More Questions on History

  • Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
    A)After the Battle of Panipat
    B)After the Battle of Plassey
    C)After the war of Mysore
    D)After Sepoy Mutiny
    Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
  • Q. Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Wellesley
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Cornwallis
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Alvars and Nayanars? I. Some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) were led by the Alvars (literally, those who are “immersed” in devotion to Vishnu) and Nayanars (literally, leaders who were devotees of Shiva). II. They travelled from place to place singing hymns in Tamil in praise of their gods. III. During their travels the Alvars and Nayanars identified certain shrines as abodes of their chosen deities
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Sir Thomas Roe came to India with a letter from the British Monarch
    A)Queen Elizabeth
    B)Queen Mary
    C)James I
    D)Queen Anne
    Answer: James I
  • Q. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
    A)During the Khilafat Movement
    B)At its birth in 1906
    C)In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)At the Lahore Session of 1940
    Answer: At the Lahore Session of 1940
  • Q. Which of the following leader who presided All India Congress Committee session on 9th August?
    A)Aruna Asif Ali
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Aruna Asif Ali
  • Q. The transfer of Government from the ‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Patna
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Allahabad
  • Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar receive Shiksha (enlightenment)?
    A)Nasik
    B)Ayodhya
    C)Ujjain
    D)Kiskindha
    Answer: Ayodhya
  • Q. Who built Jodhpur Fort?
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Guru Ramdas
    C)Rao Jodhaji
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Rao Jodhaji
  • Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Shuja-ud-Daulah wanted to acquire the territory of
    A)Marathas
    B)Rohelas
    C)Sikhs
    D)Tamils
    Answer: Rohelas
  • Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
    A)Attacking the caste system
    B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
    C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
    D)Seperate representation for untouchables
    Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
  • Q. When was the battle of Haldighati fought?
    A)1676
    B)1776
    C)1576
    D)1476
    Answer: 1576
  • Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
    A)Sukhdev
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
    D)Raj Guru
    Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
  • Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
    A)Gwalior
    B)Baghat
    C)Sambalpur
    D)Satara
    Answer: Gwalior
  • Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was proficient in
    A)Music
    B)Art
    C)Calligraphy
    D)Philosophy
    Answer: Philosophy
  • Q. When was the last Bulgarian noble surrendered to the Byzantine Empire?
    A)927
    B)924
    C)1014
    D)1018
    Answer: 1018
  • Q. Satavahana dynasty originated from?
    A)South of Vindhya
    B)South of Arawali
    C)South of Satpura
    D)South of Satmola
    Answer: South of Vindhya
  • Q. Which of the following is related to the concept of Nirguna Brahman?
    A)Visisthadvaita
    B)Advaita
    C)Both A & B
    D)Neither A nor B
    Answer: Advaita
  • Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
    A)1826
    B)1866
    C)1843
    D)1857
    Answer: 1866

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