More Questions on History
- Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
A)Khudai Khidmatgar
B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. When was the second Anglo-Mysore War fought?
A)1788-89
B)1780-84
C)1784-88
D)1770-74
Answer: 1780-84
- Q. Where did Aurangzeb died?
A)Aurangabad
B)Pune
C)Ahmednagar
D)Mumbai
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of
A)1858
B)1853
C)1892
D)1833
Answer: 1892
- Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
A)Qutb-din-Aibak
B)Nasir-ud-din
C)Bahram Shah
D)Aram Shah
Answer: Nasir-ud-din
- Q. Arrange in chronological order: 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 4. Minto-Morley Reforms
A)1, 2, 3, 4
B)3, 2, 4, 1
C)4, 3, 2, 1
D)2, 3, 4, 1
Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint said that “Abide pure amidst the impurities of the world”?
A)Madhav
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Guru Nanak
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
A)Humayun and Jahangir
B)Babar and Humayun
C)Babar and Jahangir
D)Jahangir and Shahjahan
Answer: Babar and Jahangir
- Q. In which pact, warm relations were established between “Garam dal” and Naram dal” the two groups of the Indian National Congress?
A)Lucknow Pact
B)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
C)Karachi agreement
D)Lahore declaration
Answer: Lucknow Pact
- Q. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by
A)Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
B)Indian Council Act of 1892
C)Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
D)Government of India of 1935
Answer: Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
- Q. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
A)provincial governors
B)military commanders
C)high civil and military officers
D)all of the above
Answer: all of the above
- Q. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C)Mahatma Ghandhi
D)Pingali Venkaiya
Answer: Pingali Venkaiya
- Q. Humayun was born in the year
A)1608
B)1508
C)1708
D)1808
Answer: 1508
- Q. Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort, built in the 11th century. It is located in
A)Maharashtra
B)Karnataka
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. The last Mauryan king was
A)Ashoka
B)Pushyamitra Sunga
C)Harsha
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Brihadratha
- Q. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
A)1904
B)1907
C)1903
D)1896
Answer: 1904
- Q. The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
A)Mysore
B)Bangalore
C)Seringapatam
D)Hellebid or Halebid
Answer: Seringapatam
- Q. The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was
A)Vasubandhu
B)Ashvaghosa
C)Nagarjuna
D)Nagasena
Answer: Nagarjuna
- Q. Ho Chi Minh was a leader of
A)South Vietnam
B)North Vietnam
C)North Korea
D)South Korea
Answer: North Vietnam
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