More Questions on History

  • Q. Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of
    A)Waterloo
    B)Russia
    C)Peninsular
    D)Rivoli
    Answer: Waterloo
  • Q. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court ?
    A)Megasthanese
    B)Alexander
    C)Plato
    D)Aristotle
    Answer: Megasthanese
  • Q. The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
    A)September 2, 1946
    B)August 16, 1946
    C)October 15, 1946
    D)July 29, 1946
    Answer: August 16, 1946
  • Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Abhinandannath Tirthankar was born?
    A)Dhanishtha
    B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
    C)Shravan
    D)Punarvasu
    Answer: Punarvasu
  • Q. During the reign of which Pallava ruler Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram were built?
    A)Adivarman
    B)Narasimhavarman I
    C)Nadivarman
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Narasimhavarman I
  • Q. Which day was declared as the ‘Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League?
    A)16th August, 1946
    B)3rd September, 1946
    C)16th May, 1946
    D)4th Decembar, 1946
    Answer: 16th August, 1946
  • Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
    A)C. Raja Gopalachari
    B)B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
    D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
    Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
  • Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
    A)England and France
    B)Turkey and Austria
    C)Palestine and Israel
    D)Germany and Russia
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. Who has completed the annexation of Ahmednagar?
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Jahangir
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
    A)1907
    B)1905
    C)1909
    D)1911
    Answer: 1907
  • Q. Till the end of the 17th Century the growth of the executive and legislative powers of the East india Company depended on
    A)Governor-General
    B)Governor
    C)Parliament
    D)Crown
    Answer: Crown
  • Q. In 1877 the entrance age to ICS was reduced from 21 to __________
    A)18
    B)17
    C)19
    D)20
    Answer: 19
  • Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
    A)Thalassery
    B)Kannur
    C)Travancore
    D)Cochi
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar dispensed with the practice of keeping revenue records in the local languages, in addition to Persian. Reason (R): In Mughal lndia, Persian language and literature was well developed and widely in use.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Sir Saiyad breathed his last on Sunday, 27th March__________
    A)1898
    B)1878
    C)1901
    D)1906
    Answer: 1898
  • Q. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    B)Aurobindo Ghosh
    C)Devendra Nath Tegore
    D)Keshav Chandra Sen
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
    A)Bede
    B)Alcuin
    C)Einhard
    D)Rabanus Maurus
    Answer: Alcuin
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services (during the First World War)
    A)during the Non-Cooperation Movement
    B)in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    C)in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
    D)during the Champaran Satyagraha
    Answer: in support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August 1, 1920
  • Q. In Jain literature, which of the following Tirthankar is also known as Prajapati, Adibrahma and Aadinath?
    A)Ajitnath
    B)Rishabhnath
    C)Sambhav nath
    D)Abhnindan Nath
    Answer: Rishabhnath
  • Q. The land was owned by temples known as __________
    A)Brahmaswam
    B)Dewaswam
    C)Cherikkal
    D)Kanam
    Answer: Dewaswam

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