More Questions on History

  • Q. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of
    A)Padshah Nama
    B)Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh
    C)Alamgir Nama
    D)Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
    Answer: Padshah Nama
  • 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. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
    A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
    B)Geronimo Verroneo
    C)Tavernier
    D)Austinof Bordeaux
    Answer: Tavernier
  • Q. Who wrote the book ‘Oliver Twist’
    A)Mark Twain
    B)William Shakespeare
    C)Charles Dickens
    D)Christopher Marlowe
    Answer: Charles Dickens
  • Q. Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th Century?
    A)Brahmo Samaj
    B)Prathana Samaj
    C)Arya Samaj
    D)Rama Krishna Mission
    Answer: Brahmo Samaj
  • Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
    A)Cathryn J. Prince
    B)Benjamin Silliman
    C)Edward Hitchcock
    D)James Dwight Dana
    Answer: Benjamin Silliman
  • Q. In 1542 Akbar was born at
    A)Herat
    B)Agra
    C)Umarkot
    D)Kabul
    Answer: Umarkot
  • Q. That all appointments made by the President and an treaties signed by him must be ratified by the Senate in U.S.A. indicates
    A)Theory of checks and balances
    B)Theory of separation of powers
    C)Due process of law
    D)Rule of law
    Answer: Theory of checks and balances
  • 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. What was the name of the mother of Rishabhnath?
    A)Sharemestha
    B)Tara
    C)Marudevi
    D)Anuradha
    Answer: Marudevi
  • Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
    A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
    B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
    C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
    D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
    Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
  • Q. Gautama Buddha was brought up by
    A)Mayadevi
    B)Mahaprajapati
    C)Kundavi
    D)Sangamitra
    Answer: Mahaprajapati
  • Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
    A)Nurjahan
    B)Razia Sultana
    C)Mumtaz
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Razia Sultana
  • Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Neither I nor II
  • 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
  • Q. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
    A)The Government of India act, 1919
    B)The Government of India act 1913
    C)The Government of India act 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Government of India act, 1919
  • Q. During the Mughal period Polaj was the
    A)land left fallow
    B)land annually cultivated
    C)land uncultivated
    D)barren land
    Answer: land annually cultivated
  • Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Hindi
    C)Ardh-Magadhi
    D)Regional vernacular languages
    Answer: Regional vernacular languages
  • Q. On which date was the announcement formally made that India and Pakistan would be made free?
    A)June 3, 1947
    B)May 2, 1947
    C)July 4, 1947
    D)August 5, 1957
    Answer: June 3, 1947
  • Q. Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?
    A)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
    B)Mohammad Iqbal
    C)Karim Ali
    D)Inayat Ali
    Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

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