More Questions on History
- Q. Second battle of Panipat was fought between which two armies?
A)Babur and Rana Sanga
B)Babur and Lodi Empire
C)Akbar and Hemu
D)Akbar and Rana of Mewar
Answer: Akbar and Hemu
- Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A)Upagupta
B)Vishnu Gupta
C)Brahma Gupta
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. The Arabic work of Al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called__________
A)Kitab - Al Bharat
B)Kitab - AI Hind
C)Pustak - AI Hind
D)Pustak - AI Bharat
Answer: Kitab - AI Hind
- Q. Who said that, the religion was highly practical and sternly ethical?
A)Namadeva
B)Chaitanya
C)Guru Nanak
D)Kabir
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. Which of the following was established first?
A)University of Bombay
B)Banaras Hindu University
C)Aligarh Muslim University
D)University of Allahabad
Answer: University of Bombay
- Q. From which port of England, Titanic started its journey
A)Southampton
B)Liverpool
C)Manchester
D)Sunderland
Answer: Southampton
- Q. Who was the President of America during American Civil War
A)Andrew Jackson
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)George Washington
D)James Madison
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
A)Alamgirpur
B)Hanumangarh
C)Ropar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Alamgirpur
- Q. What benefits did the Poona Pact offer to the depressed classes?
A)20% reservation in the provincial legislature
B)44 seats in the central legislature
C)18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
D)50% reservation in the ICS
Answer: 18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
- Q. Which of the following rulers did not enter the Buddhist Cold?
A)Samudragupta
B)Harsha
C)Kanishka
D)Ashoka
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Who strongly opposed sectarianism and rites and insisted on adoption of Hindi in place of Sanskrit?
A)Ramanuja
B)Chaitanya
C)Sankaracharya
D)Ramananda
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. Who among the following leader headed the interim Government of 1946?
A)M.K Gandhi
B)C. Rajagopalachari
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. The currency of Thailand is
A)Rupiah
B)Baht
C)Yuan
D)Yen
Answer: Baht
- Q. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of which one of the following?
A)Bindusara
B)Ashoka
C)Harsha
D)Kanishka
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. Which one of the following coins was issued in silver during the Gupta period?
A)Nishka
B)Kakini
C)Rupyaka
D)Dinar
Answer: Rupyaka
- Q. Who gave the title or “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Dada Bhai Naoroji
C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
- Q. The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were known as
A)Barawardi
B)Walashahi
C)Jcumaki
D)Dakhili
Answer: Dakhili
- Q. Which of the following Kushan kings, who assumed the title “the Lord of the Whole World”?
A)Kadphises II
B)Kadphises I
C)Kanishka
D)Huvishka
Answer: Kadphises II
- Q. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
A)Mayo
B)Curzon
C)Ripon
D)Lytton
Answer: Mayo
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