More Questions on History
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
A)Nurjahan
B)Razia Sultana
C)Mumtaz
D)None of the above
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Q. Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and __________
A)China
B)Pakistan
C)Tibet
D)Afghanistan
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. Alauddin Khalji’s commander who led the campaign to South India was
A)Ulugh Khan
B)Alpkhan
C)Nusarat Khan
D)Malik Kafur
Answer: Malik Kafur
- Q. Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called __________
A)Nearchos
B)Ptolemy
C)Menander
D)Porus
Answer: Nearchos
- Q. Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya – “India for Indians”?
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Sri Aurobindo
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. Muslim League was established in December
A)1905
B)1906
C)1925
D)1926
Answer: 1906
- Q. As the unrest continued unabatedly, the Madras government appointed . . . . . . the collector of Malabar as special commissioner to enquire into the causes of the uprisings and recommend remedial measures.
A)William Logan
B)Connolly
C)S. N. Banerjee
D)Gokahale
Answer: William Logan
- Q. The British Conservative Party was earlier known as
A)Fabians
B)Whigs
C)Levellors
D)Tories
Answer: Tories
- Q. The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Ayodhya
C)Gwalior
D)Dwarka
Answer: Ajmer
- Q. Sati was declared a punishable offence in__________
A)1729
B)1727
C)1829
D)1834
Answer: 1829
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Skill
D)Power
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
A)The medieval era of European history
B)The crisis of Western Europe
C)The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500
D)The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity
Answer: The medieval era of European history
- Q. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?
A)Scheduled Tribes
B)Scheduled Caste
C)Anglo-Indian
D)Landed Gentry
Answer: Landed Gentry
- Q. Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of
A)Waterloo
B)Russia
C)Peninsular
D)Rivoli
Answer: Waterloo
- Q. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A)Chandragupta - I
B)Sri Gupta
C)Ghatotkacha
D)Kumaragupta - I
Answer: Sri Gupta
- Q. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
A)Prakrit
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Sauraseni
Answer: Pali
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the techniques of ‘Satyagraha’ advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
A)Fasting
B)Ahimsa
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Non-Cooperation
Answer: Ahimsa
- Q. In 1920 under her leadership the__________, the Ahmedabad textile mill workers union was established
A)Ushabai Dange
B)Majoor Mahajan
C)Parvati Bhore
D)Maniben Kara
Answer: Majoor Mahajan
- Q. Who among the following took greater interest in laying out gardens than others?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
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