More Questions on History
- Q. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
A)Iltutmish
B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C)Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
D)Jalal-id-din Khilji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. G. Ranade
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Atmaram Panduranga
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
A)Moneylenders and Slaves
B)Merchants and Priests
C)Warriors and Traders
D)Women and Sudras
Answer: Women and Sudras
- Q. Which one of the following rulers laid the foundation of a new town where the modern city of Agra stands?
A)Sikandar Lodi
B)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C)Akbar
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Shah Jahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The office of Governor-General of India was created by the
A)Government of India Act, 1858
B)Government of India Act, 1833
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Charter Act, 1813
Answer: Charter Act, 1833
- Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
A)Kavindra Acharya
B)Kavi Kalash
C)Kavi Bhusan
D)Kavi Martanda
Answer: Kavi Kalash
- Q. Assertion (A): The Sultans may not have been too eager to encourage large scale conversion. Reason (R): The increasing conversion could lead to a loss of revenue, as jizya paying citizens to Islam
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
A)Praja Mandal Movement
B)State People's Movement
C)Both A and B above
D)Swaraj Movement
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
- Q. In which session of Congress the demand of “Purna Swaraj” was accepted as the aim of the congress ?
A)Madras
B)Calcutta
C)Nagpur
D)Lahore
Answer: Lahore
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
- Q. Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?
A)Islamic themes
B)Portraits
C)Flowers and plants
D)Hunting scenes
Answer: Islamic themes
- Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of History’
A)Thucydides
B)Homer
C)Herodotus
D)Archimedes
Answer: Herodotus
- 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. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
A)Queen Elizabeth-II
B)Queen Victoria
C)Queen Mary Tudor
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Queen Elizabeth-II
- Q. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
A)Subash Chandra Bose
B)Madame Bhikaji Cama
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama
- Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
A)Elizabeth of Russia
B)Catherine the Great
C)Peter the Great
D)Peter III of Russia
Answer: Catherine the Great
- Q. The culmination of the series of the uprisings was the Mappila revolt of
A)1895
B)1921
C)1821
D)1721
Answer: 1921
- Q. To face the Maratha Army the Rohelas chief entered into a pact with
A)The French
B)The Nawab of Awadh
C)The Portuguese
D)The Sikhs
Answer: The Nawab of Awadh
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