More Questions on History
- Q. Where did the February Revolution take place
A)Petrograd
B)Moscow
C)Paris
D)London
Answer: Petrograd
- 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. Which of the following treaty ended the First Carnatic War?
A)Bassein
B)Salbai
C)Aix-Ia-Chapelle
D)Paris
Answer: Aix-Ia-Chapelle
- Q. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)Lord Wellesley
D)Lord Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
A)After the Battle of Panipat
B)After the Battle of Plassey
C)After the war of Mysore
D)After Sepoy Mutiny
Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
- Q. At which Indus Valley site the Dockyard was found?
A)Ropar
B)Lothal
C)Kalibangan
D)Banawali
Answer: Lothal
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira is also known as
A)Great teacher
B)Jina
C)Great preacher
D)Jain
Answer: Jina
- Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
A)Jodhpur
B)Haryana
C)Kashmir
D)Ludhiana
Answer: Ludhiana
- Q. Who had conceived and founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
A)Annie Besant
B)Swami Muktananda
C)CR Das
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Akbar’s nurse-in-chief was
A)Hamida Begum
B)Mumtaj
C)Jahanara
D)Maham Anaga
Answer: Maham Anaga
- Q. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
A)Swadeshi Movement
B)Non-Cooperation movement
C)Civil Disobedience movement
D)None of the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience movement
- Q. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
A)Minto-Morley Reforms
B)Rowlatta Act
C)Simon Commission
D)Pitts India Act
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
A)Mahasena
B)Harisena
C)Veerasena
D)Vishnusena
Answer: Harisena
- Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
A)Nurjahan
B)Razia Sultana
C)Mumtaz
D)None of the above
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Q. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
A)1935
B)1919
C)1906
D)1909
Answer: 1909
- Q. During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China constructed?
A)Tang
B)Sung
C)Han
D)Chin
Answer: Chin
- Q. What was the reason for the breakup of the Carolingan Empire?
A)Vikings began raiding northern France
B)Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited
C)Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. In which one of the following do we come across a detailed account of the municipal administration of Mauryas?
A)The account of Megasthenes
B)The Arthashastra of Kautilya
C)The Mudrarakshasa
D)Mauryan inscription
Answer: The account of Megasthenes
- Q. Who was called India’s Napoleon because of his victories?
A)Chandragupta
B)Skandagupta
C)Brahmagupta
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
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