More Questions on History
- Q. Karl Marx lived in exile and wrote from
A)London
B)Moscow
C)Paris
D)Stockholm
Answer: London
- Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
A)1729
B)1727
C)1829
D)1834
Answer: 1829
- Q. The worship of images (of Buddha) in India began during the period
A)Sunga
B)Mauryan
C)Kushana
D)Gupta
Answer: Kushana
- Q. The Communist Party of India was founded in 1921 by
A)SM Joshi
B)Hiren Mukherjee
C)MN Roy
D)RC Dutt
Answer: MN Roy
- Q. The East India Company was established in the year
A)1600 AD
B)1607 AD
C)1700 AD
D)1669 AD
Answer: 1600 AD
- Q. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalities at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Dr. Ansari
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Who is known as the “slave of a slave”?
A)Mahmud of Ghazni
B)Muhammad bin Oasim
C)Iltutmish
D)Outbuddin Aibak
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ was in the year __________
A)1757
B)1657
C)1765
D)1857
Answer: 1857
- Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
A)5 years
B)4 years
C)3 years
D)2 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army in :
A)1935
B)1932
C)1943
D)1945
Answer: 1943
- Q. During which dynasty Paper was invented in China
A)Tang Dynasty
B)Xia Dynasty
C)Yuan Dynasty
D)Han Dynasty
Answer: Han Dynasty
- Q. Which of the following ruler was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
A)Nizam of Hyderabad
B)Scindia of Gwalior
C)Dalip Singh of Punjab
D)Gaikwad of Baroda
Answer: Nizam of Hyderabad
- Q. Bagh painting of Gupta Empire was found in which of the following Indian states?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Bihar
C)Chattisgarh
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. What was Hampi known for?
A)It had the largest stable in medieval India
B)It was the capital of Golconda
C)It had the translation of the Indian epics to Persian
D)It was the capital of Vijayanagar
Answer: It was the capital of Vijayanagar
- Q. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
A)1942
B)1935
C)1921
D)1922
Answer: 1921
- Q. Which of the following statement is not related to the Akbar’s reign?
A)A syncretic religion, called "divine faith," which stressed loyalty to the emperor
B)Religious toleration for Hindus and Sikhs
C)A centralized administrative structure with ministers appointed to regional provinces
D)Education and basic rights for Indian women
Answer: Education and basic rights for Indian women
- Q. Which of the following reform is the legislative contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy?
A)Indianisation of superior services
B)Abolition of sati
C)Reduction of export duties on Indian goods
D)Abolition of east India company's trading rights
Answer: Abolition of sati
- Q. Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal principle of the theosophical society?
A)Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western enlightenment
B)It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
C)It believed in the existence of unique connections between god and every being
D)It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and karma
Answer: It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
- Q. The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
A)Devendranath Tagore
B)Swami Dayanand
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Keshub Chandra Sen
Answer: Swami Dayanand
- Q. The architectural raw material generally used in Akbar’s period was
A)Brick
B)Marble
C)Limestone
D)Redstone
Answer: Redstone
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