More Questions on History

  • Q. Tarabai, who conducted the affairs of the Maratha government from 1700 to 1707 AD, was the widow of the Maratha King
    A)Shivaji II
    B)Shambhaji
    C)Raja Ram
    D)Shivaji III
    Answer: Raja Ram
  • Q. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
    A)Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Mauryan King Ashoka
    C)Gautam Buddha
    D)Bhagwan Mahavira
    Answer: Mauryan King Ashoka
  • Q. The National College in Calcutta had been established on :
    A)July 14, 1906
    B)September 14, 1906
    C)March 14, 1906
    D)August 14, 1906
    Answer: August 14, 1906
  • Q. The Gandhi-lrwin Pact (1931) was vehemently criticised and opposed by the people on the ground that
    A)the sufferings of thousands of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement were wasted
    B)the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended
    C)It was contrary to the pledge of the Congress for Poorna Swaraj
    D)Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
    Answer: Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
  • Q. Where was the Sumerian civilization located
    A)Iran
    B)China
    C)Pakistan
    D)Iraq
    Answer: Iraq
  • Q. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
    A)Faizi
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
    D)Birbal
    Answer: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
  • Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state?
    A)Feroz Tughlaq
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who said that “India’s Soul live in villages”?
    A)Jayaprakash Narayan
    B)Vinoba Bhave
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which among the following names is not associated with the theosophical society?
    A)Madame Blavatsky
    B)Col. Occolt
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
    A)The Marathas
    B)The French
    C)Tipu Sultan
    D)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    Answer: The Marathas
  • Q. Which of the following event was the reason for the withdrawn of non cooperation movement?
    A)Jallianwala massacre
    B)Chauri Chaura incident
    C)Gandhi Imprisionment
    D)None
    Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
  • Q. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Harsha
    D)Fa-Hien
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. When did the Soviet Union disintegrated into Independent Republics?
    A)1991
    B)1990
    C)1992
    D)1993
    Answer: 1991
  • Q. The famous painting ‘Last Supper’ is a creation of
    A)Vincent van Gogh
    B)Michaelangelo
    C)Leonardo Da Vinci
    D)Sandro Botticelli
    Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Q. In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus
    A)310 BC
    B)302 BC
    C)312 BC
    D)326 BC
    Answer: 326 BC
  • Q. The Mayo College was started at
    A)Calcutta
    B)Delhi
    C)Agra
    D)Ajmer
    Answer: Ajmer
  • Q. Upon whom was the title ‘Punjab Kesari’ conferred?
    A)Sardar Baldev Singh
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Ranjit Singh
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. Who established the ‘Sharda Sadan’, a school for Indian Widows in colonial India?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Mahadev Govind Ranade
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Pandita Ramabai
    Answer: Pandita Ramabai
  • Q. Consider the following according to the correct chronological order of the Governors-General during British India I. Wellesley II. Marquess of Hastings III. Amherst IV. Bentinck
    A)II, I, IV & III
    B)I, II, III & IV
    C)I, III, II & IV
    D)III, I, II & IV
    Answer: I, II, III & IV
  • Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
    A)Man Singh I
    B)Raja Todar Mal
    C)Birbal
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Man Singh I

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