More Questions on History

  • Q. The revolutionary who was associated with the Indian Independence League was :
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Rash Behari Bose
    C)Rajguru
    D)None of these
    Answer: Rash Behari Bose
  • Q. Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?
    A)Mahe
    B)Puducherry
    C)Goa
    D)Chandannagar
    Answer: Goa
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)none of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?
    A)Munda
    B)Santali
    C)Awadhi
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Awadhi
  • 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. Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Block in :
    A)The Year 1939
    B)The Year 1935
    C)The Year 1937
    D)The Year 1942
    Answer: The Year 1939
  • Q. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Macaulay
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?
    A)Right Effort
    B)Right Speech
    C)Right Desire
    D)Right Conduct
    Answer: Right Desire
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about the Muslim League?
    A)It was established in Calcutta in 1906
    B)It was established by the Nawab Salimullah
    C)The league supported the partition on Bengal
    D)The league opposed the Swadeshi movement
    Answer: It was established in Calcutta in 1906
  • Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
    A)Kanva Dynasty
    B)Gupta Dynasty
    C)Shunga Dynasty
    D)Maurya Dynasty
    Answer: Gupta Dynasty
  • Q. The principles of Ashoka’s Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Brahmanism
    D)The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
    Answer: The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
  • Q. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
    A)Warangal
    B)Dwarasamudra
    C)Kalyani
    D)Devagiri
    Answer: Devagiri
  • Q. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh’s political capital. Which city was called his religious capital?
    A)Anandpur Sahib
    B)Amritsar
    C)Gujranwala
    D)Peshawar
    Answer: Amritsar
  • Q. I. Musamman Burj is situated inside the Fatehpur Sikri Fort II. Aurangzeb built Moti Masjid inside Agra Fort Which of the following option is correct related to the Mughal Architecture?
    A)Both I and II are incorrect
    B)Both I and II are correct
    C)Only I is correct
    D)Only II is correct
    Answer: Both I and II are incorrect
  • Q. Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is__________
    A)Irfan Habib
    B)Romila Thapar
    C)S.C.Ghosh
    D)Naoroji Dadabhai
    Answer: Naoroji Dadabhai
  • Q. The partition of Bengal was occurred in __________
    A)1805
    B)1804
    C)1904
    D)1905
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
    A)The second battle of Tarain
    B)The first battle of Tarain
    C)The first battle of Panipat
    D)The second battle of Panipat
    Answer: The second battle of Tarain
  • Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
    A)Rs. 400,000
    B)Rs. 480,000
    C)Rs. 500,000
    D)Rs. 300,000
    Answer: Rs. 400,000
  • Q. Where did Sumtinath Tirthankar receive Shiksha (enlightenment)?
    A)Nasik
    B)Ayodhya
    C)Ujjain
    D)Kiskindha
    Answer: Ayodhya
  • Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?
    A)Red Fort
    B)Agra Fort
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Buland Darwaza
    Answer: Taj Mahal

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