More Questions on History

  • Q. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala?
    A)Shuktimati
    B)Sravasti
    C)Kaushambi
    D)Indraprastha
    Answer: Sravasti
  • Q. During the last 25 years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against
    A)Golcunda
    B)Bijapur
    C)Marathas
    D)All the above
    Answer: Marathas
  • Q. On which island of France, Napoleon was born
    A)Corsica
    B)Saint Helena
    C)Elba
    D)Oleron
    Answer: Corsica
  • Q. The most commonly used coin during the Mauryan period was
    A)Nishka
    B)Karashopana
    C)Suvarna
    D)Kakini
    Answer: Karashopana
  • Q. Despite holding a monopoly, the East India Company had faced competition from what it had termed as the ‘interlopers’ represented by the
    A)Indigenous merchants
    B)Portuguese
    C)British free merchants
    D)Dutch
    Answer: British free merchants
  • 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. Who said, “India is for Indians?”
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Syed Hasan Imam
    C)Dr. S.Gopal
    D)Dayanand Saraswati
    Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
  • Q. What was the name of the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima city
    A)Fat Man
    B)Fat Boy
    C)Little Boy
    D)Scorpion
    Answer: Little Boy
  • Q. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
    A)Imperialism
    B)Art and architecture
    C)Revenue and land reform
    D)None of these
    Answer: Art and architecture
  • Q. The principles of Ashoka’s Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Brahmanism
    D)The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
    Answer: The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
  • Q. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as __________
    A)Legislative Assembly
    B)Legislative Council
    C)House of Representatives
    D)House of Commons
    Answer: Legislative Assembly
  • Q. Arrange in chronological order: 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 4. Minto-Morley Reforms
    A)1, 2, 3, 4
    B)3, 2, 4, 1
    C)4, 3, 2, 1
    D)2, 3, 4, 1
    Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
  • Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
    A)Samugarh
    B)Dharmat
    C)Deorai
    D)Khajwa
    Answer: Samugarh
  • Q. When did Henry Tudor seize the crown?
    A)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1485
    Answer: 1485
  • Q. Assertion (A): Provincial autonomy was introduced in the Government of India Act, 1935. Reason (R): The Act itself made a clear-cut division of powers between the Centre and the Provinces
    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 true but R is false
  • Q. The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya Samaj was that
    A)It supported and worded for the cause of western education
    B)It represented the purified form of Hinduism
    C)It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
    D)It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
    Answer: It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
  • Q. Which one of the following was the book written by Amoghvarsha the Rashtrakuta King?
    A)Ganitasara Samgraha
    B)Adipurana
    C)Saktayana
    D)Kavirajamarg
    Answer: Kavirajamarg
  • Q. The first Tirthankara of the Jains was
    A)Parshvanath
    B)Arishtanemi
    C)Ajitanath
    D)Rishabha
    Answer: Rishabha
  • Q. Viewing the pathetic condition of widows and unfortunate children Jyotirao decided the open an orphanage called __________
    A)Arya Samaj
    B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    C)Brahma Samaj
    D)Ramakrishna Mission
    Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj

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