More Questions on History
- Q. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?
A)Mongolia
B)Tibet
C)Burma (Now Myarnmar)
D)Siam (now Thailand)
Answer: Siam (now Thailand)
- Q. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
A)Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
B)Allaudin Khalji
C)Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
D)Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer: Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
- Q. In which script were the Ashokan inscription were written in North West Frontier Province?
A)Brahmi
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Kharoshti
Answer: Kharoshti
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1919 made provision for the appointment of a/an __________ for India in the United Kingdom
A)Council
B)Ambassador
C)High Commissioner
D)Indian Member in the parliament of England
Answer: Council
- Q. How were the streets of cities in Indus Valley Civilization?
A)Narrowand Unhygienic
B)Wide and Straight
C)Slippery
D)Narrow and Curved
Answer: Wide and Straight
- Q. What was the strength of Indus economy?
A)Business
B)Agriculture
C)Pottery
D)Crockery
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who wrote Mudrarakshasa?
A)Panini
B)Vishakhadatta
C)Patanjali
D)Shudrak
Answer: Vishakhadatta
- Q. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Chandragupta-I
C)Samudragupta
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- 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. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
B)Guru Nanak
C)Shankaracharya
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?
A)W A Hume
B)Khan Abdul Gaffar
C)Annie Besant
D)None of these
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
A)1917
B)1919
C)1934
D)1909
Answer: 1917
- Q. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the freedom fighters was done on 9th August?
A)Boycott of Simon Commission
B)Salt Satyagraha
C)Champaran Satyagraha
D)Kakori Mail train robbery
Answer: Kakori Mail train robbery
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?
A)The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states"
B)This act ended the system of diarchy
C)Burma became the part of India
D)The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people
Answer: Burma became the part of India
- Q. The Company’s monopoly of Trade was abolished by the Act of
A)1813
B)1793
C)1833
D)Pitt's India Act
Answer: 1833
- Q. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651 ?
A)Qasim Bazar
B)Calcutta
C)Singur
D)Burdwan
Answer: Qasim Bazar
- Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’?
A)T N Das
B)Robert Knight
C)Ashok Mehta
D)K M Pannikar
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. Buddhism in Nepal was introduced during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Samudragupta
C)Chandragupta
D)Harshavardhana
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A)The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it
B)The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic
C)Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government
D)Chauri Chaura incident
Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the provision of the Treaty of Seringapatnam, signed between Tipu and Cornwallis I. Surrender of almost half of Tipu’s territories, which were to be shared among the English, the Nizam and the Marathas. II. Payment of a war indemnity of about Rs.3 crore by Tipu III. Stationing of British resident at Seringapatnam IV. Sending two of his sons by Tipu as hostages to the British camp
A)I, II & IV
B)I & II
C)I & III
D)I, III & IV
Answer: I & III
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