More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
- Q. Who had built the ‘Amber Fort’?
A)Raja Man Singh
B)Akbar
C)Uday Singh-II
D)Maharana Pratap
Answer: Raja Man Singh
- Q. Under the Mughals the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was
A)Mansabdar
B)The crown prince
C)Emperor
D)Zamindar
Answer: Emperor
- Q. Peking is the sacred place of
A)Shintoism
B)Taoism
C)Confucianism
D)Judaism
Answer: Confucianism
- Q. Cripps Mission came to India
A)1945
B)1946
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
- Q. Sarvodaya stands for
A)Non-cooperation
B)Total revolution
C)Upliftment of all
D)Non-violence
Answer: Upliftment of all
- Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Germany
Answer: Britain
- Q. Which of the following are correct regarding Shahjahan? I. Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli II. Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue III. Kahabat Khan was appointed governor of Lahore IV. Ali Mardan Khan surrendered Kandhar to Mughals
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and IV
- Q. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
A)Ajivika School
B)Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
C)Purva Mimamsa
D)Vedanta
Answer: Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
- Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
A)Khudai Khidmatgar
B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
A)Pune
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Bombay
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. In which year did the Suez Canal was open for trade
A)1880
B)1869
C)1774
D)1620
Answer: 1869
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. What was the name of the mother of Rishabhnath?
A)Sharemestha
B)Tara
C)Marudevi
D)Anuradha
Answer: Marudevi
- Q. The Golden Jubilee of the Indian National Congress (1885-1935) fell in 1935, which was observed during the session held at
A)Lucknow
B)Karachi
C)Faizpur
D)Nowhere
Answer: Nowhere
- Q. Which one of the following method of revenue assessment is related to the Vijayanagara Empire?
A)Ryotwari
B)Chauth
C)Rae Rekho
D)Sardeshmukhi
Answer: Sardeshmukhi
- Q. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
A)Policy of Subsidiaty Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
D)None of the above
Answer: Doctrine of Lapse
- Q. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :
A)Nine States
B)Eleven States
C)Five States
D)Ten States
Answer: Eleven States
- Q. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942 ?
A)Report of Simon Commission
B)Severe unrest among the people
C)Failure of the Cripps Mission
D)British involved in the world was-II
Answer: Failure of the Cripps Mission
- Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
A)Calcutta
B)Multan
C)Alwar
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
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