More Questions on History
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
A)Pune
B)Ratnagiri
C)Mumbai
D)None of these
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. During the Mughal period Polaj was the
A)land left fallow
B)land annually cultivated
C)land uncultivated
D)barren land
Answer: land annually cultivated
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
A)Monghyr
B)Daccan
C)Calcutta
D)Murshidabad
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
A)Rs. 400,000
B)Rs. 480,000
C)Rs. 500,000
D)Rs. 300,000
Answer: Rs. 400,000
- Q. Who was the Greek ambassador in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
A)Seleucos
B)Megasthanes
C)Menander
D)Demetrias
Answer: Megasthanes
- Q. Alexander the great, was obliged to go back because
A)he suffered defeat in India
B)he fell ill
C)his forces refused to go further
D)he did not like India
Answer: his forces refused to go further
- Q. Buddha gave his first religious message at
A)Pataliputra
B)Rajagriha
C)Gaya
D)Sarnath
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. When was Charlemagne crowned as Roman Emperor?
A)860
B)800
C)871
D)899
Answer: 800
- Q. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
A)Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
B)Shankracharya was born that year.
C)Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
D)All Muslim invaders were defeated.
Answer: Shankracharya was born that year.
- Q. The philosophical essence, The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul may be traced to the
A)Upanishadas
B)Vedas
C)Puranas
D)Manusmriti
Answer: Upanishadas
- Q. The first President of the Ghadar Party – founded in 1913 in USA was
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Lata Hardayal
C)Bhai Parmanand
D)Sardar Ajit Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. Jahangir was born in the year
A)1669
B)1569
C)1769
D)1869
Answer: 1569
- Q. Who was the patron of the 3rd Buddhist council?
A)Ashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Kanishka
D)Harsha
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu’s philosophical genius and passion for Yoga, introduced him to__________, a ‘Hatha yogi’
A)Thycattu Ayyaavu
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Thycattu Ayyaavu
- Q. The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by
A)Queen Anbolin
B)Queen Elizabeth I
C)Queen Mary
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
- Q. The court language of the Mughals was
A)Hindi
B)Urdu
C)Arabic
D)Persian
Answer: Persian
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of
A)Hindu Muslim riots
B)the Chauri Chaura incident
C)arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for six years
D)all the above
Answer: the Chauri Chaura incident
- Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breath?
A)Red Fort
B)Agra Fort
C)Taj Mahal
D)Buland Darwaza
Answer: Taj Mahal
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History