More Questions on History
- Q. The Prarthana Samaj had been established by
A)Keshub Chandra Sen
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)MN Roy
Answer: Keshub Chandra Sen
- Q. In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by
A)Barid
B)Shiqdar
C)Ariz
D)Amil
Answer: Amil
- Q. Who is the excavator of Harappa site?
A)Rakhal das Bannerji
B)Daya ram sahni
C)Mackey
D)B.K. Thapar
Answer: Daya ram sahni
- Q. In which country is Karbala, the holy city of Shia Muslim located?
A)Iraq
B)Iran
C)Jordan
D)Syria
Answer: Iraq
- Q. Ranthambhore Fort is in
A)Orissa
B)Maharashtra
C)Rajasthan
D)Sikkim
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
A)Man Singh I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Man Singh I
- Q. Who wrote the book Ninety-Five Theses, which is regarded as initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation
A)Martin Luther
B)Michelangelo
C)John Calvin
D)Huldrych Zwingli
Answer: Martin Luther
- Q. Sathya Shodak Samaj also called truth seekers society was started by which of the following reformers?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Dayananda Saraswathi
D)Shiv Narain Agnihotri
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. The immediate cause for the Mutiny was
A)The Social Legislation of 1856
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
D)The fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity
Answer: The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
- Q. Noor Jahan was wife of which Mughal Emperor?
A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. Who called Government of India Act 1935 as thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable?
A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B)Subhash Chandra Bose
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
A)Jhelum and Ravi
B)Indus and Jhelum
C)Beas and Indus
D)Satluj and Indus
Answer: Indus and Jhelum
- Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence. I. Champaran Satyagraha II. Partition of Bengal III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
A)II, III, I
B)I, II, III
C)II, I, III
D)I, III, II
Answer: II, I, III
- Q. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo French rivalry in India?
A)Battle of Plassey
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Mysore
D)Battle of Seringapatnam
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was
A)Karachi
B)Islamabad
C)Lahore
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Karachi
- Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)AO Hume
C)GK Gokhale
D)BG Tilak
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Who was the architect who designed “Taj Mahal” ?
A)Ustad Ahmed Lahori
B)Muhammad Hussain
C)Shah Isa
D)Ismail
Answer: Ustad Ahmed Lahori
- Q. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi?
A)Prohibition of child marriage
B)Remarriage of widows
C)Monogamy
D)Rejection of seclusion of women
Answer: Rejection of seclusion of women
- Q. Land Revenue under Tipu__________
A)Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
B)Was mainly collected through revenue officers
C)Was collected by interme-diaries
D)Was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
Answer: Was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
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