More Questions on History
- Q. The Opium wars were fought between
A)Britain and India
B)Britain and China
C)India and China
D)Britain and Japan
Answer: Britain and China
- Q. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
A)Columbus
B)Magellan
C)Bartholomew Dias
D)Vasco da Gama
Answer: Bartholomew Dias
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the revolt worked was
A)to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis of Bhadur Shah II
B)to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire
C)elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order
D)each leader wanted to establish his own power in his respective region
Answer: elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order
- Q. When did Alexander the Great die?
A)385 BC
B)399 BC
C)335 BC
D)323 BC
Answer: 323 BC
- Q. Under which tree Sumtinath Tirthankar received Kaivalya Gyan?
A)Neem
B)Devdar
C)Priyangu
D)Vat
Answer: Priyangu
- Q. Tilak started his career as a
A)Professor
B)Writer
C)Journalist
D)Lawyer
Answer: Professor
- Q. Who was the the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Kabir
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company’s monopoly for __________ years
A)10 years
B)20 years
C)30 years
D)15 years
Answer: 20 years
- Q. Kalibangan is situated in
A)Sindh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Rajasthan
D)Gujarat
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
A)Rani Laxmi Bai
B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
C)Kunwar Singh
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
- Q. Where was Narayana Guru born?
A)Maharashtra
B)Kerala
C)Bengal
D)Punjab
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The Mauryan sculptors had attained the highest perfection in the carving of
A)pillars
B)floral designs
C)animal figures
D)yaksha figures
Answer: animal figures
- Q. Prithviraja-III (1168-1192) was a best known __________ruler
A)Gahadavala
B)Chauhan
C)Chalukya
D)Brahmana
Answer: Chauhan
- Q. What is the correct meaning of Khanqah?
A)A form of veena
B)A form of music
C)The place where Sufi Mystics lived
D)None of the above
Answer: The place where Sufi Mystics lived
- Q. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
A)Lord Canning
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Disraeli
Answer: Disraeli
- Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
A)I, II and III
B)I and II
C)I and III
D)II and III
Answer: I and III
- Q. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
A)Sangha
B)Nirvana
C)Buddha
D)Dhamma
Answer: Nirvana
- Q. One of the best known tribal rebellions in Bihar, known as Ulgulan (meaning Great Tumult), was launched by the Mundas under the leadership of
A)Sidhu
B)Kanhu
C)Birsa Munda
D)Rampa Munda
Answer: Birsa Munda
- Q. The first constitutional measure introduced by the British in India which worked till the framing of the Indian Constitution was
A)the Act of 1935
B)the Act of 1919
C)Indian Independence Bill
D)Cabinet Mission Plan
Answer: the Act of 1935
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