More Questions on History

  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • Q. Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Munro and Charles Reed
    C)John shore
    D)None of these
    Answer: Munro and Charles Reed
  • Q. After a few years Olcott and Blavatsky moved to India and established the International Headquarters at Adyar, in__________
    A)Canada
    B)New Zealand
    C)Australia
    D)Madras
    Answer: Madras
  • Q. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
    A)Sree Narayana Guru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)Tilak
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The currency of Thailand is
    A)Rupiah
    B)Baht
    C)Yuan
    D)Yen
    Answer: Baht
  • Q. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the
    A)Pallavas
    B)Rashtrakutas
    C)Pandyas
    D)Chalukyas
    Answer: Chalukyas
  • Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
    A)J. S. Mill
    B)Herbert Spencer
    C)John Locke
    D)Tocqueville
    Answer: Herbert Spencer
  • Q. Which mughal emperor was a good veena player?
    A)Akbar
    B)Aurangazeb
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Aurangazeb
  • Q. Chauth’ was
    A)Toll tax imposed by Shivaji
    B)A religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
    C)Irrigation tax charged by Akbar
    D)Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
    Answer: Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
  • Q. Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri?
    A)Moti Masjid
    B)The Panch Mahal
    C)Tomb of Salim Chishti
    D)The Moriam Palace
    Answer: Moti Masjid
  • Q. Who founded the city of Singapore?
    A)Herman Willem Daendels
    B)Francis Light
    C)Lee Kuan Yew
    D)Stamford Raffles
    Answer: Stamford Raffles
  • Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was a failure because
    A)He was not a practical states man
    B)He was mad
    C)He transferred the capital
    D)He waged war with China
    Answer: He was not a practical states man
  • Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Mahakashyap Upali
    D)Sabakarni
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
    A)Faizi
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Abdul Nabi Khan
    D)Birbal
    Answer: Abul Fazl
  • Q. The Harappan Civilisation declined as a result of
    A)Decline in foreign trade
    B)Aryan invasion
    C)Ecological factors
    D)Not definitely known factors
    Answer: Not definitely known factors
  • Q. PIassey is located near
    A)Rajashahi in Bangladesh
    B)Murshidabad in West Bengal
    C)Calcutta
    D)Monghyr in Bihar
    Answer: Murshidabad in West Bengal
  • 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. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order- I. Nandas II. Shisu nagas III. Mauryas IV. Hariyankas
    A)II, I, IV and III
    B)IV, II, III and I
    C)IV, II, I and III
    D)III, I, IV and II
    Answer: IV, II, I and III
  • Q. From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
    A)Pavnar in Maharashtra
    B)Nadiad in Gujrat
    C)Adyar in Tamil Nadu
    D)Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Pavnar in Maharashtra
  • Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir. I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers. II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: I only

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