More Questions on History
- Q. For which period did Harihara Raya II of Sangma dynasty ruled the Vijaynagara Empire?
A)1485-1491
B)1446-1465
C)1491-1505
D)1377-1404
Answer: 1377-1404
- Q. Which one is the oldest existing University in the World
A)University of al-Karaouine
B)University of Oxford
C)Al-Azhar University
D)University of Bologna
Answer: University of al-Karaouine
- Q. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of
A)Stones, trees and animals
B)Pashupati, Indra and the Mother Goddess
C)Vishnu and Lakshmi
D)Siva and Sakti
Answer: Stones, trees and animals
- Q. First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year
A)1894
B)1848
C)1901
D)1896
Answer: 1894
- Q. The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was
A)Gowri Shankar
B)Abhi Shankar
C)Daya Shankar
D)Mula Shankar
Answer: Mula Shankar
- Q. The previous name of Zaire was
A)Liberia
B)Benin
C)Congo
D)Sierra Leone
Answer: Congo
- Q. The Ganapati festival was started in __________
A)1793
B)1792
C)1893
D)1904
Answer: 1893
- Q. Which of the following civilization is famous for its city/town planning?
A)Mesopotamian Civilization
B)Indus Valley Civilization
C)Persian Civilization
D)Egyptian Civilization
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. The Mughal government can be described as an/a
A)Liberal monarchy
B)Autocracy
C)Centralised despotism
D)Absolute monarchy
Answer: Centralised despotism
- Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
A)Ashoka
B)Akbar
C)Shershah Suri
D)Samudra Gupta
Answer: Shershah Suri
- Q. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Willingdon
C)Lord Linlithgow
D)Viscount Wavell
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year
A)1674
B)1664
C)1670
D)1660
Answer: 1674
- Q. Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country, for religion could not appease hunger?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
A)Lord Northbrook
B)Lord Harding
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Lord Mayo
Answer: Lord Mayo
- Q. A Study in Consciousness was written by __________
A)Mrinal Gore
B)Annie Besant
C)Prasanna Kumar Tagore
D)Rajkamal Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Assertion (A): Rana Sanga lost the battle of Khanwa in the year 1527. Reason (R): An ally of Rana Sanga, Hasan Khan Mewati betrayed him during the battle
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: A is true but R is false
- Q. Which Bhakti saint opposed cast distinctions and sympathetic towards lower caste in the 6th century AD?
A)Chaitanya
B)Gnanadev
C)Namadeva
D)Ekanatha
Answer: Ekanatha
- Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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: A is true but R is false
- Q. Who called Muazzam as Shahi-i- Bekhabar?
A)Zulfikar khan
B)Kafi Khan
C)Kam Baksh
D)Nur Jahan
Answer: Kafi Khan
- Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
A)1937
B)1947
C)1927
D)1917
Answer: 1917
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