More Questions on History
- Q. The Mongols under__________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219
A)Nadir Shah
B)Timur Lang
C)Ahmed Shah Abdali
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Genghis Khan
- Q. Who among the following started Bengali weekly newspaper ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ in year 1821?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Ramkrishna Paramhans
D)Debendranath Tagore
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. When was Russia proclaimed as an Empire?
A)1721
B)1682
C)1725
D)1762
Answer: 1721
- Q. __________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
A)Swarnakumari Devi
B)Ramabai Saraswati
C)Lord Chelmsford
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
- Q. What was the name of the father of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
A)Mallinath
B)Jitshatru
C)Parsavnath
D)Neminath
Answer: Jitshatru
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagraha came in 1917 in
A)Champaran
B)Ahemdabad
C)Kheda
D)Dandi
Answer: Champaran
- Q. Sati was prohibited by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Warren Hastings
C)Lord William Bentinck
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
- Q. Bimbisara was succeeded by
A)Ajatashatru
B)Ashoka
C)Vasudeva
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: Ajatashatru
- Q. Who was King Vipulvahan?
A)Brother of Sambhavnath
B)Father of Sambhavnath
C)Friend of Sambhavnath
D)Teacher of Sambhavnath
Answer: Father of Sambhavnath
- Q. The city of Dhillika (Delhi) was founded by the
A)Tomars
B)Chauhans
C)Pawars
D)Pariharas
Answer: Tomars
- Q. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to
A)Turkey
B)Persia
C)Arabia
D)Egypt
Answer: Turkey
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Bentinck
C)Lord Cornwallis
D)Lord Canning
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?
A)Mahamastabhisheka
B)Mahaparinirvana
C)Mahabhiniskraman
D)Dharmachakrapravartan
Answer: Dharmachakrapravartan
- Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
A)Baghdad
B)Jerusalem
C)Istanbul
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. When did the Battle of Kosovo take place?
A)1366
B)1261
C)1389
D)1396
Answer: 1389
- Q. What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
A)Question of promotion and pay
B)The Religious Cause
C)Political Cause
D)None of these
Answer: Question of promotion and pay
- Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
A)Kanva Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)Shunga Dynasty
D)Maurya Dynasty
Answer: Gupta Dynasty
- Q. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
A)1919
B)1918
C)1920
D)1923
Answer: 1919
- Q. What was the another name of ‘Pledge of Indian Independence’?
A)Declaration of Constitution
B)Declaration of Independence
C)Declaration of Constituent Assembly
D)None of the above
Answer: Declaration of Independence
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