More Questions on History
- Q. When was Anglo-Zulu War fought?
A)1898
B)1879
C)1899
D)1900
Answer: 1879
- Q. When was the battle of Buxar fought?
A)October 1754
B)October 1764
C)Sept. 1564
D)Jan. 1824
Answer: October 1764
- Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
A)The Panch Mahal
B)The Rang Mahal
C)The Red Fort
D)The Bahai temple
Answer: The Panch Mahal
- Q. Who composed the song “Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindostan Hamara”?
A)Josh Malihabadi
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Chandra Shekhar Azad
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
A)1833
B)1832
C)1839
D)1874
Answer: 1839
- Q. Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
A)Gandhiji
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Bal Gangadhar
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. The number of provinces or mandalams in the Chola Empire was
A)Ten
B)Nine
C)Twelve
D)Six
Answer: Nine
- 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. Babur’s autobiography, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnama, which is reckoned among “the most enthralling and romantic works in the literature of all times” is written in
A)Persian
B)Arabic
C)Turki
D)Urdu
Answer: Turki
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on
A)August 10, 1942
B)July 14, 1942
C)August 8, 1942
D)June 30, 1942
Answer: July 14, 1942
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Manusmriti I. Smritis dealt with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma. II. Consists mainly of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the
A)Chola Administration
B)Maratha Administration
C)Ganga Administration
D)Vijayanagar Administration
Answer: Ganga Administration
- Q. The first Defence Minister of India was
A)Gopalaswami Aiyangar
B)K. M. Cariappa
C)Baldev Singh
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Baldev Singh
- Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
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 false but R is true
- Q. The Kuka movement started in mid-nineteenth century in
A)Maharashtra
B)Western Punjab
C)Bengal
D)Madhya Bharat
Answer: Western Punjab
- Q. Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar
A)Cochi
B)Ernad
C)Travancore
D)Kannur
Answer: Ernad
- Q. Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?
A)Ayaikar
B)Thiruvalluvar
C)Shankracharya
D)Rishi Agasta
Answer: Thiruvalluvar
- Q. Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement “Anarchism”?
A)Gorkhy
B)Mikhail Bakunin
C)Leo Tolstoy
D)Turganew
Answer: Mikhail Bakunin
- Q. When Humayun was in exile Koh-i-noor Diamond was with
A)Shah Tahmasp of Persia
B)The Raja Bikramajid
C)Sultan of Bijapur
D)Sher Shah
Answer: Shah Tahmasp of Persia
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