More Questions on History
- Q. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
A)Ensure racial and communal harmony
B)Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
C)Found a religious institution
D)Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
- Q. Who was the court poet of Harsha-vardhana?
A)Ravi Kirti
B)Bhani
C)Banabhatta
D)Vishnu Sharma
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)The house of Jagat Seth
D)Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
A)Lord Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Lord William Bentic
D)Gladstone
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
A)Swarnakumari Devi
B)Annie Besant
C)Devendranath Tagore
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by :
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Lala Hardyal
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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: A is true but R is false
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
A)Kheda
B)Dandi
C)Sabarmati
D)Champaran
Answer: Champaran
- Q. When did the Battle of Lechfeld happen?
A)955
B)918
C)987
D)996
Answer: 955
- Q. Select the correct language in which Jain and Buddhist literature were written?
A)Pali
B)Prakrit
C)Sanskrit
D)Both A & B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. As per Pitt’s India Act the Committee of Secrecy would consist of three members of __________
A)The Court of Directors
B)The Board of Control
C)The House of Commons
D)The House of Lords
Answer: The Court of Directors
- Q. Sir William Wallace is known as the independence fighter of
A)Scotland
B)Denmark
C)Ireland
D)Italy
Answer: Scotland
- Q. __________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State
A)Patel
B)Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Gokhale
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C)Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
D)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. During which Gupta King’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fahien visit India?
A)Samudra Gupta
B)Chandra Gupta-I
C)Chandragupta II
D)Kumara Gupta
Answer: Chandragupta II
- Q. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
A)Sangha
B)Nirvana
C)Buddha
D)Dhamma
Answer: Nirvana
- Q. Who led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?
A)Jung Bahadur Rana
B)Bahadur Shah Jafar
C)Begum Hazrat Mahal
D)Tatya Tope
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. Mein Kampf’ is the autobiography of
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Maxim Gorky
C)Oscar Wilde
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Adolf Hitler
- Q. Moti Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Red Fort Complex
- Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with
A)Cavour
B)Mazzini
C)Garibaldi
D)Bismarck
Answer: Bismarck
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