More Questions on History
- Q. In March 1923 Chittranjan Das along with Motilal Nehru formed :
A)The Forward Block
B)The Gaddar Party
C)The Swaraj Party
D)None of these
Answer: The Swaraj Party
- Q. Which U.S President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression?
A)Benjamin Franklin
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)Roosevelt
D)J.F. Kennedy
Answer: Roosevelt
- Q. The remains of the Great Vijayanagar Empire can be found in
A)Golconda
B)Bijapur
C)Hampi
D)Baroda
Answer: Hampi
- Q. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
A)Bharhut
B)Sanchi
C)Amaravati
D)Nagarjunkondas
Answer: Sanchi
- Q. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?
A)Munda
B)Santali
C)Awadhi
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Awadhi
- Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Both A & B
Answer: Gnandeva
- Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Gokhale
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British India I. Wellesley II. Marquess of Hastings III. Amherst IV. Bentinck
A)II, I, IV & III
B)I, II, III & IV
C)I, III, II & IV
D)III, I, II & IV
Answer: I, II, III & IV
- Q. The language in which Buddha preached?
A)Urdu
B)Hindi
C)Pali
D)Hebrew
Answer: Pali
- Q. In which year Christopher Columbus discovered america
A)1339
B)1502
C)1405
D)1492
Answer: 1492
- Q. Which of the following was not included in the early three English Settlements in India?
A)The Punjab
B)Madras
C)Bombay
D)Calcutta
Answer: The Punjab
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Cooch Behar was seized by
A)Prince Akbar
B)Mir Jumla
C)Shayista Khan
D)Jai Singh
Answer: Mir Jumla
- Q. Who among the British Governor- General shown great interest in the preservation of ancient monuments?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Irwin
Answer: Lord Curzon
- Q. First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year
A)1894
B)1848
C)1901
D)1896
Answer: 1894
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Sir John Shore
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. Which of the following libraries has the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
A)Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
B)Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
C)Asiatic Society Library
D)Rampur Raza Library
Answer: Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
- Q. When was the commercial colonization of India commenced?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1765
D)1757
Answer: 1757
- Q. Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
A)Janatrika
B)Shakya
C)Mallas
D)Lichhavis
Answer: Janatrika
- Q. In 1542 Akbar was born at
A)Herat
B)Agra
C)Umarkot
D)Kabul
Answer: Umarkot
- Q. The language adopted for preaching In Mahayana Buddhism was
A)Brahmi
B)Pali
C)Sanskrit
D)Prakrit
Answer: Sanskrit
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