More Questions on History
- Q. Which famous book was written by Nostradamus
A)Das Kapital
B)Les Propheties
C)The Tempest
D)None of the above
Answer: Les Propheties
- Q. On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?
A)Montague Chelmsford Declaration
B)Charter act of India
C)Morley Minto Reforms
D)None of these
Answer: Montague Chelmsford Declaration
- Q. The term ‘Cold War’ was coined by
A)Prof. Lippmann
B)Bernard Baruch
C)Palmer Perkins
D)Roosevelt
Answer: Bernard Baruch
- Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
A)W. C. Banerjee
B)Gokhale
C)Ranade
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Which of the following leader who presided All India Congress Committee session on 9th August?
A)Aruna Asif Ali
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Aruna Asif Ali
- Q. Which Ottoman Sultan defeat Byzantine Empire and capture Constantinople city in 1453
A)Bayezid II
B)Mehmed II
C)Murad II
D)Mehmed IV
Answer: Mehmed II
- Q. The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was
A)Raja Bhagwan Das
B)Raja Mansingh
C)Raja Todarmal
D)Raja Birbal
Answer: Raja Todarmal
- Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
A)Chand Bardoi
B)Sandhyakara Nandi
C)Banabhatta
D)Kalhana
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
- Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
A)Sama Veda
B)Upanishads
C)Rig Veda
D)Ramayana
Answer: Upanishads
- Q. By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
A)Spices
B)Tea
C)Coffee
D)Cotton
Answer: Tea
- Q. A new period in__________’s life began in 1913 when she became active in Indian politics, and gave a lead by claiming ‘Home Rule’ for India
A)Malati Patwardhan
B)Ammu Swaminathan
C)Annie Besant
D)Ambujammal
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. What was the extent of Harsha’s empire?
A)The whole of India
B)The entire Indian subcontinent
C)The entire Deccan region
D)A part of northern India
Answer: A part of northern India
- Q. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
A)Grihastha- Brahmacharya- Vanaprashta- Sanyasa
B)Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
C)Brahmacharya- Vanprastha- Sanyasa- Grihastha
D)Grihastha- Sanyasa- Vanaprastha- Brahmacharya
Answer: Brahmacharya- Grihashta- Vanaprastha- Sanyasa
- Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
A)Coluccio Salutati
B)Bernardo Rossellino
C)Leonardo Bruni
D)Lorenzo Valla
Answer: Leonardo Bruni
- Q. What was the name assigned to Rishabhnath Tirthankar because of the mark on his right leg?
A)Prajapati
B)Hiranyagarbha
C)Rishabh
D)Vrihad Deva
Answer: Rishabh
- Q. Akbar was__________ years old when he became emperor
A)19
B)16
C)13
D)10
Answer: 13
- Q. The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Ramprasad Bismil
C)Batukeshwar Datta
D)Barkatulla
Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
- Q. Against which Mughal Emperor was a FATWA issued from Jaunpur?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
A)Mauryan period
B)Harappan period
C)Buddhist period
D)Gupta period
Answer: Gupta period
- Q. Which of the following play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Palaka?
A)Raghuvansa
B)Mrcchakatika
C)Sri Adi Kala
D)None of the above
Answer: Mrcchakatika
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