More Questions on History

  • Q. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
    A)Government of India Act 1918
    B)The Government of India Act 1935
    C)Government of India Act 1925
    D)Government of India Act 1930
    Answer: The Government of India Act 1935
  • Q. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
    A)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    B)Rabindranath Tagore
    C)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • Q. Before starting of an Era, what was the last karma given by Rishabhanatha other than agriculture, ink, sword, craft and service?
    A)Fishery
    B)Business
    C)War
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Business
  • Q. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
    A)Promoted religious toleration
    B)Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
    C)Converted to Hinduism
    D)Presided over an era of religious harmony
    Answer: Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
  • Q. When did the Battle of Nicopolis take place?
    A)1453
    B)1396
    C)1305
    D)1378
    Answer: 1396
  • Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
    A)The Government of India act, 1919
    B)The Government of India act 1913
    C)The Government of India act 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
  • Q. All the early Mughal Emperors except __________ were great builders
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Under the Mughals __________ was administered as a department of the household
    A)cavalry
    B)infantry
    C)artillery
    D)navy
    Answer: artillery
  • Q. Which one is the oldest existing University in the World
    A)University of al-Karaouine
    B)University of Oxford
    C)Al-Azhar University
    D)University of Bologna
    Answer: University of al-Karaouine
  • Q. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
    A)Persian
    B)Urdu
    C)Hindi
    D)Arabic
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
    A)Badruddin Tyabji
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
    D)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
  • Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
    A)Saktism
    B)Shaivism
    C)Bhagavatism
    D)Tantricism
    Answer: Bhagavatism
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
    A)the Ganges
    B)the Sky
    C)the Gangotri
    D)the Mansarovar Lake
    Answer: the Ganges
  • Q. Who among the following propagated Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma?
    A)Madhava
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Merabai
    D)Nimbarka
    Answer: Madhava
  • Q. Who is the author of “Shahnama”?
    A)Firdausi
    B)Utbi
    C)Hasan Nizami
    D)AI-Beruni
    Answer: Firdausi
  • Q. What benefits did the Poona Pact offer to the depressed classes?
    A)20% reservation in the provincial legislature
    B)44 seats in the central legislature
    C)18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
    D)50% reservation in the ICS
    Answer: 18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
  • Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
    A)Dunkirk
    B)London
    C)Paris
    D)Liverpool
    Answer: Dunkirk
  • Q. The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter and George Herbert in the year
    A)1922
    B)1920
    C)1998
    D)1930
    Answer: 1922
  • Q. Aruvipuram installation was done by __________
    A)Narayana Guru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)C.Kesavan
    Answer: Narayana Guru
  • 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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