History Mughal Empire

Q. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of

A
Jahangir
B
Shah Jahan
C
Akbar
D
Aurangzeb

Correct Answer

Akbar

More Questions on History

  • Q. Akbar was enthroned in a garden at
    A)Ajmer
    B)Kalanaur
    C)Gaur
    D)Kabul
    Answer: Kalanaur
  • Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Balban
    D)Iltutmish
    Answer: Balban
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal’s decline? I. Mughal’s noble were well known for their loyalty but war of successor degenerated the nobility led to the decline of Mughal. II. Mughal Empire declined due to over decentralization of administration.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I and II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
    A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?
    A)We have some indications of polyandry in this period
    B)We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
    C)There are no examples of child marriage in this period
    D)The practice of levirate was known
    Answer: We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period
  • Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
    A)Lord Reading
    B)Lord Chelmsford
    C)Lord Irwin
    D)Lord Wavell
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
    A)I, II and III
    B)Only II and III
    C)I, II and IV
    D)All four are correct
    Answer: All four are correct
  • Q. In Akbar’s regime,__________ was the military head
    A)Suri Moja
    B)Sultan Ahmed Fawad
    C)Mir Khaas
    D)Mir Bakshi
    Answer: Mir Bakshi
  • Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
    A)Caligula
    B)Augustus
    C)Constantine the Great
    D)Cicero
    Answer: Constantine the Great
  • Q. Who had written the book “poverty and Un-British rule in India”
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)R. C. Dutta
    C)D. R. Gadgil
    D)P. C. Mahalnobis
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Tilak started his career as a
    A)Professor
    B)Writer
    C)Journalist
    D)Lawyer
    Answer: Professor
  • Q. The currency of Thailand is
    A)Rupiah
    B)Baht
    C)Yuan
    D)Yen
    Answer: Baht
  • Q. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
    A)Bimbisara
    B)Udayin
    C)Ajatshatru
    D)Mahapadma Nanda
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. Who was given the title of “The Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity” for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?
    A)Fazl-ul-Haq
    B)Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
    C)Sayyid Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
    D)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • Q. When did the Korean war end?
    A)1948
    B)1937
    C)1950
    D)1953
    Answer: 1953
  • Q. The President of the Congress Sessions of 1898 and 1902 was
    A)Tilak
    B)Hume
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: S. N. Banerjee
  • Q. Tulsidas composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Harsha
    C)Akbar
    D)Krishnadeva Raya
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)AO Hume
    C)GK Gokhale
    D)BG Tilak
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Social reforms were a major task of the theosophical society. With respect to Indian traditions and culture, which one does not find its occurrence in the societal activities? I. Resistance to child marriage. II. Resistance to widow remarriage. III. Spread of education. IV. Abolition of caste and Untouchability. V. Accommodation of conversion in religious faith.
    A)II and IV
    B)I and III
    C)II, V
    D)Only V
    Answer: II, V
  • Q. Which of the following Tamil literature was written by Ilango Adigal, brother of Senguvattan, a Chera King and who was a Jain monk is a highly regarded epic?
    A)Elathi
    B)Kainnilai
    C)Silappatikaram
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Silappatikaram

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