More Questions on History
- Q. Tilak was sentenced and transported to
A)Mandalay
B)Mandal
C)Australia
D)Andaman
Answer: Mandalay
- Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
A)First Carnatic War
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Buxar
D)Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. Kasturba Gandhi died in detention (in 1944) at
A)Ahmedabad Prison
B)Yeravada Jail
C)Aga Khan Palace
D)Ahmednagar Fort
Answer: Aga Khan Palace
- Q. Regulating Act was in the year of__________
A)1673
B)1573
C)1773
D)1873
Answer: 1773
- Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ashoka
C)Samudragupta
D)Chandragupta II
Answer: Chandragupta II
- Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Inder Kumar Gujral
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Mohammad Iqbal
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. The daughter who milks animals in the Vedic period was known as
A)Duhitr
B)Kubha
C)Komi
D)Sardha
Answer: Duhitr
- Q. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc. in his diary?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. Who said about Mahatma Gandhi that he is a “half naked Fakir”?
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Winston Churchill
C)Lord Wavell
D)Lord Lirrlithgow
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
A)common brotherhood
B)friendship and goodwill to all
C)fraternity and friendship
D)harmony and peace to all
Answer: harmony and peace to all
- Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
A)Loria
B)Sanchi
C)Kesaria
D)All of the above
Answer: Sanchi
- Q. The last country of Axis power to surrender during the end of the World War II was
A)Japan
B)Germany
C)Italy
D)France
Answer: Japan
- Q. Idol of dancing girl (Bronze) is found in which of the following civilization?
A)Indus Valley Civilization
B)Mesopotamian Civilization
C)Persian Civilization
D)Egyptian Civilization
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. Which of the following statement regarding Henry Vivian Derozio are correct? I. He is an Anglo-Indian II. Was called first nationalist poet of modern India III. He taught at Hindu college and was later removed because of his radicalism
A)Only I and II
B)Only I
C)Only II and III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The Swaraj Party was organised by
A)Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
B)Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
C)CR Das and Motilal Nehru
D)C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Answer: CR Das and Motilal Nehru
- Q. During the Mughal period the main source of Imperial revenue was
A)Customs duties
B)Agriculture
C)Industry
D)Foreign trade
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Tansen
D)Todarmal
Answer: Bairam Khan
- Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Aryankas? I. It is a treatise of forest which explain the rituals while dwelling into the philosophical discussions of the Brahmanas. II. They record the transitions between ritualistic symbolism of Brahmanas and philosophical aspects of Upanishads
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The Battle of Plassey is a particularly important event in Indian history because
A)It enabled the British to have power in Bengal
B)The Nawab of Bengal lost in it
C)It laid the foundation for British rule in India
D)It enabled the British to reap higher trade profits
Answer: It laid the foundation for British rule in India
- Q. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of
A)Guru Tegh Bahadur
B)Guru Ram Das
C)Guru Angad
D)Guru Arjan
Answer: Guru Arjan
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