More Questions on History
- Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
A)Nakhshabi
B)Utbi
C)Amir Khusarau
D)Tansen
Answer: Amir Khusarau
- Q. Which of the following is not a religious text?
A)Sangam
B)Rigveda
C)Upanishad
D)None of the above
Answer: Sangam
- Q. Which type of pottery was most popular with the Later Vedic people?
A)Black and Red Ware
B)Black-slipped Ware
C)Painted Grey Ware
D)Red Ware
Answer: Painted Grey Ware
- Q. The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
A)On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
B)At the ramparts of the red ford in 1947
C)When India became a democratic republic in 1950
D)When The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
Answer: On the bank of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Dadu Dayal or Dadu: I. He was a worshipper of Lord Krishna. II. He was not for caste or class distinctions and his objective was establishing harmony among all faiths.
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: II only
- Q. Assertion (A): The culture of the Mughal period is generally termed as the Mughal court culture. Reason (R): The Mughal court culture was an antithesis of Indian culture
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. Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
A)Warren Hastings
B)Wellesley
C)Dalhousie
D)Cornwallis
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. Assertion (A): The Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar in 1602. Reason (R): He wanted to commemorate his conquest of Gujarat
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. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
A)Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
B)Dayanand Sarshwati
C)Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
D)Narayan Guru
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. Akbar (1556-1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
A)Maurya
B)Nanda
C)Mughal
D)Haryanka
Answer: Mughal
- Q. In the year 1582, Akbar took the momentous step of
A)Removing Jaziya
B)Banning Sati
C)Forming an army of jackals
D)Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
Answer: Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
- Q. Name the language that was designated as the ‘Camp Language’ during the Medieval Period
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Hindi
D)Urdu
Answer: Urdu
- Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
A)Shivaji
B)Shaji Bhonsle
C)Sambaji
D)Shahu
Answer: Sambaji
- Q. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that X/O = X; who among the following proved that it was infinity?
A)Bhaskara
B)Aryabhatta
C)Brahmagupta
D)Mahavira
Answer: Bhaskara
- Q. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at
A)Calcutta
B)Multan
C)Alwar
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore had renounced his knighthood because
A)Of a sense of solidarity with the Indian royalty robbed of its power and honour
B)He wanted to join the Congress
C)Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)He was given to occasional eccentric quirks
Answer: Of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Akbar’s teacher was
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Latif
D)Kabir
Answer: Abdul Latif
- Q. Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935
A)Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy
B)This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces
C)The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
D)The diarchy was introduced at the centre
Answer: The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
- Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Sukhdev
C)Surya Sen
D)Rajguru
Answer: Surya Sen
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 decided to launch a nation wide satyagraha against the proposed __________
A)Rowlatt Act
B)Simon Commission
C)Salt Act
D)Pitt's India Act
Answer: Rowlatt Act
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