More Questions on History

  • Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
    A)Baghdad
    B)Jerusalem
    C)Istanbul
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from invading India?
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Kumaragupta
    C)Skandgupta
    D)Chandragupta
    Answer: Skandgupta
  • Q. Harappan weapons were made of
    A)Copper
    B)Stone
    C)Bronze
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?
    A)Government of India Act, 1935
    B)Indian Council Act of 1861
    C)Government of India Act, 1919
    D)Indian Council Act of 1909
    Answer: Indian Council Act of 1861
  • Q. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of
    A)Tarain in 1192 A.D.
    B)Tarain in 1191 A.D.
    C)Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
    D)Ranthambor in 1195 A.D.
    Answer: Tarain in 1192 A.D.
  • Q. To which personality Mahatma Gandhi gave the title “Deen Bandhu”?
    A)CF Andrews
    B)Sri Aurobindo
    C)Vinoba Bhave
    D)CR Das
    Answer: CF Andrews
  • Q. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?
    A)Indra
    B)Varuna
    C)Surya
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. The origin of Indian music can be traced to which of the following Vedic Samhitas?
    A)Samaveda
    B)Rigveda
    C)Yajurveda
    D)Atharvaveda
    Answer: Samaveda
  • Q. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak hailed form
    A)Kashmir
    B)Bengal
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. Assuming the title of Alamgir, Aurangzeb crowned himself as Emperor on July 21, 1658 at
    A)Aurangabad
    B)Agra
    C)Fatehpur Sikri
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
    A)the state treasury
    B)military affairs
    C)the royal household
    D)the land revenue system
    Answer: military affairs
  • Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
    A)Mysore
    B)Bangalore
    C)Seringapatam
    D)Hellebid or Halebid
    Answer: Seringapatam
  • Q. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
    A)Devendra Nath Tagore
    B)K M Pannikar
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation of the Mughal rule at Delhi?
    A)Second Battle of Panipat
    B)Third Battle of Panipat
    C)Battle of Haldighati
    D)First Battle of Panipat
    Answer: First Battle of Panipat
  • Q. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
    A)Teachers
    B)Lawyers
    C)Journalists
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Chaitanya
    C)Sankaracharya
    D)Ramananda
    Answer: Ramananda
  • Q. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
    A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    B)Humayun's Tomb
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Agra Fort
    Answer: Agra Fort
  • Q. The word Jina from which the Jain(ism) has originated stands for
    A)detached
    B)great
    C)non-violence
    D)conqueror (of senses)
    Answer: conqueror (of senses)
  • Q. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?
    A)Bhupendra Nath Dutta
    B)Jai Prakash Narayan
    C)M. N. Roy
    D)Jawaharlal Nehru
    Answer: Jai Prakash Narayan
  • Q. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Lothal
    C)Harappa
    D)Mohenjo Daro
    Answer: Lothal

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