More Questions on History

  • Q. I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year. Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century?
    A)I & III
    B)I & II
    C)II & IV
    D)III & IV
    Answer: III & IV
  • Q. Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula?
    A)Rig Veda
    B)Sama Veda
    C)Yajur Veda
    D)Atharva Veda
    Answer: Yajur Veda
  • Q. When Alexander invaded India, Magadha was being ruled by the
    A)Sisunagas
    B)Haryankas
    C)Nandas
    D)Mauryas
    Answer: Nandas
  • Q. Marco-polo, a famous traveller, was native of which country?
    A)Italy
    B)Uzbekistan
    C)Morocco
    D)Russia
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. Which among the following was the most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya?
    A)Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
    B)Her gender
    C)Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi
    D)Her incompetence
    Answer: Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
  • Q. As per the Regulating Act, a Governor-General and four Councillors were appointed for
    A)Bombay
    B)Bengal
    C)Madras
    D)Surat
    Answer: Bengal
  • Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
    A)Ramananda
    B)Madhava
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Chaitnaya
    Answer: Madhava
  • Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
    A)Rajasthan
    B)Hydaspes
    C)Panipat
    D)Train
    Answer: Hydaspes
  • Q. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
    A)A future administration of India
    B)Provision of provincial autonomy
    C)Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
    Answer: A future administration of India
  • Q. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the Conference held at __________
    A)Shimla
    B)Delhi
    C)Calcutta
    D)Madras
    Answer: Shimla
  • Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
    A)Lord Bentick
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-Ilahi was
    A)Birbal
    B)Todermal
    C)Tansen
    D)Man Singh
    Answer: Birbal
  • Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
    A)Shivaji
    B)Lajpat Rai
    C)Gokhale
    D)Madhava Rao
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
    A)Seals
    B)The Pottery
    C)The boats
    D)The houses
    Answer: Seals
  • Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
    A)Long-distance trade
    B)Commercial and urban
    C)Agriculture
    D)All the above
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. By the Act of 1858, India was to be governed
    A)In the name of the Crown
    B)By the Company
    C)By a Board of Directors
    D)In the name of Governor-General of India
    Answer: In the name of the Crown
  • Q. Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Samaj’ in 1932?
    A)Acharya Narendra Dev
    B)B R Ambedkar
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Jagjivan Ram
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. Which of the following are the reasons for which Wahabi / Walliullah movement was started?
    A)Encouraging to give up puradh system
    B)Spreading education among Muslim women
    C)Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
    D)Propagating Quran as the only source
    Answer: Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti? I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees. II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar’s wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
    A)Malwa and Gujarat
    B)Jaisalmer and Khandesh
    C)Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
    D)Ranathambhor and Khandesh
    Answer: Gondwana and Ahmadnagar

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