More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were drawn from
    A)The Nehru Committee Report
    B)The Simon Commission Report
    C)The White Paper issued by the British Government
    D)Morley-Minto Reforms
    Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms
  • Q. Who was “The First American”?
    A)James Madison
    B)Benjamin Franklin
    C)John Adams
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Benjamin Franklin
  • Q. Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
    A)Rigidity of Caste
    B)Slavery
    C)Prostitution
    D)Widow remarriage
    Answer: Widow remarriage
  • Q. What was the name of capital of Anga (a mahajanapada)?
    A)Varanasi
    B)Champa
    C)Kaushambi
    D)Viratnagar
    Answer: Champa
  • Q. The Special Congress Session held in 1920 at Calcutta was presided over by
    A)LaIa Lajpat Rai
    B)Nehru
    C)Bose
    D)Gandhi
    Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
  • Q. Sambaji plundered the Mughal territories in
    A)Gujarat
    B)Deccan
    C)Punjab
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Deccan
  • Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
    A)Delhi
    B)Calcutta
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihira are associated with the age of the
    A)Kushanas
    B)Guptas
    C)Mauryas
    D)Palas
    Answer: Guptas
  • 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 was not among the three revolutionaries who were hanged on March 23, 1931?
    A)Azad
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Rajguru
    D)Sukhdev
    Answer: Azad
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar dispensed with the practice of keeping revenue records in the local languages, in addition to Persian. Reason (R): In Mughal lndia, Persian language and literature was well developed and widely in use.
    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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
    A)Chandragupta-II
    B)Chandragupta-I
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Skandagupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. The Harappans did not know the use of
    A)Bronze
    B)Copper
    C)Gold
    D)Iron
    Answer: Iron
  • Q. The first Mughal emperor of India was
    A)Humayun
    B)Shahjahan
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Who wrote the history of Aurangzeb’s reign in total secrecy because of the emperor’s opposition to it and what was the name of that historical work?
    A)Mirza Muhammad Kazim's Alamgir Nama
    B)Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
    C)Muhammad Saqi's Masir-i-Alamgiri
    D)Aquil Khan Razi's Zafar Nama-i-Alamgir
    Answer: Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
  • Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
    A)Thalassery
    B)Kannur
    C)Travancore
    D)Cochi
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. Who founded the city of Singapore?
    A)Herman Willem Daendels
    B)Francis Light
    C)Lee Kuan Yew
    D)Stamford Raffles
    Answer: Stamford Raffles
  • Q. Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country’s unity?
    A)Hume
    B)Sardar Patel
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Sardar Patel
  • Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
    A)Darwin
    B)Aristotle
    C)Cuvier
    D)Socrates
    Answer: Darwin
  • Q. To which Ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged?
    A)Shakya
    B)Shibi
    C)Saurasena
    D)Shabara
    Answer: Shakya

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