More Questions on History

  • Q. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in __________
    A)Orissa
    B)Bengal
    C)Mysore
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. The most powerful Peshwa was
    A)Baji Rao-I
    B)Balaji Baji Rao
    C)Madhava Rao
    D)Balaji Vishwanath
    Answer: Baji Rao-I
  • Q. Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
    A)Sucheta Kripalani
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Sarojini Naidu
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
  • Q. Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at
    A)Aurangabad
    B)Fatehpur Sikri
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Jaunpur
    Answer: Aurangabad
  • Q. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
    A)Forward Block
    B)Communist Party of India
    C)Socialist-Swarajist Party
    D)Swarajya Party
    Answer: Swarajya Party
  • Q. After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book __________Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas
    A)Prince
    B)The Rights of Man
    C)Utopia
    D)Advaitha Deepika
    Answer: The Rights of Man
  • Q. Which of the following are correct regarding Shahjahan? I. Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli II. Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue III. Kahabat Khan was appointed governor of Lahore IV. Ali Mardan Khan surrendered Kandhar to Mughals
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II, III and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Tilak
    C)Hume
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who become the Chancellor of Germany for One Day after the death of Hitler during Second World War
    A)Heinrich Himmler
    B)Hermann Goering
    C)Rudolf Hess
    D)Joseph Goebbels
    Answer: Joseph Goebbels
  • Q. The first Mughal emperor of India was
    A)Humayun
    B)Shahjahan
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?
    A)Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
    B)Large estate owners
    C)Revenue collectors
    D)Autonomous rulers under Akbar
    Answer: Large estate owners
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Bhakti Movement? I. The leader of the bhakti movement focusing on the Lord as Rama was Ramananda. II. Sri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and is recognized as the most important saint of Sri Vaishnavism
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. What is the ancient name of river Sutlej?
    A)Vitasta
    B)Askini
    C)Shutudri
    D)Parushni
    Answer: Shutudri
  • Q. Which among the following is correct
    A)The capital of Gahadwal Dynasty was Kannauj
    B)The capital of pandyas was Madurai
    C)The capital of the Videha Kingdom was Mithila
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Titu mir’s movement considered one of the Muslim reform movement mainly aimed at eradicating which of the following systems?
    A)Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
    B)Polygamy
    C)Easy divorce
    D)Working against Indian national movement
    Answer: Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
  • Q. The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________
    A)Ajmer
    B)Ayodhya
    C)Gwalior
    D)Dwarka
    Answer: Ajmer
  • Q. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
    A)Rahim
    B)Tansen
    C)Kabir
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. Who is called as the ‘second Ashoka’ ?
    A)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Kanishka
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
    A)Harshavardhana
    B)Banabhatta
    C)Baskarvardhana
    D)Bindusara
    Answer: Banabhatta
  • Q. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is
    A)Sabastu
    B)Sindhu
    C)Shatudri
    D)Saraswati
    Answer: Saraswati

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