More Questions on History
- Q. Satvahanas minted their coins predominantly in
A)Silver
B)Lead
C)Gold
D)Copper
Answer: Lead
- Q. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Swamy Vivekananda
C)M. K. Gandhi
D)Radhakrishnan
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Noor Jahan was the wife of which Mughal emperor?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Shahjahan
D)Jahangir
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The term ‘Khalisa’ in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for
A)Lands owned by the Sufi establishment
B)Crown lands
C)Lands revenue which was directly deposited in the imperial treasury
D)Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
Answer: Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
- Q. The Opium wars were fought between
A)Britain and India
B)Britain and China
C)India and China
D)Britain and Japan
Answer: Britain and China
- Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A)Aram Shah
B)Balban
C)Nasiruddin Mahmud
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. The land was owned by temples known as __________
A)Brahmaswam
B)Dewaswam
C)Cherikkal
D)Kanam
Answer: Dewaswam
- Q. In 1905 __________ laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view to the training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by all constitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people
A)Dadabai Naoroji
B)Gokhale
C)R. C. Dutt
D)Ranade
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Tansen, a great musician of his time, was in the Court of
A)Akbar
B)Jahangir
C)Shahjahan
D)Bahadur Shah
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Frontier Gandhi actively participated in
A)Non-Cooperation Movement
B)Khilafat Movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)All the above
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. The Times of India’ which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1988, was first published in 1838 as
A)Bombay Times
B)Bombay Chronicle
C)Indian Times
D)National Times
Answer: Bombay Times
- Q. The use of the mother tongue in India in the law Court was permitted by
A)Cornwallis
B)Lord Hastings
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Bentinck
Answer: Bentinck
- Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
A)I, II and III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All four are correct
Answer: All four are correct
- Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
A)Darius III
B)Alexander the Great
C)King Porus
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: King Porus
- Q. Which of the following Governor-General introduced the services of Railway and telegraph systems?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)Lord Wellesley
D)Lord Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. The Mughal queen, whose name was inscribed on the coins and on all royal farmans as well as attached to the imperial signature was
A)Nur Jahan
B)Jodha Bai
C)Mumtaz Mahal
D)Ladli Begum
Answer: Nur Jahan
- Q. The Indian People play people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of:
A)Indian National Congress
B)The Forward Block
C)Communist Party of India
D)None of these
Answer: Communist Party of India
- Q. The worship of Mother goddess was related
A)With the Mediterranean Civilization
B)With the Aryan Civilization
C)With the Indus Valley Civilization
D)With the Vedic Civilization
Answer: With the Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. The famous Kailashnath Temple at Kanchi was built by
A)Narasimhavarman II
B)Mahendravarman 1
C)Nandivarman II
D)Daritivarrnan
Answer: Narasimhavarman II
- Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
A)Wellesley
B)William Bentinck
C)Wavell
D)Mountbatten
Answer: Mountbatten
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