More Questions on History

  • Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Masulipatnam
    D)Madras
    Answer: Madras
  • Q. What were the crops raised by the Harappans? I. Cotton II. Wheat III. Barley IV. Peas Select the correct option
    A)I, II and III
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)II, III and IV
    D)II and III
    Answer: I, II, III and IV
  • Q. To establish French political influence in Sothern India, Dupleix had an opportunity in the disputed succession to the thrones of
    A)Hyderabad and Carnatic
    B)Delhi and Awadh
    C)Travancore
    D)Vijayanagar and Ahmednagar
    Answer: Hyderabad and Carnatic
  • Q. Guru died on 20 September, __________
    A)1908
    B)1902
    C)1918
    D)1928
    Answer: 1928
  • Q. When did Battle of Marathon take place?
    A)480 BC
    B)490 BC
    C)479 BC
    D)475 BC
    Answer: 490 BC
  • Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
    A)Bodh Gaya
    B)Sarnath
    C)Kapilavastu
    D)Rajgriha
    Answer: Bodh Gaya
  • Q. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’ during the __________ Movement
    A)Khilafat
    B)Non-cooperation
    C)Civil Disobedience
    D)Quit India
    Answer: Quit India
  • Q. The Upanishads are
    A)Books of ancient Hindu laws
    B)A source of Hindu philosophy
    C)Books on social behavior of man
    D)Prayers to God
    Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
    A)Awadh
    B)Delhi
    C)Bombay
    D)The Chambal Region
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. Arthasastra was written by
    A)Kautilya
    B)Dhanananda
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Pushyamitra
    Answer: Kautilya
  • Q. Assertion (A): East India Association in London was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji. Reason (R): He wanted to influence the British public opinion
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak’s biography was
    A)Guru Amardas
    B)Guru Angad Dev
    C)Guru Ramdas
    D)Guru Arjun Dev
    Answer: Guru Angad Dev
  • Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
    A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
    B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
    C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
  • Q. As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Lord Benttick
    C)Lord Macaulay
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord Macaulay
  • Q. The first Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
    A)Kanva
    B)Sunga
    C)Kusana
    D)Gupta
    Answer: Gupta
  • Q. Who was the first Gandhar of Sumtinath Tirthankar?
    A)Vishwasen
    B)Bhanuraj
    C)Kritverma
    D)Charam Swami
    Answer: Charam Swami
  • Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
    A)Rani Laxmi Bai
    B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
    C)Kunwar Singh
    D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
  • Q. The Act of __________ had introduced the system of separate electorates
    A)1893
    B)1874
    C)1909
    D)1926
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    C)Balban
    D)Bairam Khan
    Answer: Iltutmish

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