More Questions on History

  • Q. Which among the following was the most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya?
    A)Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
    B)Her gender
    C)Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi
    D)Her incompetence
    Answer: Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
  • Q. The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
    A)The British Government Authority
    B)Muslim Land Holders
    C)The non-tribal outsiders
    D)Hindu Land Holders
    Answer: Hindu Land Holders
  • Q. Who among the following occupied the supreme position in the Later Vedic pantheon?
    A)Prajapati
    B)Indra
    C)Agni
    D)Varuna
    Answer: Prajapati
  • Q. The main purpose of Brahmo Samaj for which it was set up are
    A)Criticize social evils, oppose idolatry and emphasize human dignity
    B)Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Under the Mughals the jizya was collected from
    A)Muhammadans
    B)Persians
    C)Hindus
    D)Foreign visitors
    Answer: Hindus
  • Q. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in
    A)Pali texts
    B)Prakrit texts
    C)Sanskrit texts
    D)Pictographical texts
    Answer: Pali texts
  • Q. After how many years of practice Sambhavnath acquired Kewalya Gyan and formed DharamTirth?
    A)12
    B)10
    C)14
    D)16
    Answer: 14
  • Q. Who united Norway, Denmark and, Sweden?
    A)Eric of Pomerania
    B)Albert, King of Sweden
    C)Haakon VI of Norway
    D)Margaret I of Denmark
    Answer: Margaret I of Denmark
  • Q. In 1912 Mohammad Ali started the paper
    A)The New India
    B)The Native Opinion
    C)Al-Balagh
    D)The Comrade
    Answer: The Comrade
  • Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
    A)Queen Victoria
    B)Queen Elizabeth
    C)Queen Anne
    D)Queen Marie
    Answer: Queen Victoria
  • Q. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)R.C. Dutt
    D)M.K. Gandhi
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
    A)BP Wadia
    B)BC Pal
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)GS Arundale
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in
    A)Egypt
    B)Sumer
    C)China
    D)All the three
    Answer: All the three
  • Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Sir John Shore
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun at
    A)Chunar
    B)Gaur
    C)Chausa
    D)Agra
    Answer: Chausa
  • Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
  • Q. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
    A)Vishnusarma
    B)Suserman
    C)Vasudeva
    D)Vasumitra
    Answer: Vasudeva
  • Q. Which of the following event compel the Rabindranath Tagore to renounce his knighthood?
    A)To protest against lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai that caused his death
    B)To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
    C)To express solidarity with the leaders of Non-Cooperation Movement
    D)To express solidarity with the protestors against the arrival of Simon Commission
    Answer: To protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh incident
  • Q. Akbar saw the sea for the first time in his life at
    A)Surat
    B)Calcutta
    C)Cambay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Cambay
  • Q. The Upanishads are the__________
    A)Story Books
    B)Great Epics
    C)Source of Hindu Philosophy
    D)Law Books
    Answer: Source of Hindu Philosophy

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