More Questions on History
- Q. Hernan Cortez was a Conquistador from
A)Holland
B)England
C)Portugal
D)Spain
Answer: Spain
- Q. In which battle did the defeat of Muslims stop their invasions?
A)Battle of Lechfeld
B)Battle of Fontenoy
C)Battle of Verdun
D)Battle of Vouille
Answer: Battle of Verdun
- Q. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society was started in March . . . . . and succeeded in transforming the minds in the traditional Muslim Society
A)1866
B)1766
C)1869
D)1870
Answer: 1866
- Q. The first metal used by man was
A)Copper
B)Aluminium
C)Iron
D)Silver
Answer: Copper
- Q. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?
A)We have some indications of polyandry in this period
B)We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
C)There are no examples of child marriage in this period
D)The practice of levirate was known
Answer: We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
- Q. PIassey is located near
A)Rajashahi in Bangladesh
B)Murshidabad in West Bengal
C)Calcutta
D)Monghyr in Bihar
Answer: Murshidabad in West Bengal
- Q. Who started the journal ‘New India’?
A)Annie Besant
B)C. W. Leadbeater
C)Ram Mohun Roy
D)Keshub Chandra Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The strategy of ‘divide and rule’ had been actually practised by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Minto
D)Lord Dufferin
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. What was the name assigned to Rishabhnath Tirthankar because of the mark on his right leg?
A)Prajapati
B)Hiranyagarbha
C)Rishabh
D)Vrihad Deva
Answer: Rishabh
- Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
A)Darius III
B)Alexander the Great
C)King Porus
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: King Porus
- Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
A)Dholavira
B)Mohenjodaro
C)Lothal
D)Rakhigarhi
Answer: Mohenjodaro
- Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
A)Foreign accounts
B)Literary works
C)Numismatic evidence
D)Epigraphic sources
Answer: Numismatic evidence
- Q. Who wrote the history of Aurangzeb’s reign in total secrecy because of the emperor’s opposition to it and what was the name of that historical work?
A)Mirza Muhammad Kazim's Alamgir Nama
B)Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
C)Muhammad Saqi's Masir-i-Alamgiri
D)Aquil Khan Razi's Zafar Nama-i-Alamgir
Answer: Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
- Q. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
A)Chyavana
B)Susruta
C)Dhanwantari
D)Charaka
Answer: Dhanwantari
- Q. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?
A)Iran
B)Afghanistan
C)Iraq
D)Saudi Arabia
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
A)They were taller and stronger
B)They used elephants on a large scale
C)They were from an advanced urban culture
D)They used chariots driven by horses
Answer: They used chariots driven by horses
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the historic decisions of the Lahore Session (1929) of the Indian National Congress?
A)Complete independence (Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress
B)Decision to launch a programme of civil disobedience
C)Decision to observe January 26 as the Poorna Swaraj Day
D)To treat the communal problem as a national issue
Answer: To treat the communal problem as a national issue
- Q. The most outstanding representative of Militant Nationalist School of thought was
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bismil
D)Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. “Din-i-Ilahi” was the new religion started by
A)Jahangir
B)Humayun
C)Akbar
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Regulating Act
C)Charter Act
D)Company Act
Answer: Regulating Act
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