More Questions on History
- Q. How did Abu al-Abbas become well known in the court of Charlemagne?
A)Distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world
B)Beloved pet from an Indian king
C)Gift from the Abbasid court
D)Muslim enemy of the king
Answer: Gift from the Abbasid court
- Q. Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
A)Secretary
B)President
C)Commander-in-Chief
D)Field Marshal
Answer: Commander-in-Chief
- Q. Seringapatnam was the capital of __________
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Pazhassi Raja
C)Kurumbranad Raja
D)Srimoolam Tirunal
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. On what ground did the second split in the congress take place in 1918?
A)Montague Chelmsford Declaration
B)Charter act of India
C)Morley Minto Reforms
D)None of these
Answer: Montague Chelmsford Declaration
- Q. Sumtinath Tirthankara was born from whose womb?
A)Marudevi
B)Tara
C)Vijaya
D)Sumangla
Answer: Sumangla
- Q. Who captured Beijing in 1644?
A)Li Zicheng
B)Chongzhen Emperor
C)Wu Sangui
D)Yao Xueyin
Answer: Li Zicheng
- Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
A)Feudalism
B)Humanism
C)Rationalism
D)Scientific Temperament
Answer: Feudalism
- Q. After Tilak’s deportation which of the following extremist leaders was not similarly deported to Mandalay prison in Burma?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Aswini Kumar Datta
D)CR Das
Answer: CR Das
- Q. When did the British East India Company establish a capital in Calcutta?
A)1818
B)1772
C)1858
D)1857
Answer: 1772
- Q. As per government of India Act-1858, how many members were appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India?
A)15
B)10
C)13
D)14
Answer: 15
- Q. When did the second Russian revolution start
A)February, 1917
B)August, 1905
C)October, 1917
D)March, 1921
Answer: October, 1917
- Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
A)The medieval era of European history
B)The crisis of Western Europe
C)The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500
D)The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity
Answer: The medieval era of European history
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Babur was born in the year
A)1583
B)1483
C)1693
D)1783
Answer: 1483
- Q. Who had given the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the ‘Quit India’ resolution?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The city of Vijayanagara is also known as
A)Chandragiri
B)Aravidu
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu
Answer: Hampi
- Q. Wahabi movement aimed to organize Muslims around two fold ideas, which of the following forms the ideas among them? I. Harmony among 4 schools of Muslim which were divided at that time II. Recognition of the role of individual conscience in religion as conflicting interpretations were derived from quran and other practices
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)None of the above stated
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:
A)Bengali renaissance
B)Samvad Kaumudi
C)Bengal Gazette
D)The Brahmonical
Answer: Samvad Kaumudi
- Q. The Non-Cooperation movement had been launched by Gandhi in the year
A)1919
B)1916
C)1920
D)1923
Answer: 1920
- Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
A)Saluva Dynasty
B)Sangama Dynasty
C)Tuluva Dynasty
D)Aravidu Dynasty
Answer: Sangama Dynasty
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