More Questions on History

  • Q. Till when did the Hundred Years’ War last?
    A)1377
    B)1327
    C)1376
    D)1453
    Answer: 1453
  • Q. In the battle of Panipat, Babur faced the armies of
    A)Hemu
    B)Jaichand
    C)Daulat khan
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
  • Q. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
    A)Muhammad Ghori
    B)Mahmud of Ghazni
    C)Iltutmish
    D)Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Q. Which Mughal ruler’s reign has been described as the golden age of medieval art and architecture?
    A)Babur's
    B)Jahangir's
    C)Humayun's
    D)Shah Jahan's
    Answer: Shah Jahan's
  • Q. Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma samaj on
    A)20 August,1828
    B)20 August,1838
    C)20 August,1848
    D)20 August,1858
    Answer: 20 August,1828
  • Q. Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called
    A)Swatantra Bharat Brigade
    B)Himalayan Brigade
    C)Bhagat Singh Brigade
    D)Subhash Brigade
    Answer: Subhash Brigade
  • Q. Anti Semitism’ to Adolf Hitler meant
    A)Anti Jewish policy
    B)Anti Black policy
    C)Anti Protestant policy
    D)Anti German policy
    Answer: Anti Jewish policy
  • Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Hindi
    C)Ardh-Magadhi
    D)Regional vernacular languages
    Answer: Regional vernacular languages
  • Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
    A)USA and England
    B)Russia and Turkey
    C)Russia and Japan
    D)England and France
    Answer: Russia and Turkey
  • Q. Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is__________
    A)Irfan Habib
    B)Romila Thapar
    C)S.C.Ghosh
    D)Naoroji Dadabhai
    Answer: Naoroji Dadabhai
  • Q. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?
    A)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
    C)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale
    D)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Q. In his early days Shivaji moved with
    A)Mawali leaders
    B)Jat leaders
    C)Santhals
    D)Bhils
    Answer: Mawali leaders
  • Q. Potato was introduced to Europe by
    A)Germans
    B)Portuguese
    C)Spanish
    D)Dutch
    Answer: Spanish
  • Q. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Pattabhi Sitharamayy
    C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    D)VB Patel
    Answer: Pattabhi Sitharamayy
  • Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
    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. Who among the following played a prominent role during the “Reign of Terror” in France?
    A)Marat
    B)Voltaire
    C)Robespierre
    D)Montesquieu
    Answer: Robespierre
  • Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
    A)Gangetic Doab
    B)Central India
    C)Saptasindhu
    D)Kashmir and Punjab
    Answer: Saptasindhu
  • Q. For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed?
    A)Nagpur
    B)Satara
    C)Jhansi
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. Who is the creator of the world famous statue ‘David’ in Florence
    A)Raphael
    B)Leonardo da Vinci
    C)Filippo Brunelleschi
    D)Michelangelo
    Answer: Michelangelo
  • Q. Who among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt? I. Kunwar Singh II. Tantia Tope III. Nana Saheb IV. Maulavi Ahmaduallah
    A)I, III and IV
    B)All of the above
    C)I, II and III
    D)II, III and IV
    Answer: All of the above

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