More Questions on History
- Q. When were Jews expelled from Spain?
A)1453
B)1376
C)1492
D)1327
Answer: 1492
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means
A)Sacredness
B)Divinity
C)Doctrine
D)Knowledge
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. The Ramayana narrates events believed to have taken place in the __________ Yuga or age
A)Dwapar
B)Sat
C)Kal
D)Treta
Answer: Treta
- Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
B)Chandra Gupta, the First
C)Samudra Gupta
D)Kumara Gupta
Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
- Q. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
A)Ibrahim Lodi
B)Bahlol Lodi
C)Daulat Khan Lodi
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars
A)Magadha
B)Kosala
C)Champa
D)Avanti
Answer: Magadha
- Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. One of the best known tribal rebellions in Bihar, known as Ulgulan (meaning Great Tumult), was launched by the Mundas under the leadership of
A)Sidhu
B)Kanhu
C)Birsa Munda
D)Rampa Munda
Answer: Birsa Munda
- Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Lytton
Answer: Lord Lytton
- Q. The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa) was
A)Balban
B)Iltutmish
C)Firoz Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. In which session of the Indian National congress did the historic union of congress and Muslim League take place?
A)Lahore session in 1940
B)Tripuri Session in 1939
C)Meerut Session in 1946
D)Lucknow session in 1916
Answer: Lucknow session in 1916
- Q. Akbar married a bride from
A)Jaisalmer
B)Bikaner
C)Jaipur
D)Udaipur
Answer: Udaipur
- Q. The Company lost all its administrative powers__________
A)By the Government of India Act of 1758
B)By the Government of India Act of 1658
C)By the Government of India Act of 1858
D)By the Government of India Act of 1958
Answer: By the Government of India Act of 1858
- Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
A)1914
B)1913
C)1915
D)1916
Answer: 1913
- Q. Till when did the Hundred Years’ War last?
A)1377
B)1327
C)1376
D)1453
Answer: 1453
- Q. Sufi Sect’ originated and developed in
A)Christianity
B)Islam
C)Hinduism
D)Zoroastrianism
Answer: Islam
- Q. Which of the following incident ended the historic fast of Gandhi?
A)Issue of White Paper
B)Poona Pact
C)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
D)Arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: Poona Pact
- Q. AI Hilal’ was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)DE Wacha
Answer: Abul Kalam Azad
- Q. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was
A)Henry Middleton
B)Hawkins
C)Thomas Roe
D)Josiah Child
Answer: Thomas Roe
- Q. Which dynasty immediately succeeded the Maurya dynasty and ruled Magadha Kingdom?
A)Sunga
B)Satavahana
C)Nanda
D)Kanva
Answer: Sunga
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