More Questions on History
- Q. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated?
A)1907
B)1906
C)1910
D)1914
Answer: 1914
- Q. I. Jahangir had set up his court at Allahabad, assumed royal titles and struck coins in his name II. He banned slaughter of animals on two days in every week viz – Sunday & Thursday. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Sikandar Lodi
Answer: Sikandar Lodi
- Q. Who termed Cripps proposals as ” a post dated cheque in a crashing bank”?
A)Annie Besant
B)Ambedkar
C)Patel
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Gandhiji
- Q. Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to
A)growing craze for imported goods
B)lack of patronage
C)stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
A)Salt Satyagraha
B)Rowlatt Satyagraha
C)Quit India Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Quit India Movement
- Q. Marcopolo is known for
A)Travelling to China, India and Asia
B)Discovering Greenland
C)Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
D)Discovering Canada
Answer: Travelling to China, India and Asia
- Q. Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because
A)He had lost his title
B)The Queen had humiliated him
C)The British had stopped his pension
D)His estate had been snatched from him
Answer: The British had stopped his pension
- Q. Which among the following Mudra is the gesture of Buddha as depicted in his first sermon?
A)Dhyana Mudra
B)Abhaya Mudra
C)Dharmachakra Mudra
D)Bhumisparsa Mudra
Answer: Dharmachakra Mudra
- Q. Vikram Shila University was founded by
A)Kanishka
B)Chandra Gupta Maurya
C)Dharampala
D)Pulakesin II
Answer: Dharampala
- Q. Which of the following Congress leader rejected the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
A)Lord Linlithgow
B)Lord Wavell
C)Sir George Stanley
D)Lord Willingdon
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
- 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. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
A)Dunkirk
B)London
C)Paris
D)Liverpool
Answer: Dunkirk
- Q. Lucknow pact of 1916 was between:
A)Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
B)Indian Muslim League and Mahatma Gandhi
C)Indian National congress and Lord Hardinge
D)Lord Hardinge and Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Indian Muslim League and Indian National congress
- Q. In 1942 who appealed the Britishers to leave India in God’s hands?
A)Mohhamad Ali Jinnah
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Sardar patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. When did Europe captured Jerusalem?
A)1088
B)1081
C)1095
D)1099
Answer: 1099
- Q. Assertion (A): The Delhi Sultans are credited with introducing the institution of dalal in India to facilitate commercial transactions on a large scale. Reason (R): The dalals immediately established the dalal system in the whole of India to procure goods meant for export.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
A)Teachers
B)Lawyers
C)Journalists
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Madam Bhikaji Cama unfolded the National Flag of India in 1907 at
A)International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
B)India House, London
C)Vande Mataram Office at San Francisco
D)Indian Workers Meet Vancouver
Answer: International Socialist Congress Stuttgart
- Q. “Middle Ages” in Western Europe includes the period __________
A)Beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
B)AD 300 - AD 1600
C)Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
D)End of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
Answer: Beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
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