More Questions on History
- Q. The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
A)Kanishka
B)Samudragupta
C)Chandragupta II
D)Ashoka
Answer: Chandragupta II
- Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
A)Ashoka
B)Akbar
C)Shershah Suri
D)Samudra Gupta
Answer: Shershah Suri
- Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Anand Mohan Bose
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was
A)Agriculture
B)Sea faring
C)Working in mines
D)Service in the army
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
A)Jainism
B)Buddhism
C)Hinduism
D)Sikhism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. Which one of the following U.S. President visited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomatic ties?
A)George Bush (Senior)
B)Richard Nixon
C)D Eisenhowar
D)J. F. Kennedy
Answer: Richard Nixon
- Q. When was Han Dynasty established?
A)209 BC
B)220 BC
C)208 BC
D)206 BC
Answer: 206 BC
- Q. Ashoka sent missionaries to
A)Tibet and Ceylon
B)China and Kashmir
C)Tibet and China
D)Kashmir and Ceylon
Answer: Tibet and Ceylon
- 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 the famous Resolution on non-cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of the Congress held in Calcutta?
A)December, 1922
B)September, 1920
C)October, 1924
D)November, 1925
Answer: September, 1920
- Q. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
A)tribals
B)robbers
C)non-Aryans
D)menials
Answer: non-Aryans
- Q. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western __________ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries
A)Afghanistan
B)Iraq
C)Pakistan
D)India
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. Who wrote Panchatantra?
A)Vishnu Sharma
B)Kalidas
C)Chanakya
D)Nagarjun
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
- Q. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
A)Humayun
B)Shershah
C)Babur
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India
A)Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
B)To creates a Shiite Muslim state
C)To control the trade routes into Southeast Asia
D)To defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi
Answer: Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
- Q. When was Xerxes I murdered?
A)460 BC
B)465 BC
C)449 BC
D)447 BC
Answer: 465 BC
- Q. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?
A)1991
B)1990
C)1992
D)1993
Answer: 1991
- Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
A)Akbar
B)Sher Shah
C)Humayun
D)Bhadur Shah
Answer: Humayun
- Q. During Aurangzeb’s reign, which of the following were not included in his government?
A)Marathas
B)Rajputs
C)Pathans
D)All of these
Answer: Marathas
- Q. The transfer of Government from the ‘Company’ to the ‘Crown’ was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
A)Delhi
B)Calcutta
C)Patna
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
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