More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858?
A)A council of fifteen members was appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India
B)The Queen's Principal Secretary of State received the powers and duties of the Company's Court of Directors
C)For all the communications between Britain and India, the Secretary of State became the real channel
D)All the above statements are incorrect
Answer: All the above statements are incorrect
- Q. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were
A)Officials of the state
B)Landlords and zamindars
C)Those who had to give revenue
D)Revenue collectors
Answer: Officials of the state
- Q. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was built by which ruler?
A)Qutubuddin Aibak
B)Iltutmish
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Qutubuddin Aibak
- Q. Which European power was the last who reached India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: The French
- Q. The Wahabis operated from
A)Khyber Pass
B)Hindukush
C)Western Ghat
D)Palghat
Answer: Hindukush
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A)Buddhist order or organisation
B)Buddhist monastery
C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
- Q. Which of the following is the name of US Parliament?
A)Senate
B)Diet
C)Congress
D)House of commons
Answer: Congress
- Q. Which of the following leader who presided All India Congress Committee session on 9th August?
A)Aruna Asif Ali
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Aruna Asif Ali
- Q. Who had given out the political message or ‘India for the Indians’?
A)Dayananda Saraswati
B)P. A. Charlu
C)AO Hume
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Dayananda Saraswati
- Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
A)Darwin
B)Aristotle
C)Cuvier
D)Socrates
Answer: Darwin
- Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Willingdon
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
- 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. With reference to the invaders in ancient India which one of the following is the correct chronological order?
A)Greeks-Kushanas-Sakas
B)Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
C)Sakas-Greeks-Kushanas
D)Sakas-Kushanas-Greeks
Answer: Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
- Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Germany
Answer: Britain
- Q. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tamil
D)Greek
Answer: Pali
- Q. Harshavardhana organised his religious assembly at
A)Prayag
B)Mathura
C)Varanasi
D)Tamralipt
Answer: Prayag
- Q. The painting “Virgin of the rocks” was a work of
A)Michelangelo
B)Raphael
C)Leonardo da Vinci
D)Vincent van Gogh
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to
A)Turkey
B)Persia
C)Arabia
D)Egypt
Answer: Turkey
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
- Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
A)not to steal
B)not to kill (non-injury)
C)non-attachment to worldly things
D)celibacy
Answer: celibacy
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