More Questions on History
- Q. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
A)Iltutmish
B)Sikandar Lodi
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was
A)Maitreyi
B)Kalhana
C)Kalidasa
D)Panini
Answer: Panini
- Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
A)1809
B)1804
C)1820
D)1822
Answer: 1804
- Q. The strategy of ‘divide and rule’ had been actually practised by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Minto
D)Lord Dufferin
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. Who was called India’s Napoleon because of his victories?
A)Chandragupta
B)Skandagupta
C)Brahmagupta
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. The language from which the term ‘India’ is derived is
A)Greek
B)English
C)Persian
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. Which of the following inscriptions is found in purest Sanskrit?
A)Junagarh
B)Ruminidei
C)Kalsi
D)Patliputra
Answer: Junagarh
- Q. Crimean War was started in the year
A)1857
B)1853
C)1862
D)1870
Answer: 1853
- Q. Which of the following leaders was one of the founding member of the Muslim League?
A)Shaukat Ali
B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C)Nawab Salimullah
D)Aga Khan
Answer: Nawab Salimullah
- Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
A)Jaipur
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Amarkot
Answer: Agra
- Q. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindias
B)Holkars
C)Bundela Rajputs
D)Chandela Rajputs
Answer: Chandela Rajputs
- Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
A)Subsidiary Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)Mediatisation
D)Annexation of Indian States
Answer: Subsidiary Alliance
- Q. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
A)Trivarga
B)Triratna
C)Trisarga
D)Trimurti
Answer: Triratna
- Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
A)III, II, IV, II
B)I, II, III , IV
C)IV, III, II, I
D)II, IV, III, I
Answer: I, II, III , IV
- Q. When did the Nanking Massacre start?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was
A)a military State
B)a loose federation
C)a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
D)a regency of the Peshwa
Answer: a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
A)Lawrence
B)Canning
C)Dalhousie
D)Curzon
Answer: Canning
- Q. Who said about the British Government these words – “You do not realize how strong the government is if the congress challenges the government the government would finish it in five minutes?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Basant Kumar Biswas
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Rowaltt Act
C)Partition of Bengal
D)Simon Commission
Answer: Simon Commission
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