More Questions on History

  • 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. Which painting is made from Fresco style?
    A)Piklikhal
    B)Bhimbetka
    C)Ajanta
    D)Ellora
    Answer: Ajanta
  • Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Ranade
    C)Pulinbehari Sarkar
    D)Amaresh Chakravarty
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
    A)Leonardo da Vinci
    B)Michelangelo
    C)Raphael
    D)Donatello
    Answer: Michelangelo
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct about Ancient Indian literature? I. Brahmanas and Aryankas followed by philosophical doctrines of Upanishads. II. Brahmanas are contains detailed explanation about Vedic literature and instructions.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas?
    A)Raghuvamsa
    B)Kumarasambhava
    C)Meghaduta
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
    A)Kanishka
    B)Samudragupta
    C)Chandragupta II
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. From which city, the Russian revolution of 1917 begin
    A)Moscow
    B)Petrograd
    C)Warsaw
    D)Ukraine
    Answer: Petrograd
  • Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with
    A)Cavour
    B)Mazzini
    C)Garibaldi
    D)Bismarck
    Answer: Bismarck
  • Q. Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on 6th April __________
    A)1919
    B)1918
    C)1926
    D)1925
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Which of the following is not among the regions where the Britishers had first set up trading posts?
    A)Goa
    B)Bengal
    C)Coromandel Coast
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Goa
  • Q. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
    A)The constitution was adopted on this day
    B)India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
    C)India became a Republic on this day
    D)The first amendment of the constitution was passed on this day
    Answer: The constitution was adopted on this day
  • Q. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at
    A)Agra
    B)Ajmer
    C)Delhi
    D)Daulatabad
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. Who was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
    A)Caligula
    B)Augustus
    C)Constantine the Great
    D)Cicero
    Answer: Constantine the Great
  • Q. In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success?
    A)By advocating open revolt
    B)By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
    C)By seeking foreign help against the British
    D)By seeking the support of the Indians living abroad
    Answer: By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
  • Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
    A)Ernest Gallner
    B)Benedict Anderson
    C)Eric Hobsbawm
    D)Karl Marx
    Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
  • Q. Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Dyanand Sarshawati
    D)Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
    Answer: Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
  • Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Sir John Shore
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
    A)1906
    B)1903
    C)1909
    D)1912
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. Which of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of blood and iron?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Balban
    D)Iltutmish
    Answer: Balban

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