More Questions on History
- Q. The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
A)1912
B)1911
C)1920
D)1925
Answer: 1911
- Q. The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder of the Arya Samaj was
A)Mula Shankar
B)Daya Shankar
C)Virjanand
D)Mool Chandra
Answer: Mula Shankar
- Q. Which Goddess was worshipped as the “Goddess of Wisdom” by the Greeks
A)Apollo
B)Athena
C)Zeus
D)Diana
Answer: Athena
- Q. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of
A)Pune
B)Chittor
C)Purandar
D)Torna
Answer: Purandar
- Q. When did William I conquer England?
A)1084
B)1066
C)1105
D)1111
Answer: 1066
- Q. The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at
A)Bengal
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Sapta Sindhu
D)Delhi
Answer: Sapta Sindhu
- Q. The war of Falklands was fought between which two countries
A)England and French
B)USA and Brazil
C)Japan and Korea
D)England and Argentina
Answer: England and Argentina
- Q. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was
A)Karachi
B)Islamabad
C)Lahore
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Karachi
- Q. Where does Dutch founded their first factory in India?
A)Masaulipatam
B)Nagapatam
C)Pulicat
D)Cochin
Answer: Masaulipatam
- Q. For how many days did Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt satyagraha walk?
A)36
B)24
C)12
D)6
Answer: 24
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?
A)They worshipped gods in the form of human beings
B)The Harappans were phallus worshippers
C)They placed their gods in temples
D)They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess
Answer: They placed their gods in temples
- 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. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
A)Charulata
B)Chandalika
C)Gautami
D)Karuwaki
Answer: Karuwaki
- Q. Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the presence of temples or public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Harappans, religion was perhaps more a personal and a private matter than a public affair
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: A is true but R is false
- Q. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Harsha
D)Fa-Hien
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. When did the British established colonies in New Zealand?
A)1840
B)1814
C)1872
D)1830
Answer: 1840
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Manusmriti I. Smritis dealt with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma. II. Consists mainly of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
A)Imperialism
B)Art and architecture
C)Revenue and land reform
D)None of these
Answer: Art and architecture
- Q. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started:
A)Som Prakash
B)Jugantar
C)Vichar Lahiri
D)Sandhya
Answer: Jugantar
- Q. Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
A)Sumanta
B)Dannayaka
C)Nayaka
D)Mahanayakacharya
Answer: Mahanayakacharya
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