More Questions on History
- Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
A)Jodhpur
B)Haryana
C)Kashmir
D)Ludhiana
Answer: Ludhiana
- Q. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who succeeded Guru Nanak?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Angad
C)Guru Arjun
D)Guru Hargobind
Answer: Guru Angad
- Q. Which of the following buildings at Fatehpur Sikri is known as Ibadatkhana where Akbar used to hold religious discussions?
A)Diwan-i-Khas
B)Diwan-i-Aam
C)Panch Mahal
D)Jami Masjid
Answer: Diwan-i-Khas
- Q. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
A)Megasthenese
B)Hiuen Tsang
C)I-Tsing
D)Fahien
Answer: Megasthenese
- Q. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C)Lord Pethick Lawrence
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
A)Gandhara Style
B)The Persian Style
C)Hindu Style
D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
- Q. Identify the body among the following that was not founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
A)People's Education Society
B)Samaj Samato Sangh
C)Deccan Education Society
D)Depressed Classes Institute
Answer: Deccan Education Society
- Q. Who is regarded as ‘the Mother of the Indian Revolution’?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rani Lakshmi Bai
C)Madam Bhikaji Cama
D)Priti Lata Waddedar
Answer: Madam Bhikaji Cama
- Q. When did the first Huna invasion take place?
A)458 AD
B)358 AD
C)558 AD
D)658 AD
Answer: 458 AD
- Q. Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you”?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Annie Besant
C)George Yule
D)Sir William Wedderburn
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The first President of the Ghadar Party – founded in 1913 in USA was
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Lata Hardayal
C)Bhai Parmanand
D)Sardar Ajit Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- Q. Tripitakas are sacred books of
A)Hindus
B)Buddhists
C)Jains
D)None of the above
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
A)Dacca
B)Lucknow
C)Lahore
D)Aligarh
Answer: Dacca
- Q. __________ started The Adyar Bulletin, which continued until 1929
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Annie Besant
C)Durgabai Deshmukh
D)Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. When was Russia proclaimed as an Empire?
A)1721
B)1682
C)1725
D)1762
Answer: 1721
- Q. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
A)Indians living in Tokyo
B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
C)Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
Answer: different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
- Q. Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
A)Lawrence
B)Canning
C)Dalhousie
D)Curzon
Answer: Canning
- Q. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’?
A)Dharam Kumar
B)A. R. Desai
C)Ray Chaudhuri
D)K. Rajayyan
Answer: A. R. Desai
- Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Brahmi
D)Kharoshthi
Answer: Sanskrit
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