More Questions on History
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
A)Karl Marx
B)Bernard Shaw
C)Lenin
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
- Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
A)1907
B)1905
C)1909
D)1911
Answer: 1907
- Q. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
A)BP Wadia
B)BC Pal
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)GS Arundale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which of the following was the capital of Surasena Mahajanapada?
A)Junagarh
B)Viratnagar
C)Mathura
D)Kashi
Answer: Mathura
- Q. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
A)Prakrit
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Sauraseni
Answer: Pali
- Q. __________, a judge of the Supreme Court founded the Asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 A.D.
A)Warren Hastings
B)Sir William Jones
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. In 1905 __________ laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’, with a view to the training of national missionaries for the service of India, and to promote by all constitutional means, the true interest of the Indian people
A)Dadabai Naoroji
B)Gokhale
C)R. C. Dutt
D)Ranade
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
- Q. Who is generally consider as the first pharaoh of Egypt
A)Semerkhet
B)Menes
C)Takelot I
D)Tutankhamun
Answer: Menes
- Q. Taxila was a famous site of
A)Mauryan art
B)Early Vedic art
C)Gandhara art
D)Gupta art
Answer: Gandhara art
- Q. Who wrote ‘Nyaya Sutra’?
A)Gautam
B)Vyasa
C)Kapila
D)Charaka
Answer: Gautam
- Q. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra?
A)Skandagupta
B)Chandragupta-I
C)Kumaragupta
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________
A)Sir John Shore
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
A)the state treasury
B)military affairs
C)the royal household
D)the land revenue system
Answer: military affairs
- Q. The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to
A)restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War
B)provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919
C)restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
D)lifting of martial law in Punjab
Answer: restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World
- Q. Mausoleum (Dargah) of Salim Chishti is situated in?
A)Fatehpur Sikri
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Gwalior Fort
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A)Upagupta
B)Vishnu Gupta
C)Brahma Gupta
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
A)Rafi-ud-Darajat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammed Shah
Answer: Farrukhsiyar
- Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
A)R.C. Mazumdar
B)S.N. Sen
C)B.G. Tilak
D)V.D. Savakar
Answer: V.D. Savakar
- Q. Chola Empire was divided into
A)Mandalams, Nadu, Malkhand & Avanti
B)Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
C)Mandalams, Bhoomi, Avanti &Valanadu
D)Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Malkhand
Answer: Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu
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