More Questions on History

  • Q. We can know about early vedic period from
    A)the Rig Veda
    B)archaeological excavations
    C)Jatak Katha
    D)contemporary culture
    Answer: the Rig Veda
  • Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
    A)Ashoka
    B)Akbar
    C)Shershah Suri
    D)Samudra Gupta
    Answer: Shershah Suri
  • Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. The slogan of the French Revolution was
    A)Government of the people, by the people and for the people
    B)One nation, one leader and one flag
    C)Liberty, equality and fraternity
    D)None of these
    Answer: Liberty, equality and fraternity
  • Q. What was the name of architect of Humayun’s Tomb?
    A)Baram Khan
    B)Man Singh
    C)Mirak Mirza
    D)Abul Fazal
    Answer: Mirak Mirza
  • Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
    A)Bessus
    B)King Darius III
    C)King Porus
    D)Spitamenes
    Answer: King Porus
  • Q. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Madras
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. Who was the patron king of Pataliputra Buddhist Council?
    A)Kalashoka
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Ashoka
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. The official court language of the Guptas was
    A)Prakrit
    B)Pali
    C)Hindi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Sanskrit
  • Q. The office of Governor-General of India was created by the
    A)Government of India Act, 1858
    B)Government of India Act, 1833
    C)Charter Act, 1833
    D)Charter Act, 1813
    Answer: Charter Act, 1833
  • Q. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
    A)Namadeva
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Guru Nanak
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Guru Nanak
  • Q. Who was the first to use the term ‘Adivasi’ to refer to the tribal people?
    A)Thakkar Bappa
    B)Jyotiba Phule
    C)M N Srinivas
    D)B R Ambedkar
    Answer: Thakkar Bappa
  • Q. Under the Mughals the cotton goods were exported to
    A)Sumatra
    B)Africa
    C)Japan
    D)England
    Answer: Africa
  • Q. From which country, the tradition of written Constitution began
    A)India
    B)Japan
    C)Britain
    D)America
    Answer: America
  • Q. The Falklands War was fought in the year
    A)1977
    B)1973
    C)1982
    D)1989
    Answer: 1982
  • Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
    A)I, II and III
    B)I and II
    C)I and III
    D)II and III
    Answer: I and III
  • Q. Who are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India?
    A)Cholas
    B)Mauryas
    C)Guptas
    D)Marathas
    Answer: Marathas
  • Q. Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax. Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are 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. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)M.K. Gandhi
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
    Answer: Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
  • Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
    A)The Railways
    B)Tea Plantations
    C)Coal Mining
    D)Jute Mills
    Answer: The Railways

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