More Questions on History
- Q. Who built Red Fort?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Shah Jahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Who was the founder of Pataliputra?
A)Ajatashatru
B)Bimbisara
C)Udayin
D)Kanishka
Answer: Ajatashatru
- Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
A)Delhi
B)Paris
C)London
D)Aix-la-Chapelle
Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Q. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of
A)Tarain in 1192 A.D.
B)Tarain in 1191 A.D.
C)Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
D)Ranthambor in 1195 A.D.
Answer: Tarain in 1192 A.D.
- Q. Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
A)Macaulay Commission
B)Wood's Dispatch
C)Vernacular Act
D)Both A & B
Answer: Wood's Dispatch
- Q. __________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was
A)Italian
B)French
C)Flemish
D)Spanish
Answer: Spanish
- Q. The Buddha’s Eight Fold Path did not include
A)Right Views
B)Right Resolve
C)Right Speech
D)Right Table Manners
Answer: Right Table Manners
- Q. Who among the following was/were not disciples of Ramananda?
A)Sena & Sadhana
B)Kabir & Raidas
C)Dhanna & Naraharai
D)Tulsidas & Mirabai
Answer: Tulsidas & Mirabai
- Q. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
- Q. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Shah Jahan
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Hindustan Republican Association, subsequently styled as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded in 1924 by
A)Chandra Shekhar Azad
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Jogesh Chandra Chatterji
D)Sachindra Sanyal
Answer: Sachindra Sanyal
- Q. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
A)Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
Answer: Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Which of the following pair of Congress Session is not correctly matched?
A)Madras Session 1927: Independence Resolution passed for the first time at the instance of Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Nagpur Session 1920: Changes in the Constitution of the Congress
C)Calcutta Session 1928: Return of Gandhi to active politics after six years
D)Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
Answer: Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
- Q. The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
A)early Buddhist texts
B)early Vedic texts
C)pre-Gupta inscriptions
D)post-Gupta inscriptions
Answer: pre-Gupta inscriptions
- Q. The Shimla Conference which was convened as per Wavell’s Plan ended in failure because of the stiff opposition of
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Gandhi
C)Jinnah
D)Rajaji
Answer: Jinnah
- Q. Quit India movement began on:
A)August 9, 1941
B)August 9, 1940
C)August 8, 1942
D)August 9, 1944
Answer: August 8, 1942
- Q. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander the Great?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Bimbisara
C)Ashoka
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
A)1919
B)1918
C)1920
D)1923
Answer: 1919
- Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
A)First Carnatic War
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Buxar
D)Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
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