More Questions on History
- Q. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
A)Cabral
B)Albuquerque
C)Almeida
D)De Braganza
Answer: Albuquerque
- Q. Who was the last ruler of India that adopted Jainism in his last days?
A)Bindusara
B)Samudra Gupta
C)Chandra Gupta Maurya
D)Ashoka
Answer: Chandra Gupta Maurya
- Q. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Alexander was trained by
A)Aristotle
B)Socrates
C)Plato
D)Homer
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
A)1907
B)1905
C)1909
D)1911
Answer: 1907
- Q. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Viceroy Lytton II. Viceroy Mayo III. Viceroy Lansdowne IV. Viceroy Linlithgow
A)II, I, III, IV
B)II, III, I, IV
C)IV, III, II, I
D)III, IV, I, II
Answer: II, I, III, IV
- Q. Who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt
A)Ibrahim Pasha
B)Muhammad Ali
C)Abbas I
D)Sa'id Pasha
Answer: Muhammad Ali
- Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
A)Chauth
B)Land-tax
C)Sardeshmukhi
D)Pilgrim tax
Answer: Pilgrim tax
- Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
A)Shah Parvez
B)Shah Muhammad
C)Shah Abbas
D)Shah Raza
Answer: Shah Abbas
- Q. Who was the author of the Book, the Indian War of Independence, 1857?
A)V. D. Savarkar
B)Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
C)R. S. Sharma
D)R. C. Majumdar
Answer: V. D. Savarkar
- Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
A)Very rich food
B)Infantry of the Mughals
C)Royal household
D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Chaitanya? I. He popularised the Krishna Cult in Bengal. II. He believes that through love and devotion, song and dance, a devotee can feel the presence of God?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. __________ was prominent in the Labour and Socialist movements, a member of the Fabian Society and Social Democratic Federation, and took an active part in Trade Union work among unskilled labourers
A)H. P. Blavatsky
B)Annie Besant
C)W. T. Stead
D)H. S. Olcott
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Subject matter which Manu Smriti deals with is related to
A)Politics
B)Economics
C)Law
D)Arts
Answer: Law
- Q. Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
A)Gandhiji
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Bal Gangadhar
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi doctrine of Satyagraha?
A)Non-Violence
B)Truthfulness
C)Fearlessness
D)Abstinence
Answer: Abstinence
- 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. Who said “Man is a social animal”?
A)Rousseau
B)Aristotle
C)Laski
D)Plato
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who had founded the Deccan Educational Society?
A)CR Das
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Mahadeva Govind Ranade
Answer: Mahadeva Govind Ranade
- Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by
A)Bipan Chandra Pal
B)Annie Besant
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Annie Besant
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