More Questions on History
- Q. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
A)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
B)Mauryan King Ashoka
C)Gautam Buddha
D)Bhagwan Mahavira
Answer: Mauryan King Ashoka
- Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
A)three centuries
B)two centuries
C)four centuries
D)a little over one century
Answer: three centuries
- Q. When did the invasion of Poland begin?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1939
- Q. The British India Society was formed in __________
A)1833
B)1832
C)1839
D)1874
Answer: 1839
- Q. Of the following who did not revolt against Aurangzeb?
A)Satnamis
B)Jats
C)Prince Akbar
D)Shayista Khan
Answer: Shayista Khan
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
A)I,II,V,IV,III
B)II,V,I,III,IV
C)II,V,I,IV,III
D)IV,II,I,V,III
Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
- Q. Which of the following is the Journal published in Britain by the Committee of the Indian National Congress?
A)India
B)Calcutta Gazette
C)Bengal Tribune
D)Calcutta Tribune
Answer: India
- 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. Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him
A)Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
B)He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
C)His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
D)The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
Answer: The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
- Q. Which of the following Assamese literature is Buddhist songs composed in the 8th to 12th centuries?
A)Kotha Ramayana
B)Charyapadas
C)Drona Parva
D)None of the above
Answer: Charyapadas
- Q. Treaty of Lahore taken place on __________
A)1846 A.D.
B)1836 A.D.
C)1725 A.D.
D)1816 A.D.
Answer: 1846 A.D.
- Q. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the pebple’ was made by
A)Winston Churchill
B)George Washington
C)Abraham Lincoln
D)Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. Assertion (A): The Mughals, particularly Akbar, established a uniform pattern of administration in all provinces. Reason (R): Akbar is greatly indebted to Sher Shah Sur not only in local administration but also in provincial administration
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Alberuni came to India with
A)Alexander
B)Mahmud of Ghazni
C)Babur
D)Tamur
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
- Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
A)Gautam
B)Vyasa
C)Kapila
D)Charaka
Answer: Gautam
- Q. The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was
A)Andal
B)Chaitanya
C)Meerabai
D)Ramabai
Answer: Meerabai
- Q. The Muslim League demanded creation of Pakistan (Pakistan Resolution) in its session held on March 24, 1940 at
A)Lahore
B)Karachi
C)Islamabad
D)Aligarh
Answer: Lahore
- Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Mohammad Adilshah
Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
- Q. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
A)Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
B)First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69
C)Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
D)All of the above are incorrect
Answer: Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
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