More Questions on History
- Q. The war criminals of the World War-II were put to trial in
A)Peitersburg
B)Nuremburg
C)Gettysburg
D)Peitsburg
Answer: Nuremburg
- Q. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
A)Mayo
B)Curzon
C)Ripon
D)Lytton
Answer: Mayo
- Q. Sarvodaya stands for
A)Non-cooperation
B)Total revolution
C)Upliftment of all
D)Non-violence
Answer: Upliftment of all
- Q. Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)C R Das
C)Mrs Besant
D)Nehru
Answer: Nehru
- Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the Home Rule League?
A)G. K. Gokhale
B)B. G. Tilak
C)M. G. Ranade
D)M. K. Gandhi
Answer: B. G. Tilak
- Q. Who founded the Central Hindu School and College in Banaras (now Varanasi)?
A)Dr. Bhagavan Das
B)Annie Besant
C)Govinda Das
D)G. N. Chakravarti
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. According to Marx, the source of value is
A)Land
B)Capital
C)Labour
D)None of the above
Answer: Labour
- Q. Which of the following are correct regarding Shahjahan? I. Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli II. Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue III. Kahabat Khan was appointed governor of Lahore IV. Ali Mardan Khan surrendered Kandhar to Mughals
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and IV
- Q. Who among the following wrote commentaries on Harshavardhana’s administration and the court life in Kannauj?
A)Fa-Hien
B)AI-Beruni
C)Hiuen-Tsang
D)Ibn Batutah
Answer: Hiuen-Tsang
- Q. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
A)Jhelum and Chenab
B)Sutlej and Beas
C)Ravi and Chenab
D)Ganga and Yamuna
Answer: Jhelum and Chenab
- Q. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)None of these
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. The only Veda to have been rendered musically is
A)The Sama Veda
B)The Rig Veda
C)The Yajur Veda
D)The Atharva Veda
Answer: The Sama Veda
- Q. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
A)Humayun
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The first Bengali Drama, written to highlight the brutality of the British indigo planters, was
A)Neel Darpan
B)Rast Goftar
C)Shome Prakash
D)None of the above
Answer: Neel Darpan
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
B)Peter I
C)Nicholas I
D)John Adams
Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
- Q. The crop which was not known to Vedic people is
A)Wheat
B)Barley
C)Rice
D)Tobacco
Answer: Tobacco
- Q. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the city of
A)Milan
B)Rome
C)Florence
D)Madrid
Answer: Florence
- Q. When was Jin Dynasty established?
A)280
B)238
C)285
D)313
Answer: 280
- Q. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
A)Madurai
B)Hyderabad
C)Mysore
D)Vijayanagar
Answer: Mysore
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