More Questions on History

  • Q. Provision was made in the Act of 1919, for the appointment of a Commission in __________ to investigate the working of the Constitution
    A)1929
    B)1930
    C)1939
    D)1925
    Answer: 1929
  • Q. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the city of
    A)Milan
    B)Rome
    C)Florence
    D)Madrid
    Answer: Florence
  • Q. Which of the following influenced the makers of Indian Constitution?
    A)The Constitution of USSR
    B)The Constitution of China
    C)The Constitution of USA
    D)The Constitution of Japan
    Answer: The Constitution of USA
  • Q. Which of the Kushana ruler patronised Buddhism?
    A)Vikramaditya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Kautilya
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite bank of which river?
    A)Jhelum
    B)Ravi
    C)Sutlej
    D)Chenab
    Answer: Jhelum
  • Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
    A)Lord Macaulay
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Bentinck
    D)Lord Hastings
    Answer: Lord Bentinck
  • Q. Who among the following leader draws his inspiration from M.K Gandhi?
    A)Jayaprakash Narayan
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Abdul Ghaffar Khan
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Q. Mughal presence in the Red fort was ceased by
    A)Lord hording
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Heuroz
    D)John Nicholsan
    Answer: John Nicholsan
  • Q. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
    A)Firoz Tughlaq
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    D)Balban
    Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
  • Q. In which year, America joined the Second World War
    A)1940
    B)1939
    C)1941
    D)1942
    Answer: 1941
  • Q. Shivaji attacked Shaista Khan in the night at
    A)Konkan
    B)Agra
    C)Bijapur
    D)Poona
    Answer: Poona
  • Q. Mughal paintings were reached its zenith of progress during the reign of?
    A)Aurangazeb
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Who was the founder of Advaita vada or the doctrine of non-dualism?
    A)Surdas
    B)Adi Shankaracharya
    C)Ramanuj
    D)Kapil
    Answer: Adi Shankaracharya
  • Q. By which act of British India, was the Governor General empowered to issue ordinance ?
    A)Charter Act of 1853
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1861
    C)Government of India Act, 1858
    D)Indian Council Act, 1892
    Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1861
  • Q. D-Day is the day when
    A)US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima
    B)Germany declared war on Britain
    C)Allied Troops landed in Normandy
    D)Germany surrendered to the allies
    Answer: Allied Troops landed in Normandy
  • Q. Which one is the correct chronological order of the following events? I. Quit India Movement II. Shimla Conference III. Poona Pact IV. Cabinet Mission
    A)III, IV,II, I
    B)II, IV, I, III
    C)III, I, II, IV
    D)IV, II, III, I
    Answer: III, I, II, IV
  • Q. Which of the following is the name of US Parliament?
    A)Senate
    B)Diet
    C)Congress
    D)House of commons
    Answer: Congress
  • Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
    A)Curzon
    B)Salisbury
    C)Wedgwood Benn
    D)Montagu
    Answer: Wedgwood Benn
  • Q. What do you consider to be the least important cause for Alauddin’s south Indian campaigns?
    A)Imperialism
    B)Political condition of South India
    C)Fabulous wealth
    D)Religion
    Answer: Religion
  • Q. The sun saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was
    A)Baba Farid
    B)Muin-ud-din Chishti
    C)Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
    D)Shah Alam Bukhari
    Answer: Muin-ud-din Chishti

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