More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the founder of Swatantra Party?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)B. G. Tilak
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
- Q. Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
A)Charter Act, 1813
B)Pitt's India Act, 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1813
- Q. The Veda that contains charms and spells toward off evils and diseases is
A)Atharvaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Samaveda
D)Yajurveda
Answer: Atharvaveda
- Q. Which painting is made from Fresco style?
A)Piklikhal
B)Bhimbetka
C)Ajanta
D)Ellora
Answer: Ajanta
- Q. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
A)Mewar
B)Bijapur
C)Gujarat
D)Bengal
Answer: Bijapur
- Q. The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was
A)India Gazette
B)Navjivan
C)Afrikaner
D)Indian Opinion
Answer: Indian Opinion
- Q. Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?
A)The Government of India Act, 1858
B)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
C)The Indian Councils Act, 1861
D)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908
Answer: The Government of India Act, 1858
- Q. The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Ayodhya
C)Gwalior
D)Dwarka
Answer: Ajmer
- Q. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
A)Ashoka
B)Chandragupta
C)Kanishka
D)Harshavardhan
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. The congress nationalist party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the congress by:
A)Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
B)Madan Mohan Malviya and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Annie Bessant and Md. Ali Jinha
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya and M.S. Aney
- 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. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally in the battle of
A)Chausa
B)Chunar
C)Ghagra
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- 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. United Nations was formed in the year
A)1945
B)1944
C)1947
D)1948
Answer: 1945
- Q. My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in
A)1902
B)1901
C)1906
D)1946
Answer: 1906
- Q. Where was Christopher Columbus from
A)Genoa
B)Venice
C)Spain
D)Portugal
Answer: Genoa
- Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
A)Shivaji
B)Lajpat Rai
C)Gokhale
D)Madhava Rao
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Red Fort
C)Qutub Minar
D)Jantar Mantar
Answer: Jantar Mantar
- Q. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established?
A)1817
B)1829
C)1858
D)1853
Answer: 1817
- Q. American Civil War was started in the year
A)1806
B)1756
C)1861
D)1890
Answer: 1861
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