More Questions on History

  • Q. The Kailasha temple is located in the caves of
    A)Ellora
    B)Ajanta
    C)Elephanta
    D)Karle
    Answer: Ellora
  • Q. The Ghadar Party took the name Ghadar from
    A)its objective to wage another revolt
    B)the Revolt of 1857
    C)a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
    D)All the above
    Answer: a weekly paper Ghadar published in commemoration of the Revolt of 1857
  • Q. The Home Rule League was formed during the
    A)Partition of Bengal
    B)First World War
    C)Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
    D)Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms
    Answer: First World War
  • Q. Who had scrapped the partition of Bengal?
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Hardinge
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Rabindranath Tagore
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Anand Mohan Bose
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
    A)Nana Sahib
    B)Bhakt Khan
    C)Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
    D)Jung Bhadur Rana
    Answer: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
  • Q. The first President of the Ghadar Party – founded in 1913 in USA was
    A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
    B)Lata Hardayal
    C)Bhai Parmanand
    D)Sardar Ajit Singh
    Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
  • Q. What does the Yajur Veda contain?
    A)Spells and charms
    B)Only hymns
    C)Hymns and rituals
    D)Commentaries on society
    Answer: Hymns and rituals
  • Q. Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary alliance system?
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
    A)Baghdad
    B)Jerusalem
    C)Istanbul
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. Who among the following has been given honorary status among the seven wonders of the modern world?
    A)Great Pyramid of Giza
    B)Taj Mahal
    C)Petra
    D)Colosseum
    Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza
  • Q. Which of the following leader is correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore: Patrika
    B)Devendranath Tagore: Young India
    C)M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
    D)B. G. Tilak: Kesari
    Answer: B. G. Tilak: Kesari
  • Q. Which U.S President announced the “New Deal” for economic recovery in the aftermath of the Great Depression?
    A)Benjamin Franklin
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)Roosevelt
    D)J.F. Kennedy
    Answer: Roosevelt
  • Q. Which pharaoh build the largest pyramid known as Great Pyramid of Giza
    A)Tutankhamun
    B)Sneferu
    C)Khufu
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Khufu
  • Q. Siraj-ud-Daulah renamed which city as Alinagar?
    A)Agra
    B)Calcutta
    C)Ferozpur
    D)Fatehpur
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so-called Hinduism was the development of
    A)Saktism
    B)Shaivism
    C)Bhagavatism
    D)Tantricism
    Answer: Bhagavatism
  • Q. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi, Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
    A)Qutb-din-Aibak
    B)Nasir-ud-din
    C)Bahram Shah
    D)Aram Shah
    Answer: Nasir-ud-din
  • Q. The Interim Government which took office on September 2, 1946 was headed by
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Rajendra Prasad
    C)Vallabhbhai Patel
    D)C Rajagopalachari
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • 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. Which one among the following pairs of battle is correctly matched?
    A)The first battle of Panipat : Defeat of Sikander Lodi by Babur
    B)The 2nd battle of Tarain : Defeat of Jaichand of Kannauj by Muhammad Ghori
    C)The battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by SherShah
    D)The battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar
    Answer: The battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by SherShah

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