More Questions on History
- Q. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by
A)IIitutmish
B)Balban
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. __________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.”
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Tilak
- Q. When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans?
A)1378
B)1305
C)1453
D)1414
Answer: 1453
- Q. Who built the famous Charminar of Hyderabad?
A)Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
B)Krishndev Rai
C)Nadir Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
- Q. Who of the following was associated with the publication of a large number of weeklies and dailies such as Hindustan, Indian Union, Leader, Maryada, Kissan, Abhudaya etc.?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
Answer: Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
- Q. When did the Battle of Kosovo take place?
A)1366
B)1261
C)1389
D)1396
Answer: 1389
- Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A)Poor
B)Nobles
C)Middle Class
D)Foreign residents
Answer: Poor
- Q. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
A)Abdur Rahim
B)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
C)Mulla Wajhi
D)Chand Bardai
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. Which of the following is not true about Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
A)He started Ganpati Festval in 1893
B)He wrote 'Gita Rahasya'
C)He launched a newspaper 'Kesari' in English
D)He started home rule league in 1916
Answer: He launched a newspaper 'Kesari' in English
- Q. The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the
A)10th Century AD
B)9th Century AD
C)12th Century AD
D)14th Century AD
Answer: 14th Century AD
- Q. Jahangir was born in the year
A)1669
B)1569
C)1769
D)1869
Answer: 1569
- Q. In which year Japan attacked Manchuria
A)1931
B)1928
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. When did the Three Kingdoms period begin in China?
A)226
B)220
C)238
D)280
Answer: 220
- Q. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander the Great?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Bimbisara
C)Ashoka
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally in the battle of
A)Chausa
B)Chunar
C)Ghagra
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. Name the kingdom which first used elephants in wars
A)Magadha
B)Kosala
C)Champa
D)Avanti
Answer: Magadha
- Q. Who among the following was impeached in the UK for his actions in India?
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Hastings
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or uniformity in
A)Cereal crops
B)Weights and measures
C)Burial practices
D)Both (B) and (C)
Answer: Burial practices
- Q. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
A)Muslims
B)Jews
C)Christians
D)Sikhs
Answer: Muslims
- Q. Tolkappiyam is associated with the
A)second Sangam period
B)first Sangam period
C)third Sangam period
D)post-third Sangam period
Answer: second Sangam period
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