More Questions on History
- Q. The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Sukh Dev
C)Jatin Das
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. The previous name of Zaire was
A)Liberia
B)Benin
C)Congo
D)Sierra Leone
Answer: Congo
- Q. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
A)Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
B)Shankracharya was born that year.
C)Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
D)All Muslim invaders were defeated.
Answer: Shankracharya was born that year.
- Q. How many years did Elizabeth I reign England
A)36 Years
B)32 Years
C)40 Years
D)44 Years
Answer: 44 Years
- Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
A)1833
B)1832
C)1839
D)1874
Answer: 1839
- Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?
A)Red Fort
B)Agra Fort
C)Taj Mahal
D)Buland Darwaza
Answer: Taj Mahal
- Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
D)Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. During the last 25 years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against
A)Golcunda
B)Bijapur
C)Marathas
D)All the above
Answer: Marathas
- Q. The Indian National Congress was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all India Scale; a retired English LC.S officer played an important rule in its formation
A)Man Mohan Gosh
B)A. O. Hume
C)W. C. Banerjee
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: A. O. Hume
- Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Akbar-II
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Guru Nanak was born at
A)Purandhar
B)Talwandi
C)Amritsar
D)Poona
Answer: Talwandi
- Q. What was the name of the atom bomb dropped in Nagasaki city
A)Fat Man
B)Fat Boy
C)Scorpion
D)Death Kiss
Answer: Fat Man
- Q. Who was the founder of Kushan Empire?
A)Virna Kadphises
B)Kanishka
C)Kujula Kadphises
D)Vasiskha
Answer: Kujula Kadphises
- Q. To which Ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged?
A)Shakya
B)Shibi
C)Saurasena
D)Shabara
Answer: Shakya
- Q. In Indus Valley Civilization, Dholavira is famous for which of the following?
A)Sea port
B)Rock cut architecture
C)Water Conservation
D)Pottery
Answer: Water Conservation
- Q. When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
A)Baldwin
B)Chamberlain
C)Churchill
D)Asquith
Answer: Churchill
- Q. Bangladesh was created in
A)1972
B)1970
C)1973
D)1971
Answer: 1971
- 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 Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
A)Canning
B)Elgin
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Canning
- Q. The ‘Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College’ later became the
A)JamiaMilia Muslim University
B)Osmania University
C)Baraktullah University
D)Aligarh Muslim University
Answer: Aligarh Muslim University
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