More Questions on History
- Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindias
B)Holkars
C)Bundela Rajputs
D)Chandela Rajputs
Answer: Chandela Rajputs
- Q. Which one of the following sources states that Srinagar was built by Ashoka?
A)Divyavadana
B)Kalhana's Rajatarangini
C)Tarantha's History of Tibet
D)Mahavamsa
Answer: Kalhana's Rajatarangini
- Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. What is called the magna carta of Western Education system in Indian?
A)Slavery Bill for Education
B)Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
C)Wonder of Education refoms
D)None of these
Answer: Dispatch of Charles wood secretary of state 1854
- Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
A)Jinnah
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Rahmat Ali
Answer: Rahmat Ali
- Q. When was the Fourth Crusade diverted from the Holy Land to Constantinople?
A)1204
B)1203
C)1261
D)1291
Answer: 1203
- Q. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
A)Battle of Buxar
B)Revolt of 1857
C)Third Battle of Panipat
D)First battle of Mysore
Answer: Battle of Buxar
- Q. The Mountbatten plan did not envisage the inclusion of the __________ province in the Indian dominion
A)Sind
B)Bihar
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Sind
- Q. The prominent leaders of Indian Association which was established in Bengal in July 26, 1876 were :
A)Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Kali Mohan Das
B)Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
C)Kali Mohan Das and Shambhuchand Mukherjee
D)Shambhuchand Mukherjee and Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee
- Q. The caste system of India was created for
A)Recognization of the dignity of labour
B)Immobility of labour
C)Economic uplift
D)Occupational division of labour
Answer: Occupational division of labour
- Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Gandhi
D)Rajaji
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. The famous Indo-Greek king to embrace Buddhism was
A)Strato I
B)Alexander
C)Menander
D)Democritus
Answer: Menander
- Q. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins were issued in
A)Silver
B)Gold
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Gold
- Q. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
A)1904
B)1907
C)1903
D)1896
Answer: 1904
- Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A)Government of India Act, 1919
B)Government of India Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)None of these
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
- Q. Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
A)Pericles
B)Herodotus
C)Plutarch
D)Thucydides
Answer: Thucydides
- Q. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership. II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country. III. There was no central organisation to guide them. IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English. Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
A)I, II & III
B)I, III & IV
C)III & IV
D)II, III & IV
Answer: I, III & IV
- Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
A)Pakistan
B)Union of India
C)Constituent Assembly
D)Groups by Provinces
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. The Brahmin minister of Sambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he invested the title of ‘Pinnacle of Poets’ was
A)Kavindra Acharya
B)Kavi Kalash
C)Kavi Bhusan
D)Kavi Martanda
Answer: Kavi Kalash
- Q. Where was the Ottonian dynasty established?
A)Germany
B)Denmark
C)Iceland
D)Scandinavia
Answer: Germany
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