More Questions on History
- Q. The Government of India Act of 1935 borrowed its preamble from
A)The Constitution of Australia
B)The Constitution of the USA
C)From the Government of India Act of 1919
D)From Pitt's India Act
Answer: From the Government of India Act of 1919
- Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A)Chandragupta - I
B)Sri Gupta
C)Ghatotkacha
D)Kumaragupta - I
Answer: Sri Gupta
- Q. Muslim League was established in December
A)1905
B)1906
C)1925
D)1926
Answer: 1906
- Q. In which century, Qutub Minar of Delhi was built?
A)13th Century
B)12th Century
C)14th Century
D)11th Century
Answer: 13th Century
- Q. Who is the only women historian to have written a historical account of Mughal Period?
A)Zebun-nissa Begum
B)Noorjahan Begum
C)Gulbadan Begum
D)Jahanara Begum
Answer: Gulbadan Begum
- Q. Who founded Tattvabodhini sabha in 1839 ?
A)Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
B)Dayanand Sarswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Jogesh Chandra Dutt
Answer: Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
- Q. Alexander the Great died at __________
A)Babylon
B)Susa
C)Macedonia
D)Kabul
Answer: Babylon
- Q. Which of the following according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
A)Non-violence of the weak
B)Non-violence of the brave
C)Non-violence of the coward
D)Non-violence of the down-trodden
Answer: Non-violence of the brave
- Q. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
A)Punjab and NWFP
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Madras and Central Provinces
D)Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. Who took the throne after Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Ashoka
B)Bimbisara
C)Bindusara
D)Vishnugupta
Answer: Bindusara
- Q. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was
A)Henry Middleton
B)Hawkins
C)Thomas Roe
D)Josiah Child
Answer: Thomas Roe
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Shah Jahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year
A)1674
B)1664
C)1670
D)1660
Answer: 1674
- Q. Justice movement was started by? I. C. N. Mudaliar II. T. M. Nair III. P. Tyagaraja
A)Only b
B)Only a
C)By both A and B
D)All the three
Answer: By both A and B
- Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
A)Sutta Pitaka
B)Vinaya Pitaka
C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
D)All the three Pitakas
Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
- Q. The Home Rule League was started by
A)B. G. Tilak
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)Ranade
D)K. T. Telang
Answer: B. G. Tilak
- Q. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was
A)Agrarian Civilization
B)Urban Civilization
C)Mesolithic Civilization
D)Paleolithic Civilization
Answer: Urban Civilization
- Q. Assertion (A): Babur won the first Battle of Panipat. Reason (R): Babur was the first to introduce the use of cannons in India
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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Who is consider as the first Pope of christianity
A)St Linus
B)St Peter
C)St Evaristus
D)St Alexander I
Answer: St Peter
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal Emperor Jahangir? I. Jahangir claimed that he could distinguish the work of different artists in a single picture. II. Painting was at its climax during his reign.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)None of the above
Answer: Both I and II
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