More Questions on History
- Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)Danish
D)French
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:
A)Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
B)Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi
C)Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge
D)Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
- Q. Who among the following was an illiterate?
A)Shah Jahan
B)Jahagir
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
A)Dakhma
B)Tripitaka
C)Khanjah
D)Synagogue
Answer: Khanjah
- Q. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
A)Hinduism
B)Zoroastrianism
C)Buddhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Hinduism
- Q. The peasant movements, revolts, riots, struggles, etc. in 19th century, India remained mainly localised because
A)the peasants had no leadership and organisation
B)they were mainly directed against enhancement in rent, evictions, usurious practices of moneylenders, etc.
C)they grew out of local grievances
D)the big landlords were allies of the British
Answer: they grew out of local grievances
- Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Annie Besant
C)George Yule
D)Sir William Wedderburn
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem are?
A)Yajurveda
B)Prashna
C)Mundaka
D)Ishavasya
Answer: Mundaka
- Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
A)The Panch Mahal
B)The Rang Mahal
C)The Red Fort
D)The Bahai temple
Answer: The Panch Mahal
- Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A)Chandragupta - I
B)Sri Gupta
C)Ghatotkacha
D)Kumaragupta - I
Answer: Sri Gupta
- Q. What was the capital of Avanti?
A)Ujjain
B)Gaya
C)Satna
D)Vallabhi
Answer: Ujjain
- Q. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?
A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud
C)Ibrahim Lodi
D)Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Firuz Shah Tughlaq
- Q. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
A)Pepper
B)Ivory
C)A fine variety of Indian muslin
D)Damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
Answer: Pepper
- Q. Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement “Anarchism”?
A)Gorkhy
B)Mikhail Bakunin
C)Leo Tolstoy
D)Turganew
Answer: Mikhail Bakunin
- Q. In which script were the Ashokan inscription were written in North West Frontier Province?
A)Brahmi
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Kharoshti
Answer: Kharoshti
- Q. In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
A)to launch a campaign against untouchability
B)to appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans
C)for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
D)For all the above
Answer: for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
- Q. The year which is associated with the Gadar movement is:
A)1913
B)1911
C)1917
D)1922
Answer: 1913
- Q. In the battle of Panipat, Babur faced the armies of
A)Hemu
B)Jaichand
C)Daulat khan
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)C R Das
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Lokmanya Tilak
Answer: Lokmanya Tilak
- Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Lokmanya TiIak
C)Bhikaji Cama
D)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
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