More Questions on History

  • Q. Who was the mother of Mahavira?
    A)Anojja
    B)Yasoda
    C)Trishala
    D)Devanandi
    Answer: Trishala
  • Q. Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is __________
    A)1660
    B)1560
    C)1760
    D)1860
    Answer: 1760
  • Q. What is the moral of the horse?
    A)Restraint
    B)Politeness
    C)Knowledge
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
    A)Wisdom
    B)Knowledge
    C)Skill
    D)Power
    Answer: Knowledge
  • Q. Akbar was__________ years old when he became emperor
    A)19
    B)16
    C)13
    D)10
    Answer: 13
  • Q. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?
    A)Cow
    B)Horse
    C)Giraffe
    D)Elephant
    Answer: Giraffe
  • Q. Assertion (A): The Kushanas issued a large number of gold coins. Reason (R): The period was marked by flourishing trade
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is 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: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Study of inscription is called
    A)Numismatic
    B)Archaeology
    C)Epigraphy
    D)Palaeography
    Answer: Epigraphy
  • Q. Justice C. Y. Chintamani called Government of India Act 1935?
    A)Lame Duck
    B)Lazy Duck
    C)Lazy Federation
    D)Lame Federation
    Answer: Lame Federation
  • Q. Which is a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Ramayana
    B)Mahabharata
    C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
    D)Chandrawati Ramayana
    Answer: Kautilya's Arthshastra
  • Q. The Ramayana narrates events believed to have taken place in the __________ Yuga or age
    A)Dwapar
    B)Sat
    C)Kal
    D)Treta
    Answer: Treta
  • Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
    A)Stuarts
    B)Hanoverians
    C)Normans
    D)Tudors
    Answer: Stuarts
  • Q. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by __________ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal
    A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. The Dandi March undertaken by Gandhi was
    A)A part of the Quit India Movement
    B)A routine March
    C)A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)A demonstration of Congress power
    Answer: A part of the Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Q. Who was the King of Britain during the First World War ?
    A)Anarew VIII
    B)Philip I
    C)George V
    D)Jonn Vll
    Answer: George V
  • Q. Atmopadesa Satakam is the work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Dr. Palpu
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)Sree Narayana Guru
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Narayana Guru was born on August 22, 1856, in the village of __________ near Thiruvananthapuram
    A)Karunagapally
    B)Chempazhanthi
    C)Kayamkulam
    D)Kannur
    Answer: Chempazhanthi
  • Q. Who built the famous Shalimar bagh of Srinagar?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
    A)Trajan
    B)Cartius
    C)Nero
    D)Brutus
    Answer: Trajan
  • Q. Among the numerous followers of Gandhi’s ‘philosophy’ was/were
    A)Marshal Tito
    B)Bertrand Russell
    C)Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

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