More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following is the principal source of information of Ashoka’s campaign against Kalinga?
A)Mahavamsa
B)Pillar Edict-VII
C)Divyavadana
D)Rock Edict-XIII
Answer: Rock Edict-XIII
- Q. How did the Maurya Empire finally end?
A)The Kanvas of Central India deposed the last Mauryan ruler
B)The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
C)The last Mauryan ruler was killed in a battle with the foreign invader from the north-west
D)The last mauryan ruler had no heir and the throne was claimed by one of his powerful ministers
Answer: The last Mauryan ruler was killed by his General
- Q. The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
A)Swami Dayananda
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Raja Rammohan Roy
D)None of the above
Answer: Swami Dayananda
- Q. Assertion (A): The Delhi Sultans are credited with introducing the institution of dalal in India to facilitate commercial transactions on a large scale. Reason (R): The dalals immediately established the dalal system in the whole of India to procure goods meant for export.
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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Who wrote Akbarnama?
A)Birbal
B)Akbar
C)Abul Fazal
D)Bhagavan Das
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
A)Heinrich Himmler
B)Hermann Goering
C)Rudolf Hess
D)Joseph Goebbels
Answer: Joseph Goebbels
- Q. The non cooperation movement was called off due to
A)Chauri Chaura Incident
B)Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
C)Poona pact
D)Gandhi-Irwin pact
Answer: Chauri Chaura Incident
- Q. What was the reason for the breakup of the Carolingan Empire?
A)Vikings began raiding northern France
B)Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited
C)Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Dandi March started on __________ 1930
A)12th April
B)12th March
C)12th February
D)12th May
Answer: 12th March
- Q. Arthasastra was written by
A)Kautilya
B)Dhanananda
C)Bimbisara
D)Pushyamitra
Answer: Kautilya
- Q. National Socialist German Workers Party was also known as
A)The Left
B)Nazi Party
C)National Fascist Party
D)None of Above
Answer: Nazi Party
- Q. Aligarh Movement towards the end revented its followers from joining the national movement. Which of the following reasons made it to take this decision though it initially propagated for unity?
A)Indians are educationally forward so in order to suppress them their activities need to discouraged
B)It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
C)Gain support of British officials
D)National movement is waste of time so should concentrate on other works
Answer: It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from France?
A)1453
B)1306
C)1492
D)1376
Answer: 1306
- Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Lokmanya TiIak
C)Bhikaji Cama
D)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. At which of the following Harappan sites has a supposed dockyard been found?
A)Lothal
B)Kalibangan
C)Suktagendor
D)Sotka Koli
Answer: Lothal
- Q. The committee headed by Motilal Nehru constituted to draw up a blue print for the future constitution of India published
A)Constitution report
B)Nehru Report
C)Government of India Report
D)None of these
Answer: Nehru Report
- Q. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by
A)Iltutmish
B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C)Balban
D)Bairam Khan
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. India is in favour of __________ in the economic field
A)Private Sector
B)Public Sector
C)Mixed Economy
D)Capitalistic Economy
Answer: Mixed Economy
- Q. Wahabis were __________ fanatics
A)Muslim
B)Hindu
C)Christian
D)Sikh
Answer: Muslim
- Q. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
A)Babur
B)James I
C)Shajahan
D)Humayun
Answer: James I
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