More Questions on History

  • Q. A great astronomer and mathematician during the Gupta period was
    A)Vagabhatta
    B)Bhanugupta
    C)Aryabhatta
    D)Varahamihira
    Answer: Aryabhatta
  • Q. Which of the following event was the reason for the withdrawn of non cooperation movement?
    A)Jallianwala massacre
    B)Chauri Chaura incident
    C)Gandhi Imprisionment
    D)None
    Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
  • Q. Economy of Vedic period was based on?
    A)Agriculture
    B)Pastureland
    C)Mining
    D)Cotton Cultivation
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. Which of the following revolutions is related to the thirteen English colonies
    A)Industrial Revolution
    B)Russian Revolution
    C)French Revolution
    D)American Revolution
    Answer: American Revolution
  • Q. The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) resulted in the defeat of the__________ forces
    A)British
    B)American
    C)French
    D)Russian
    Answer: French
  • Q. Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
    A)Acharya Narendra Bose and P. C. Joshi
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Subhas Chandra Bose and P. C. Joshi
    D)Saifuddin Kitchlwe and Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Acharya Narendra Bose and P. C. Joshi
  • Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
    A)Sukhdev
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
    D)Raj Guru
    Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
  • Q. Akbar’s nurse-in-chief was
    A)Hamida Begum
    B)Mumtaj
    C)Jahanara
    D)Maham Anaga
    Answer: Maham Anaga
  • Q. Who founded the Pala Empire?
    A)Dharmapala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dhruva
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Gopala
  • Q. Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced ‘market control’ or economic regulations for
    A)the general welfare of the people
    B)building up a large and contented army with small salaries
    C)both (A) and (B) above
    D)curbing dishonest merchants and traders
    Answer: both (A) and (B) above
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
    A)Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
    B)First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69
    C)Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
  • Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
    A)IItutmish
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Balban
    D)Firuz Tughlaq
    Answer: Balban
  • Q. “In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus.” To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?
    A)Santhal Movement
    B)Bang Bhang
    C)Kishan Andolan
    D)Revolt of 1857
    Answer: Revolt of 1857
  • Q. Assertion (A): Rana Sanga lost the battle of Khanwa in the year 1527. Reason (R): An ally of Rana Sanga, Hasan Khan Mewati betrayed him during the battle
    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. Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the decline of the Mauryan empire?
    A)Division of the empire after Ashoka
    B)Ashoka's pacifist policies
    C)Foreign aggressions particularly Greek
    D)Economic and financial crisis
    Answer: Ashoka's pacifist policies
  • Q. Who was the successor of Charlemagne?
    A)Lothair I
    B)Charles the Bald
    C)Louis the German
    D)Louis the Pious
    Answer: Louis the Pious
  • Q. Koh-i-noor diamond was presented to Aurangzeb by
    A)Mir Jumla
    B)Mirkasim
    C)Shivaji
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Mir Jumla
  • Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ajatashatru
    D)Pulakesin
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for
    A)Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc
    B)An extra tax levied on all subjects
    C)It was a voluntary offering by people to the king
    D)King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production
    Answer: An extra tax levied on all subjects
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Portuguese?
    A)They spread Catholicism in western and eastern coast of India
    B)They brought tobacco cultivation in India
    C)They established first printing press in India at Goa in AD 1556
    D)The Indian Medicinal Plants was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563
    Answer: The Indian Medicinal Plants was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563

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