More Questions on History

  • Q. Where was the introductory capital of Harsha?
    A)Kannoj
    B)Paryag
    C)Thaneshwar
    D)Mathura
    Answer: Thaneshwar
  • Q. Where was Christopher Columbus from
    A)Genoa
    B)Venice
    C)Spain
    D)Portugal
    Answer: Genoa
  • Q. Who has given a call “Go back to nature”?
    A)Aristotle
    B)Plato
    C)Rousseau
    D)Hobbes
    Answer: Rousseau
  • Q. Mein Kampf’ is the autobiography of
    A)Adolf Hitler
    B)Maxim Gorky
    C)Oscar Wilde
    D)Winston Churchill
    Answer: Adolf Hitler
  • Q. Who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt
    A)Ibrahim Pasha
    B)Muhammad Ali
    C)Abbas I
    D)Sa'id Pasha
    Answer: Muhammad Ali
  • Q. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
    A)The constitution was adopted on this day
    B)India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
    C)India became a Republic on this day
    D)The first amendment of the constitution was passed on this day
    Answer: The constitution was adopted on this day
  • Q. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
    A)Bakhshi
    B)Kotwal
    C)Wazir
    D)Diwan
    Answer: Bakhshi
  • Q. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
    A)Worship of idols
    B)Personal love for God
    C)Mysticism
    D)Visit to holy shrines
    Answer: Worship of idols
  • Q. Who among the following presided over the Buddhist council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
    A)Vasumitra
    B)Parsva
    C)Nagarjuna
    D)Sudraka
    Answer: Vasumitra
  • Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
    A)Benjamin Disraeli
    B)Oliver Cromweli
    C)Robert Walpole
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Robert Walpole
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of
    A)Irwin
    B)Chelmsford
    C)Reading
    D)Hardinge
    Answer: Reading
  • Q. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanav Abdul Kalam Azad
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
    D)Morarji desai and J. B. Kripalani
    Answer: Vallabh Bhai Patel and M. A. Jinnah
  • Q. In 1916-18 the Home Rule League movement was launched under the leadership of :
    A)G. S. Khaparde and Sir S. Subramania Iyer
    B)Mohammad Ali Jinnah and G. S. Khaparde
    C)Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Sir S. Subramania Iyer and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    Answer: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against
    A)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    B)Martial law in the Punjab
    C)Rawlatt Acts
    D)All the above
    Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. The first Indian national leader who began building, organizing and promoting the freedom struggle was
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Which of the following British official associated with the local self-government?
    A)Lord Dufferin
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Northbrook
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935
    A)Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy
    B)This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces
    C)The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
    D)The diarchy was introduced at the centre
    Answer: The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent
  • Q. When was the first train steamed off in India?
    A)1853
    B)1848
    C)1875
    D)1880
    Answer: 1853
  • Q. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
    A)Tughlaq dynasty
    B)Khalji dynasty
    C)Slave dynasty
    D)Lodi dynasty
    Answer: Tughlaq dynasty
  • Q. Who of the following became a member of the “Din-i-Ilahi”?
    A)Raja Birbal
    B)Todarmal
    C)Raja Man Singh
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Raja Birbal

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