More Questions on History

  • Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
    A)The Panch Mahal
    B)The Rang Mahal
    C)The Red Fort
    D)The Bahai temple
    Answer: The Panch Mahal
  • Q. The capital of the Bahmani Kings was
    A)Bijapur
    B)Gulbarga
    C)Hampi
    D)Agra
    Answer: Gulbarga
  • Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
    A)Long-distance trade
    B)Commercial and urban
    C)Agriculture
    D)All the above
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. John Locke profounded
    A)Theory of Divine Rights
    B)Social Contract Theory
    C)Patriarchal Theory
    D)Theory of Force
    Answer: Social Contract Theory
  • Q. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
    A)Rafi-ud-DaIjat
    B)Farrukhsiyar
    C)Rafi-ud-Daula
    D)Muhammad Shah
    Answer: Muhammad Shah
  • Q. Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru
    A)Angad
    B)Amar Das
    C)Ram Das
    D)Arjan
    Answer: Amar Das
  • Q. Which one of the following was an important Port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?
    A)Tamralipti
    B)Kalyan
    C)Sopara
    D)Baroch
    Answer: Tamralipti
  • Q. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of
    A)Arjan Dev
    B)Tegh Bahadur
    C)Har Gobind
    D)Nanak
    Answer: Tegh Bahadur
  • Q. Alberuni came to India with
    A)Alexander
    B)Mahmud of Ghazni
    C)Babur
    D)Tamur
    Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Q. When was the Bill of Rights sanctioned?
    A)1776
    B)1775
    C)1783
    D)1791
    Answer: 1791
  • Q. The High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom must be appointed by __________
    A)The Government of India
    B)Secretary of State for India
    C)Parliament of England
    D)By Indian National Congress
    Answer: The Government of India
  • Q. The Act of 1833 concentrated the legislative powers in the hands of
    A)Governor-General in Council
    B)Parliament
    C)Board of Control
    D)Crown
    Answer: Governor-General in Council
  • Q. The local name of Mohenjodaro is
    A)Mound of the tree
    B)Mound of the living
    C)Mound of the dead
    D)Mound of the survivor
    Answer: Mound of the dead
  • Q. Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
    A)Sucheta Kripalani
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Sarojini Naidu
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
  • Q. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
    A)Agra
    B)Delhi
    C)Fatehpur Sikri
    D)Patna
    Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
  • Q. The main purpose of Brahmo Samaj for which it was set up are
    A)Criticize social evils, oppose idolatry and emphasize human dignity
    B)Purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to
    A)Turkey
    B)Persia
    C)Arabia
    D)Egypt
    Answer: Turkey
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was not correct?
    A)Responsible Government would be realised only by the progressive stages.
    B)British India must remain an integral part of the British Empire.
    C)Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects and Transferred subjects.
    D)The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
    Answer: The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be paid by Parliament.
  • Q. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ take place ?
    A)Monghyr
    B)Daccan
    C)Calcutta
    D)Murshidabad
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan’s treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
    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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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