More Questions on History

  • Q. Where is the Bara Imambara located?
    A)Lucknow
    B)Agra
    C)Patna
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. The deep transforming effect that the Kalinga War had on Ashoka has been described in
    A)Rock edicts
    B)Archaeological excavations
    C)Coins
    D)Pillar edicts
    Answer: Rock edicts
  • Q. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
    A)Arabs
    B)Ghurids
    C)Karkotakas
    D)Hindushahis
    Answer: Hindushahis
  • Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
    A)Young Indian Organization
    B)Bhinav Bharat
    C)Young India
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: Indian National Congress
  • Q. The first Mughal emperor of India was
    A)Humayun
    B)Shahjahan
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Which among the following statements is/ are not correct? I. The theosophical society preached the Aryan philosophy and religion II. It laid great emphasis on the Vedas and Upanishad. III. It considered Hinduism to be the best religion and the only means to attain salvation. IV. It called for universal brotherhood. V. The Upanishads revealed the essence of life
    A)II, II and V
    B)I, III and V
    C)Only III
    D)I and III
    Answer: Only III
  • Q. First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year
    A)1894
    B)1848
    C)1901
    D)1896
    Answer: 1894
  • Q. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of
    A)Padshah Nama
    B)Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh
    C)Alamgir Nama
    D)Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
    Answer: Padshah Nama
  • Q. The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was
    A)Ananda
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Asanga
    D)Padmasambhava
    Answer: Padmasambhava
  • 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. 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 charter act ended the monopoly of trade of east India Company with china and sea route also?
    A)The charter Act, 1813 AD
    B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
    C)Charter Act, 1833 AD
    D)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
    Answer: Charter Act, 1833 AD
  • Q. Who was the author of the book Kitab-i-Yamini?
    A)Abu Nasr Utbi
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Amir Khusro
    D)Firdausi
    Answer: Abu Nasr Utbi
  • Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
    A)Very rich food
    B)Infantry of the Mughals
    C)Royal household
    D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
    Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
  • Q. Which dynasty of China began the construction of the Great Wall
    A)Qin Dynasty
    B)Ming Dynasty
    C)Shun Dynasty
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Qin Dynasty
  • Q. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action was urgently needed?
    A)M. A. Jinnah
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Annie Beasnt
    D)A. O. Hume
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. According to Marx, the source of value is
    A)Land
    B)Capital
    C)Labour
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Labour
  • Q. Rowlatt after whom Rowlatt Act was named was a
    A)General
    B)Justice
    C)Member of Parliament
    D)Secretary of State for India
    Answer: Justice
  • Q. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
    A)Lord Canning
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Disraeli
    Answer: Disraeli
  • Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
    A)Bahadur Shah-II
    B)Bahadur Shah-I
    C)Shah Alam-I
    D)Shah Alam-II
    Answer: Shah Alam-I

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