More Questions on History
- Q. Where did Moplah revolt took place?
A)Bihar
B)Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Genghis Khan died in the year
A)1219
B)1209
C)1227
D)1232
Answer: 1227
- Q. Which one of the following U.S. President visited China in 1972 for strengthening diplomatic ties?
A)George Bush (Senior)
B)Richard Nixon
C)D Eisenhowar
D)J. F. Kennedy
Answer: Richard Nixon
- Q. The first Buddhist Council was held at
A)Rajgriha
B)Kashmir
C)Pataliputra
D)Vaisali
Answer: Rajgriha
- Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth.”?
A)Leo Tolstoy
B)Bertrand Russell
C)Albert Einstein
D)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Answer: Albert Einstein
- Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
A)Gangetic Doab
B)Central India
C)Saptasindhu
D)Kashmir and Punjab
Answer: Saptasindhu
- Q. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Pattabhi Sitharamayy
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)VB Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitharamayy
- Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- 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. Who made the famous statement “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
A)Mirabeau
B)John Locke
C)Voltaire
D)Jean Jacques Rousseau
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Q. We can know about early vedic period from
A)the Rig Veda
B)archaeological excavations
C)Jatak Katha
D)contemporary culture
Answer: the Rig Veda
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. Charak was the famous court physician of
A)Chandra Gupta Maurya
B)Harsha
C)Ashoka
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. During the Mughal rule in the field of agriculture Parauti was the land
A)left fallow
B)annually cultivated
C)uncultivated
D)barren land
Answer: left fallow
- Q. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
A)Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
B)Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji
C)Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram
D)Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram
Answer: Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
- Q. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
A)1904
B)1907
C)1903
D)1896
Answer: 1904
- Q. Who discovered a direct sea route to India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Which of the following is true regarding the Aryan Economy? I. Aryans, crossed the nomadic stage. II. Lion, elephants, & Boar were not known to them. III. Coins were known to them.
A)II, III
B)Only I
C)I, III
D)All of the above
Answer: Only I
- Q. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”?
A)Mir Qasim
B)Mir Jafar
C)Sirajudduala
D)None of these
Answer: Sirajudduala
- Q. Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system of coinage, and new scales of weights and measures?
A)Murshid Quli Khan
B)Tipu Sultan
C)Raghunath Rao
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Tipu Sultan
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