More Questions on History

  • 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. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
    A)Indo-Greeks
    B)Mauryas
    C)Guptas
    D)Kushans
    Answer: Indo-Greeks
  • Q. Who said “Spanish ulcer was the cause of my ruin”
    A)Napoleon
    B)Matternich
    C)Marshal Fouch
    D)Chamberlain
    Answer: Napoleon
  • Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Harsha
    C)Akbar
    D)Krishnadeva Raya
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who was the founder of Lodi dynasty?
    A)Sikandar Lodi
    B)Daulat Khan Lodi
    C)Bahlol Lodi
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Bahlol Lodi
  • Q. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
    A)Vallabhacharya
    B)Ramananda
    C)Narasi
    D)Chaitanya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance
    A)Venice
    B)Florence
    C)Rome
    D)London
    Answer: Florence
  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • 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 eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?
    A)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
    B)Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas
    C)Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas
    D)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas
    Answer: Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
  • Q. By which act of British India, was the Governor General empowered to issue ordinance ?
    A)Charter Act of 1853
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1861
    C)Government of India Act, 1858
    D)Indian Council Act, 1892
    Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1861
  • Q. What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?
    A)Mahamastabhisheka
    B)Mahaparinirvana
    C)Mahabhiniskraman
    D)Dharmachakrapravartan
    Answer: Dharmachakrapravartan
  • Q. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India according to the Act of
    A)1861
    B)1858
    C)1876
    D)1909
    Answer: 1876
  • Q. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
    A)Abdur Qadir Badauni
    B)Nizamuddin Ahmad
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Abdas Khan Arwani
    Answer: Abul Fazl
  • Q. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
    A)1907
    B)1906
    C)1909
    D)1919
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. The reputed musician duo, Tansen and Baiju Bawra, flourished during the reign of
    A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Akbar
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The Gupta king who assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Skandagupta
    C)Chandragupta-II
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta-II
  • Q. Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced ‘market control’ or economic regulations for
    A)the general welfare of the people
    B)building up a large and contented army with small salaries
    C)both (A) and (B) above
    D)curbing dishonest merchants and traders
    Answer: both (A) and (B) above
  • Q. Which of the following ideas propagated through Ramakrishna Mission? I. Social and religious reform II. Women education III. Doctrine of service IV. Service of jiva and worship of Shiva
    A)II, III and IV
    B)Both I and II
    C)III and IV
    D)I, III and IV
    Answer: I, III and IV
  • Q. In July 1933 the Congress decided to launch:
    A)Satyagrah
    B)An Individual Civil Disobedience
    C)Bharat Chhoro Aandolan
    D)None of these
    Answer: An Individual Civil Disobedience

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