More Questions on History
- Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
A)Rahim
B)Tansen
C)Kabir
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Kabir
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from
A)The Constitution of Australia
B)The Constitution of the USA
C)From the Government of India Act of 1919
D)From Pitt's India Act
Answer: From the Government of India Act of 1919
- Q. During the freedom struggle a parallel movement launched in the Indian states (in the states ruled by the Indian rulers such as Kashmir, Nizam’s Hyderabad, Travancore, etc.) was/were
A)Praja Mandal Movement
B)State People's Movement
C)Both A and B above
D)Swaraj Movement
Answer: Both A and B above
- 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. The first newspaper which was published in India was
A)The Bombay Gazette
B)The Calculatta Gazette
C)The Oriental Maganize of Calculatta
D)The Bengal Gazette
Answer: The Bengal Gazette
- Q. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
A)Rafi-ud-DaIjat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammad Shah
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
A)Punjab and Delhi region
B)Indo-Gangetic Valley
C)Indus Valley
D)Region between the Swat and the Indus
Answer: Indus Valley
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the decline of the Mauryan empire?
A)Division of the empire after Ashoka
B)Ashoka's pacifist policies
C)Foreign aggressions particularly Greek
D)Economic and financial crisis
Answer: Ashoka's pacifist policies
- Q. Baburnama was written by
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Abul Fazl
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. When was Sputnik 1 launched?
A)1957
B)1970
C)1980
D)1990
Answer: 1957
- Q. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
A)Seals
B)The Pottery
C)The boats
D)The houses
Answer: Seals
- Q. Tipu was defeated in the __________ Anglo-Maratha war by the British
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Third
- Q. Most of the large Harappan towns had for fortifications which served the purpose of
A)protection against cattle raiders
B)safety from robbers
C)protection against floods
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who has completed the annexation of Ahmednagar?
A)Shahjahan
B)Jahangir
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shahjahan
- Q. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri Mantra?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Kathopanishad
D)Aitareya Brahmana
Answer: Rigveda
- Q. Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Jahandar Shah
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. The Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885 at__________
A)Calcutta
B)Bombay
C)Madras
D)Gujarat
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals?
A)Berar
B)Bijapur
C)Ahmednagar
D)Bedar
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
A)provincial governors
B)military commanders
C)high civil and military officers
D)all of the above
Answer: all of the above
- Q. Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were I. Cheras II. Cholas III. Chalukyas iV. Pallavas V. Pandyas
A)II, III, IV
B)I, II, V
C)III, IV, V
D)I, II, IV
Answer: I, II, V
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