More Questions on History
- Q. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of
A)All India Unity Mahasabha
B)All India Hindu Mahasabha
C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
D)None of these
Answer: All India Kisan Mahasabha
- Q. Akbar’s teacher was
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Latif
D)Kabir
Answer: Abdul Latif
- Q. Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar
A)Cochi
B)Ernad
C)Travancore
D)Kannur
Answer: Ernad
- Q. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram?
A)Prasadas
B)Rathas
C)Mathika
D)Gandhakuti
Answer: Rathas
- Q. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”?
A)Mir Qasim
B)Mir Jafar
C)Sirajudduala
D)None of these
Answer: Sirajudduala
- Q. Which of the following is not among the regions where the Britishers had first set up trading posts?
A)Goa
B)Bengal
C)Coromandel Coast
D)Gujarat
Answer: Goa
- Q. The Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for Indian Muslims for the first time at its :
A)Lucknow session in 1916
B)Lahore session in 1940.
C)Meerut Session 1946
D)Tripuri Session in 1939
Answer: Lahore session in 1940.
- Q. Under the Mughals, in urban area the judicial powers were exercised by
A)Faujdar
B)Kazis
C)Kotwal
D)Wazir
Answer: Kotwal
- Q. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the
A)Kushanas
B)Mauryas
C)Sungas
D)Guptas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. Which of the following was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th century
A)monogamy
B)emancipation of women
C)female education
D)untouchability
Answer: untouchability
- Q. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict?
A)Sarnath
B)Sanchi
C)Bhabra
D)Kalinga
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
- Q. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by
A)Demetrius
B)Darius
C)Deimachos
D)Philip
Answer: Deimachos
- Q. Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to ruler
A)Balban
B)Iltutmish
C)Raziya
D)Qutb-din-Aibak
Answer: Qutb-din-Aibak
- Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Balban
- Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
A)Sevagram
B)Wardha
C)Sabarmati
D)Dandi
Answer: Sabarmati
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. Who, according to the Buddhist, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
A)Maitreya
B)Atreya
C)Nagarjuna
D)Kalki
Answer: Maitreya
- Q. Which Pratihara ruler had the famous poet, Rajasekhara, at his court?
A)Mahipala
B)Vatsaraja
C)Nagahhatta-II
D)Mihira Bhoja
Answer: Mahipala
- Q. Which of the following is/are the compositions of Kabir?
A)Kabir Granthawali& Anurag Sagar
B)Bijak & Sakhi Granth
C)Only B
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
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