
A)Herbert Bakers
B)Sir Edward Lutyens
C)Robert Tor Tussell
D)Antonin Raymond
Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
- Q. Dandi March started from __________ in 1930
A)Sabarmati Ashram
B)Surat
C)Delhi Durbar Hall
D)Vedaranyan
Answer: Sabarmati Ashram
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of in modern Indian history?
A)August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact
B)Morley-Minto Reforms, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
C)Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer
D)Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer, Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, August Offer
- Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
A)Jodhpur
B)Haryana
C)Kashmir
D)Ludhiana
Answer: Ludhiana
- Q. Shortugai (Indus Valley Civilization site) is in which country?
A)Pakisthan
B)India
C)Afganisthan
D)Tibet
Answer: Afganisthan
- Q. Narayana Guru was the son of__________
A)Krishnan Vaidyan
B)Madan Asan
C)Kummampilli Raman Pillai Asan
D)Kumaran
Answer: Madan Asan
- Q. The Upanishads are a series of books devoted to
A)Social law
B)Yoga
C)Religious rituals
D)Philosophy
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. Who among the following presided over the Buddhist council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
A)Vasumitra
B)Parsva
C)Nagarjuna
D)Sudraka
Answer: Vasumitra
- Q. The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was
A)Jatin Das
B)Surya Sen
C)Chandra Shekhar Azad
D)CR Das
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
A)The village community
B)The cultivator
C)The king
D)The joint family
Answer: The king
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
A)Awadh
B)Delhi
C)Bombay
D)The Chambal Region
Answer: Bombay
- Q. What was Hampi known for?
A)It had the largest stable in medieval India
B)It was the capital of Golconda
C)It had the translation of the Indian epics to Persian
D)It was the capital of Vijayanagar
Answer: It was the capital of Vijayanagar
- Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1857
D)1957
Answer: 1857
- Q. Babur was originally the ruler of
A)Persia
B)Kabul
C)Fargana
D)Khandahar
Answer: Fargana
- Q. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
A)Raja Raj Chola
B)Aditya Chola
C)Rajendra Chola
D)Karikala Chola
Answer: Raja Raj Chola
- Q. Which Nazi Field Marshal is known as the ‘Desert Fox’
A)Erwin Rommel
B)Viktor Brack
C)Hans Frank
D)Hermann Goring
Answer: Erwin Rommel
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