More Questions on History

  • Q. Mahabandula was killed at __________
    A)Tenesserin
    B)Rangoon
    C)Danubyu
    D)Prome
    Answer: Danubyu
  • Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
    A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
    B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when he landed at Calicut
    A)Devaraya
    B)Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
    C)Zamorin
    D)Krishnadevaraya
    Answer: Zamorin
  • Q. Which nationalist had stoutly preached “Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I am an Indian”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)MK Gandhi
    C)Swami Vivekanand
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Swami Vivekanand
  • Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
    A)Jinnah
    B)Nehru
    C)Gandhi
    D)Rajaji
    Answer: Gandhi
  • Q. The Bloodless Revolution of 1688 was started in which country
    A)Italy
    B)England
    C)Portugal
    D)France
    Answer: England
  • Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
    A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
    B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
    C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
    D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
    Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
  • Q. The portion of the actual produce fixed as state’s share under the Zabti System of Mughals was __________
    A)One-third
    B)One-half
    C)One-fourth
    D)One-fifth
    Answer: One-third
  • Q. Who among the following was named as Zinda Pir or Living Saint in Mughal period?
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Which of the following provision is a part of the Government of India Act of 1919?
    A)The enlargement of the Viceroy's Executive Council
    B)Transfer of power to the Indians
    C)Remodelling of the Central legislature
    D)Doing away with the distinction between the regulation and non-regulation provinces
    Answer: Transfer of power to the Indians
  • Q. Who among the following was ruler from The Kushan dynasty?
    A)Danti Durga
    B)Vikarmaditya
    C)Khadphises I
    D)Pushyamitra
    Answer: Khadphises I
  • Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Mahapadma Nanda
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. What does Jahangir mean?
    A)The Grand Monarch
    B)National Monarach
    C)Conqueror of the world
    D)Hero of hundred battles
    Answer: Conqueror of the world
  • Q. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
    A)Trajan
    B)Cartius
    C)Nero
    D)Brutus
    Answer: Trajan
  • Q. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
    A)Subash Chandra Bose
    B)Madame Bhikaji Cama
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Sardar Patel
    Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama
  • Q. Which of the following is not included in triratna of Jainism?
    A)Right Conduct
    B)Right Knowledge
    C)Right Faith
    D)Creator
    Answer: Creator
  • Q. The only Hindu noble at the court of Akbar to accept the Din-i-llahi was
    A)Todar Mal
    B)Man Singh
    C)Birbal
    D)Bhagwan Das
    Answer: Birbal
  • Q. Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Yajurveda
    D)Atharvaveda
    Answer: Atharvaveda
  • Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
    A)Pradesa
    B)Bhukit
    C)Vithi
    D)Ahara
    Answer: Vithi
  • Q. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the __________ forces in India
    A)British
    B)French
    C)American
    D)Dutch
    Answer: French

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