More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
A)Harshavardhana
B)Banabhatta
C)Baskarvardhana
D)Bindusara
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was
A)Sir Shaukat Hayat
B)Sir SP Sinha
C)Sir Hari Singh Gaur
D)VJ Patel
Answer: Sir SP Sinha
- Q. Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
A)Pulicat
B)Masulipatnam
C)Surat
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: Pulicat
- Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)D. G. B. Pant
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?
A)Iran
B)Afghanistan
C)Iraq
D)Saudi Arabia
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. Which of the following is not true about Tipu Sultan?
A)His autobiography was Tarikh-i-Khudai
B)He was a Great admirer of Jagadguru Sankracharya of Sringeri
C)He died during the fourth Anglo-Mysore war
D)He laid the foundation of Krishnaraj Sagar Dam on Cauvery
Answer: His autobiography was Tarikh-i-Khudai
- Q. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
A)Chyavana
B)Susruta
C)Dhanwantari
D)Charaka
Answer: Dhanwantari
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674-1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Haryanka
B)Nanda
C)Maurya
D)Maratha
Answer: Maratha
- Q. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship to
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1922 because of
A)The Congress' extremist policies
B)Gandhi's ill health
C)Afervent appeal by the government to do so
D)Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
Answer: Violence erupting at Chauri Chaura
- Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
A)Vaishanavism
B)Nirgunabraman
C)Shaivism
D)None of the above
Answer: Nirgunabraman
- Q. Who was the the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Kabir
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the Anglo-French War in
A)Europe
B)Canada
C)Africa
D)America
Answer: Europe
- Q. The objective(s) of the Kuka Movement in the Punjab was/were
A)The revival of Sikh sovereignty
B)To purify Sikh religion of its abuses and superstitions
C)Both A and B above
D)The revival of the Khalsa
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
A)Harshvardhan
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Ghananand
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. Humayun Nama was written by
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Gulbadan Begum
Answer: Gulbadan Begum
- Q. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Birbal was an advisor in the court of?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Aurangzeb
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The organisation ‘League of Nations’ was founded after the end of
A)World War II
B)World War I
C)Crimean War
D)Vietnam War
Answer: World War I
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