More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the British and the Muslims?
A)Shah Waliullah
B)Sayyed Ahmad Brelvi
C)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
D)Sayyed Amir Ali
Answer: Sayyed Ahmad Khan
- Q. Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)C R Das
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Lokmanya Tilak
Answer: Lokmanya Tilak
- Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
A)Humayun
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)Akbar
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
A)1980
B)1970
C)1990
D)1991
Answer: 1991
- Q. The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, __________ Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21
A)Kummampilli Raman Pillai
B)Madan Asan
C)Krishnan Vaidyan
D)Kumaran Asan
Answer: Kummampilli Raman Pillai
- Q. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan to __________ ‘?
A)Premanand
B)Narsi Mehta
C)Chunilal
D)Dharmiklal
Answer: Narsi Mehta
- Q. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
A)Saluva Dynasty
B)Sangama Dynasty
C)Tuluva Dynasty
D)Aravidu Dynasty
Answer: Tuluva Dynasty
- Q. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals?
A)Berar
B)Bijapur
C)Ahmednagar
D)Bedar
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
A)First Carnatic War
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Buxar
D)Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of
A)Guru Tegh Bahadur
B)Guru Ram Das
C)Guru Angad
D)Guru Arjan
Answer: Guru Arjan
- Q. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
A)Yajur-veda
B)Rig-veda
C)Atharva-veda
D)Sarna-veda
Answer: Rig-veda
- Q. Select the correct statement related to the Bhakti Movement in Medieval History in India
A)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Jainism
B)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Buddhism
C)To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
D)None of the above
Answer: To the theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism and later revolutionised in Sikhism
- Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
A)W. C. Banerjee
B)Gokhale
C)Ranade
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
A)Governor-General
B)Governor
C)Parliament
D)Crown
Answer: Crown
- Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Yavanika or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by which of the following?
A)Parthians
B)Shakas
C)Greeks
D)Kushans
Answer: Greeks
- Q. Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
A)Nadir Shah
B)Genghis Khan
C)Hemu Vikramaditya
D)Bajirao-I
Answer: Hemu Vikramaditya
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. Aurangzeb, in his attempt to annex Marwar to the Mughal empire, was involved in a 30-year war. During these long years the most valiant struggle from the side of Marwar was fought by
A)Durgadas
B)Ajit Singh
C)Hadas of Bundi
D)Indra Singh
Answer: Durgadas
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