More Questions on History
- Q. The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at Satara and is said to have died in Punjab, was
A)Namadeva
B)Jnanesvar
C)Tukaram
D)Guru Ramdas
Answer: Namadeva
- Q. __________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished by the Femine Commissioon of 1660 had struck :
A)Northern India
B)Eastern India
C)Southern India
D)Western India
Answer: Western India
- Q. Who is the author of “From the Founding of the City”?
A)Livy
B)Cicero
C)Polybius
D)Sallust
Answer: Livy
- Q. Assertion (A): Chandragupta Maurya failed in his first campaign against Magadha. Reason (R): He did not begin with the frontiers, but invaded the heart of Magadha.
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
A)underground drainage system
B)town planning
C)uniformity of weights and measures
D)large agricultural surplus
Answer: underground drainage system
- Q. The author of ‘Arthashastra’ was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ashoka
C)Samudragupta
D)Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to__________ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system
A)Sabarmati
B)Dandi
C)Champaran
D)Chauri Chaura
Answer: Champaran
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Gandhi had been provoked into crusading for the lot of the Asians in South Africa by the British law called the Act
A)Blacks' Registration
B)Apartheid
C)cl Asiatic Registration
D)Subcitizens' Licence
Answer: cl Asiatic Registration
- Q. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
A)1813
B)1814
C)1815
D)1816
Answer: 1815
- Q. Who deciphered Ashokan inscription?
A)Lady Hardinge
B)Robert Clive
C)James Prinsep
D)Dalhousie
Answer: James Prinsep
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of the government of India Act, 1858?
A)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
B)India was to be governed in the Queen's name
C)Provision for the creation of an Indian Civil Service under the control of the Secretary of State
D)The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
Answer: The British Parliament was empowered to appoint a Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies
- Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
A)Jinnah
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Rahmat Ali
Answer: Rahmat Ali
- Q. Which ancient account describes the Nandas expedition over all their rival monarchs that make them powerful rulers of North India?
A)Vedas
B)Manusmriti
C)Puranas
D)Brahamanas
Answer: Puranas
- Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A)Aram Shah
B)Balban
C)Nasiruddin Mahmud
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?
A)Vikramaditya
B)Kanishka
C)Samudra Gupta
D)Ashoka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. As per Wavell’s Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________
A)Parliament
B)Viceroy
C)An Indian Member of the Executive Council
D)Secretary of State
Answer: An Indian Member of the Executive Council
- Q. India was partitioned as a consequence of the formula contained in
A)Attlee's Declaration
B)Cabinet Mission Plan
C)June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
D)Both B and C above
Answer: June 3 Plan or Mountbatten Plan
- Q. Arrange the following events in correct sequence with reference to the Indian freedom struggle I. Passing of ‘Indian Press Act’ II. Surat Split of Congress III. Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement IV. Passing of ‘Rowlatt Act’
A)II, I, III, IV
B)I, II, III, IV
C)II, I, IV, III
D)I, II, IV, III
Answer: II, I, IV, III
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History