More Questions on History
- Q. Hernan Cortez was a Conquistador from
A)Holland
B)England
C)Portugal
D)Spain
Answer: Spain
- Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
A)Madina
B)Baghdad
C)Kahira
D)Damascus
Answer: Damascus
- Q. The Dyarchy which was introduced on 1921 in province was in force till the year
A)1935
B)1927
C)1937
D)1947
Answer: 1937
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. A resolution declaring ‘Purna Swaraj’ was passed in the Congress Session held at
A)Calcutta
B)Lahore
C)Gaya
D)Haripura
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Who built Hawa Mahal?
A)Maharaja Pratap Singh
B)Guru Ramdas
C)RabindraNath Tagore
D)British Govt
Answer: Maharaja Pratap Singh
- Q. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in the year
A)1966
B)1960
C)1970
D)1950
Answer: 1966
- Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A)Aram Shah
B)Balban
C)Nasiruddin Mahmud
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
C)The greatest good of all
D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
- Q. Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Samaj’ in 1932?
A)Acharya Narendra Dev
B)B R Ambedkar
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Jagjivan Ram
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. In Bengal, the East India Company’s headquarters were located at
A)Fort william
B)Fort St George
C)Fort St David
D)Shantiniketan
Answer: Fort william
- Q. Mausoleum (Dargah) of Salim Chishti is situated in?
A)Fatehpur Sikri
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Gwalior Fort
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Todar Mal was associated with
A)literature
B)music
C)land revenue reforms
D)law
Answer: land revenue reforms
- Q. The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of __________ in 1612
A)Plassey
B)Buxar
C)Swally
D)Trafalgar
Answer: Swally
- Q. The song ‘Jana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
A)Rashtra Jagriti
B)Jay He
C)Bharat Vidhata
D)Matribhoomi
Answer: Bharat Vidhata
- Q. In which year the Act of Union passed which joined England and Scotland into a single United Kingdom
A)1707
B)1702
C)1715
D)1756
Answer: 1707
- Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by __________ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal
A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)None of the above
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. The first national leader to decry the salt tax in the Indian legislature was
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)G. K. Gokhale
C)J. L. Nehru
D)Netaji S C Bose
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. The declaration of the Rights of Man is related with
A)The French Revolution
B)The Russian Revolution
C)The American War of Independence
D)The Glorious Revolution of England
Answer: The French Revolution
- Q. Which of the following Tamil literature was written by Ilango Adigal, brother of Senguvattan, a Chera King and who was a Jain monk is a highly regarded epic?
A)Elathi
B)Kainnilai
C)Silappatikaram
D)None of the above
Answer: Silappatikaram
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