More Questions on History
- 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. Who discovered America?
A)Columbus
B)Vascoda Gama
C)Captain Cook
D)Amundsen
Answer: Columbus
- Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
A)Victoria Memeorial
B)San Thome
C)Fort William
D)Howrah Port
Answer: Fort William
- Q. The Deccan Educational Society founded by
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Firoz Shah Mehta
D)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. On what charge was Khudiram Bose, a boy of 18, sentenced to death on April 30, 1908?
A)for participating in the Alipur Conspiracy
B)for being an active member of the Anushilan Samiti, the first revolutionary organisation in Bengal
C)for murdering one Kennedy in Muzaffarpur
D)for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
Answer: for attempting to murder Kingsfords, the Chief Presidency Magistrate at Muzaffarpur, who had ordered severe flogging to some young men for minor offences.
- Q. Who had succeeded Mir Jafar to the throne?
A)Chandra Sahib
B)Haider Ali
C)Tipu Sultan
D)Mir Kasim
Answer: Mir Kasim
- Q. Which of the following leaders were associated with the Revolt of Khasis in 1820-32?
A)Sambu Singh
B)Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
C)Sidhu and Kanu
D)Vir Manik
Answer: Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
- Q. Satyarth Prakash was written by __________
A)Lala Hardyal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Akbar-II
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc. in his diary?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. The Buddha
A)was non-committal on the theory of Karma
B)rejected the theory of Karma
C)believed in the theory of Karma
D)suggested an alternative to the theory of Karma
Answer: believed in the theory of Karma
- Q. Which of the following is in the World Heritage list?
A)Hampi
B)Khajuraho
C)Nalanda ruins
D)All of the Above
Answer: All of the Above
- Q. Who proclaimed the First Crusade?
A)Peter the Hermit
B)Alexios I Komnenos
C)Pope Gregory VII
D)Pope Urban II
Answer: Pope Urban II
- Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
A)Kaliamma
B)Kaliamma
C)Rohini
D)Meenkshi Amma
Answer: Kaliamma
- Q. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of
A)Guru Tegh Bahadur
B)Guru Ram Das
C)Guru Angad
D)Guru Arjan
Answer: Guru Arjan
- Q. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
A)Humayun and Jahangir
B)Babar and Humayun
C)Babar and Jahangir
D)Jahangir and Shahjahan
Answer: Babar and Jahangir
- Q. Mahabhasya was written by
A)Manu
B)Gargi
C)Bana
D)Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
- Q. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site in the Indus civilization? I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro III. Harappa IV. Lothal
A)I, III, II & IV
B)III, I, II & IV
C)II, I, III & IV
D)III, IV, II & I
Answer: III, I, II & IV
- Q. Alauddin Khalji’s commander who led the campaign to South India was
A)Ulugh Khan
B)Alpkhan
C)Nusarat Khan
D)Malik Kafur
Answer: Malik Kafur
- Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
B)Peter I
C)Nicholas I
D)John Adams
Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
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