More Questions on History
- Q. The Regulating Act was passed in the year
A)1773
B)1793
C)1763
D)1783
Answer: 1773
- Q. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
A)Dharam Kumar
B)A. R. Desai
C)Ray Chaudhuri
D)K. Rajayyan
Answer: A. R. Desai
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding Gyana Prasarak Mandalis or student literary and scientific societies is / are correct? I. Formed by common people to educate youth II. Had two branches Marathi and Guajarati III. Aimed to start schools for girls. IV. Organized lectures to propagate their ideas
A)I III and IV only
B)I and II only
C)II and III only
D)II, III and IV
Answer: II, III and IV
- Q. Who has called the Prime Minister Primus inter pares (first among equlas)?
A)Harcourt
B)Morely
C)Laski
D)Lowell
Answer: Morely
- Q. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala?
A)Shuktimati
B)Sravasti
C)Kaushambi
D)Indraprastha
Answer: Sravasti
- Q. Which was the oldest University?
A)Kanauj
B)Gandhara
C)Nalanda
D)Vaishali
Answer: Nalanda
- Q. The Company’s monopoly of Trade was abolished by the Act of
A)1813
B)1793
C)1833
D)Pitt's India Act
Answer: 1833
- Q. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
A)Mohanlal Pandya
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Patel
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Mohanlal Pandya
- Q. What name was given to Rishabhnath Tirthankar due to his father Nabhiraya?
A)Anantnath
B)Dharam Nath
C)Chandra Prabhu
D)Nabhisunu
Answer: Nabhisunu
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the Durrani Empire
A)Zaman Shah Durrani
B)Timur Shah Durrani
C)Mahmud Shah Durrani
D)Ahmad Shah Durrani
Answer: Ahmad Shah Durrani
- Q. Who got the Gita translated into Persian?
A)Akbar
B)Shah Jahan
C)Murad
D)Dara Shikoh
Answer: Dara Shikoh
- Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was designed by
A)Santiago Calatrava
B)Frederick William Stevens
C)Fazlur Rahman Khan
D)Frei Otto
Answer: Frederick William Stevens
- Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
A)R.C. Mazumdar
B)S.N. Sen
C)B.G. Tilak
D)V.D. Savakar
Answer: V.D. Savakar
- Q. Which is a treatise on the science of governance?
A)Ramayana
B)Mahabharata
C)Kautilya's Arthshastra
D)Chandrawati Ramayana
Answer: Kautilya's Arthshastra
- Q. Todar Mal was associated with
A)literature
B)music
C)land revenue reforms
D)law
Answer: land revenue reforms
- Q. Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?
A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
Answer: The Regulating Act, AD 1773
- Q. Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
A)Janatrika
B)Shakya
C)Mallas
D)Lichhavis
Answer: Janatrika
- Q. The aim of Ashoka’s Dhamma was
A)Religious domination
B)Subtle conquest
C)A casteless society
D)Non-violence and peace
Answer: Non-violence and peace
- Q. Which of the following are two works of Kalidasa?
A)Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
B)Raghuvamsha and Kiratarjuniya
C)Malti Madhava and Kumara Sambhava
D)Malti Madhav and Kumara Sambhava
Answer: Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
- Q. Muslim League was established in December
A)1905
B)1906
C)1925
D)1926
Answer: 1906
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