More Questions on History
- Q. Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called
A)Swatantra Bharat Brigade
B)Himalayan Brigade
C)Bhagat Singh Brigade
D)Subhash Brigade
Answer: Subhash Brigade
- Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
A)The USSR
B)The USA
C)Canada
D)Ireland
Answer: The USSR
- Q. According to Gandhi, ahimsa could not be construed to mean
A)a positive state of law
B)truth
C)tolerance of the wrong and unjust
D)doing good even to the evildoers
Answer: tolerance of the wrong and unjust
- Q. The first Round Table conference was held on:
A)August 12, 1930
B)December 12, 1930
C)April 12, 1930
D)November 12, 1930
Answer: November 12, 1930
- Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. Chanakya was known as__________
A)R.C.Majumdar
B)Sumit Sarkar
C)Panikkar K.N
D)K.K.N.Kurup
Answer: Panikkar K.N
- Q. Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt. I. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers. II. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers. III. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A)860
B)800
C)871
D)899
Answer: 800
- Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- Q. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by
A)Alauddin Hasan
B)Ahmad Shah-I
C)Mahmud Gavan
D)Firoz shah Bahmani
Answer: Alauddin Hasan
- Q. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
A)Warangal
B)Dwarasamudra
C)Kalyani
D)Devagiri
Answer: Devagiri
- Q. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
A)Mirza Raja Jai Singh
B)Shaista Khan
C)Prince Muazzam
D)Dilir Khan
Answer: Mirza Raja Jai Singh
- Q. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are?
A)Hindu and Muslim
B)Buddhist and Jain
C)Buddhist only
D)Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
Answer: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar’s official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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: A is true but R is false
- Q. The Mughals imported fruits from
A)Arabia
B)Samarkand
C)Kabul
D)Portugal
Answer: Samarkand
- Q. According to the terms of the treaty of Srirangapattanam, . . . . . . was ceded to the British
A)Cochi
B)Malabar
C)Travancore
D)Mysore
Answer: Malabar
- Q. What do you consider to be the least important cause for Alauddin’s south Indian campaigns?
A)Imperialism
B)Political condition of South India
C)Fabulous wealth
D)Religion
Answer: Religion
- Q. “The Three Emperors League” 1873 was also known as
A)Triple Alliance
B)Dreikaiserbund Treaty
C)Reinsurance Treaty
D)The Dual Alliance
Answer: Dreikaiserbund Treaty
- Q. When Alexander invaded India, Magadha was being ruled by the
A)Sisunagas
B)Haryankas
C)Nandas
D)Mauryas
Answer: Nandas
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
A)Deer
B)Humped Bull
C)Elephant
D)Horse
Answer: Deer
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