More Questions on History
- Q. Who defeated whom in the second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192)?
A)Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
B)Prithviraj defeated Muhammad Ghori
C)Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni
D)Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
Answer: Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
- Q. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
A)1931
B)1935
C)1929
D)1932
Answer: 1931
- Q. The pioneer of Indian communism was
A)G.N Ganguly
B)M.N. Roy
C)P.C Chandra
D)None of these
Answer: M.N. Roy
- Q. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/ are correct related to the Atharva Veda? I. The Atharva Veda basically consists of charms and spells that were prevalent at that time in the society. II. The Atharva Veda presents a portrait of the Vedic society. One can find an independent and parallel stream of knowledge and thought in the Atharva Veda
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The Bhoodan Movement had been started by
A)Acharya Kripalani
B)M K Gandhi
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- 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. Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by
A)Azam Shah
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Azam Shah
- Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The Indian National Congress was formed __________
A)1887
B)1885
C)1888
D)1895
Answer: 1885
- Q. The Industrial Revolution in England represented the climax of the transition from
A)Feudalism to capitalism
B)Slavery to feudalism
C)Capitalism to socialism
D)Socialism to market socialism
Answer: Feudalism to capitalism
- Q. In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?
A)1674
B)1608
C)1646
D)1710
Answer: 1674
- Q. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
A)Abdur Rahim
B)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
C)Mulla Wajhi
D)Chand Bardai
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. Of the following who did not find a place in the Legislative Council as per the Act of 1853?
A)Additional Members
B)The Governor-General
C)The Commander-in-Chief
D)The Lieutenant Governor
Answer: The Lieutenant Governor
- Q. Of the following, with whom Akbar did not come into contact?
A)Parsis
B)Jains
C)Buddhists
D)Christians
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians?
A)It did not have any woman member
B)It did not include any Indian as a member
C)It was appointed before the stipulated time
D)If refused to meet prominent Indian leaders
Answer: It did not include any Indian as a member
- Q. Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed at establishing Maratha rule in Delhi. Reason (R): Shivaji took the leadership of the Maratha resistance against the Mughals.
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 false but R is true
- Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for
A)establishing separate Pakhtoonistan
B)countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim League
C)social and religious reforms
D)All the above
Answer: social and religious reforms
- Q. In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?
A)Delhi
B)Pune
C)Varanasi
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. In which century did the first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start?
A)14th century BC
B)19th century BC
C)5th century AD
D)600 BC
Answer: 600 BC
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