More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?
    A)Islamic themes
    B)Portraits
    C)Flowers and plants
    D)Hunting scenes
    Answer: Islamic themes
  • Q. To take care of the conquered lands, Muhmmad Ghori left behind his trusted General
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Nasiruddin
    C)Qutub-din-Aibak
    D)Malik Kafur
    Answer: Qutub-din-Aibak
  • Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
    A)Pradesa
    B)Bhukit
    C)Vithi
    D)Ahara
    Answer: Vithi
  • Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
    A)Leonardo da Vinci
    B)Michelangelo
    C)Raphael
    D)Donatello
    Answer: Michelangelo
  • Q. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
    A)1942
    B)1941
    C)1945
    D)1940
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century A. D. as a consequence of
    A)Greek invasion
    B)Chalukya raids
    C)Hun invasion
    D)Pallava raids
    Answer: Hun invasion
  • Q. In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?
    A)Durban
    B)Cape town
    C)Johannesburg
    D)Pretoria
    Answer: Durban
  • Q. The father of extremist movement in India is
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries
    A)Lokmanya Tilak
    B)Sri Aurobindo
    C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
  • Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
    A)Bureaucratic
    B)Decentralized
    C)Centralized
    D)Despotic
    Answer: Centralized
  • Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in
    A)The promotion of people's welfare by him
    B)His extensive conquests
    C)His marathon army
    D)His exclusive patronage of Buddhism
    Answer: The promotion of people's welfare by him
  • Q. The INC for the first time passed the resolutions on Swaraj, Boycott and National Education at its annual session held at
    A)Calcutta (1906)
    B)Banaras (1905)
    C)Surat (1907)
    D)Madras (1908)
    Answer: Calcutta (1906)
  • Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was
    A)Madina
    B)Baghdad
    C)Kahira
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. Who declared that he would talk of religion only when he succeeded in removing poverty and misery from the country, for religion could not appease hunger?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. This Vedic God was ‘a breaker of the forts’ and also a ‘war god’
    A)Yama
    B)Indra
    C)Marut
    D)Varuna
    Answer: Indra
  • Q. When Babur invaded India in 1525, Humayun was the Governor of
    A)Fargana
    B)Kabul
    C)Badakhshan
    D)Herat
    Answer: Badakhshan
  • Q. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transferred to power from
    A)British Crown to the East India Company
    B)East India Company to the British Crown
    C)East India Company to the Governor General
    D)British Crown to the Board of Directors
    Answer: East India Company to the British Crown
  • Q. Babur (1526-1530 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Nanda
    B)Mughal
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. The Hindu of Madras started in 1868 as a weekly, became a Daily in
    A)1899
    B)1889
    C)1890
    D)1855
    Answer: 1889

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