More Questions on History
- Q. Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
A)General
B)Justice
C)Member of Parliament
D)Secretary of State for India
Answer: Justice
- Q. Who among the following played an important role in Gadhar Movement?
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Shyamiji Krishna Verma
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Answer: Lala Hardayal
- Q. Justice movement was started by? I. C. N. Mudaliar II. T. M. Nair III. P. Tyagaraja
A)Only b
B)Only a
C)By both A and B
D)All the three
Answer: By both A and B
- Q. Which one of the following dynasties was ruling at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
A)The Maurya
B)The Nanda
C)The Sunga
D)The Kanva
Answer: The Nanda
- Q. Agra Fort was built by
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
A)Guru Govind Singh
B)Guru Nanak
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Har rai
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev
- Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
C)Venkata II : Aravidu
D)Narsimha : Chalukya
Answer: Narsimha : Chalukya
- Q. During the Gupta Empire, the term “UPARIKARA” was used for
A)Periodic supplies of fruits, firewood, flowers etc
B)An extra tax levied on all subjects
C)It was a voluntary offering by people to the king
D)King's customary share of the production normally amounting to 1/6th of the production
Answer: An extra tax levied on all subjects
- Q. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
A)Calcutta
B)Lucknow
C)Bombay
D)Madras
Answer: Bombay
- Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
A)Nurjahan
B)Razia Sultana
C)Mumtaz
D)None of the above
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
A)1857
B)1818
C)1858
D)1819
Answer: 1857
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
A)French
B)Dutch
C)British
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. Which type of pottery was most popular with the Later Vedic people?
A)Black and Red Ware
B)Black-slipped Ware
C)Painted Grey Ware
D)Red Ware
Answer: Painted Grey Ware
- Q. What was the reason for the breakup of the Carolingan Empire?
A)Vikings began raiding northern France
B)Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited
C)Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
A)Vidatha
B)Bali
C)Varman
D)Kara
Answer: Bali
- Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
A)Montesquieu
B)Voltaire
C)Diderot
D)Rousseau
Answer: Voltaire
- Q. The origin of Indian music can be traced to which of the following Vedic Samhitas?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Yajurveda
D)Atharvaveda
Answer: Samaveda
- Q. Which of the following buildings at Fatehpur Sikri is known as Ibadatkhana where Akbar used to hold religious discussions?
A)Diwan-i-Khas
B)Diwan-i-Aam
C)Panch Mahal
D)Jami Masjid
Answer: Diwan-i-Khas
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