More Questions on History
- 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 Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
A)1942
B)1935
C)1921
D)1922
Answer: 1921
- Q. The first elected Indian President of the Legislative Assembly was
A)Rangachariar
B)Motilal Nehru
C)CR Das
D)VJ Patel
Answer: VJ Patel
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about The French East India Company?
A)They established their first company in Surat
B)The French East India Company took hold of Yanam in 1723 AD, Mahe on Malabar Coast in 1725 AD and Karaikal in 1739 A.D.
C)The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD
D)The French East India Company was formed during the reign of King Louis XIV
Answer: The French East India Company was formed in 1764 AD
- Q. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating
A)Jayachanda in the Battle of Chandawar
B)Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain
C)The Chandelas
D)Both (A) and (B) above
Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
A)Fevzi Cakmak
B)Ismet Inonu
C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
D)None of the above
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
- Q. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
A)Rafi-ud-DaIjat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammad Shah
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. Where did Babur died?
A)Kabul
B)Agra
C)Lahore
D)Delhi
Answer: Agra
- Q. Under the Mughals the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was
A)Mansabdar
B)The crown prince
C)Emperor
D)Zamindar
Answer: Emperor
- Q. The worship of Mother goddess was related
A)With the Mediterranean Civilization
B)With the Aryan Civilization
C)With the Indus Valley Civilization
D)With the Vedic Civilization
Answer: With the Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of Passive Resistance ?
A)Aurobindo Ghosh
B)B. G Tilak
C)Lajpat Rai
D)G. K. Gokhale
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. Where was St. Paul beheaded?
A)Ephesus
B)Rome
C)Kusadasi
D)Jerusalem
Answer: Rome
- Q. In 1913, the Guru founded an Ashram at __________ called the Advaita Ashram
A)Palluruthi
B)Vaikom
C)Aluva
D)Trichur
Answer: Aluva
- Q. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
A)Cabral
B)Albuquerque
C)Almeida
D)De Braganza
Answer: Albuquerque
- Q. Which of the following is not match correctly?
A)Lothal : India
B)Harappa : Pakistan
C)Dholavira : Rajasthan
D)Banwali : Haryana
Answer: Dholavira : Rajasthan
- Q. Who among the following took greater interest in laying out gardens than others?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. According to __________ the Mutiny was a popular rebellion
A)V ASmith
B)V D Sarkar
C)L Mukherjee
D)Chabbra
Answer: V ASmith
- Q. The Indian Civil Service Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of
A)Canning
B)Elgin
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Canning
- Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
Answer: The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
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