More Questions on History
- Q. Noakhali is situated in
A)Bangladesh
B)West Bengal
C)Tripura
D)Bihar
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. The stone railing which Aurangzeb ordered to remove was presented to Keshav Rai Temple by
A)Shivaji
B)Shah Jahan
C)Dara Shikoh
D)Dadaji
Answer: Dara Shikoh
- Q. The correct chronological order in which the given monuments were built is
A)Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort, Buland Darwaza, Qutab Minar
B)Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
C)Qutab Minar, Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort
D)Gol Gumbaz, Buland Darwaza, Red Fort, Qutab Minar
Answer: Qutab Minar, Buland Darwaza, Gol Gumbaz, Red Fort
- Q. Author of ‘Culture ideology Hegemony Intellectual and Social consciousness in Colonial India’ is
A)K. N. Panikkar
B)K. N. Ganesh
C)R. C. Majumdar
D)Herman Kulke
Answer: K. N. Panikkar
- Q. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghori, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was
A)Hemantasena
B)Samantasena
C)Ballalasena
D)Lakshamanasena
Answer: Lakshamanasena
- Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Willingdon
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
A)Jefferson Davis
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)Robert E. Lee
D)Stonewall Jackson
Answer: Jefferson Davis
- Q. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the Vedic marriage system was/were
A)Sapta-Padi
B)Pani-Grahana
C)Marriage Vows
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Chandrashekhar Azad
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Iqbal
Answer: Bhagat Singh
- Q. In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between:
A)Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Gandhiji and Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Gandhiji and Md. Ali Jinnah
Answer: Gandhiji and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
A)Dhyana
B)Abhaya
C)Dharmachakra
D)Bhumisparsha
Answer: Dharmachakra
- Q. Who established Mahabalipuram?
A)Pandya
B)Pallava
C)Chola
D)Chalukya
Answer: Pallava
- Q. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
A)Sayyid Ahmed Khan
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Aga Khan
D)All of the above
Answer: Aga Khan
- Q. Who is the author of the book “The First Indian War of Independence- 1857-59”?
A)Syed Ahmad Khan
B)Karl Marx
C)R. Mazumdar
D)S. N. Sen
Answer: Karl Marx
- Q. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
A)Punjab
B)Assam
C)Bengal
D)N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
- Q. When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?
A)753
B)752
C)757
D)774
Answer: 774
- 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. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
A)Alamgirpur
B)Hanumangarh
C)Ropar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Alamgirpur
- Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by
A)Bipan Chandra Pal
B)Annie Besant
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which among the following is a place in Larkana district of Sind province in Pakistan?
A)Harappa
B)Alamgirpur
C)Rangapur
D)Mohenjo-Daro
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
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