More Questions on History

  • Q. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of __________
    A)Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
    B)Alauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Firuz Tughlaq
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Which is representative of Dravida style of temple architecture?
    A)Shikhara
    B)Viman
    C)Mandapa
    D)Gopuram
    Answer: Viman
  • Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Mahakashyap Upali
    D)Sabakarni
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
    A)Bihar
    B)Punjab
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Vishvambhara Mishra was the original name of
    A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Shankaracharya
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
  • Q. __________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
    A)Swarnakumari Devi
    B)Ramabai Saraswati
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
  • Q. The new proletariat class which emerged in India on account of the British economic policies, consisted of
    A)Landlords
    B)Money lenders
    C)Traders
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
    A)Vaishanavism
    B)Nirgunabraman
    C)Shaivism
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Nirgunabraman
  • Q. What was the most important cause of the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni?
    A)To gain possession of the wealth of India
    B)To destroy idolatry
    C)To spread Islam into India
    D)To establish a Muslim State in India
    Answer: To gain possession of the wealth of India
  • Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
    A)Herodotus
    B)Aristotle
    C)Hippocrates
    D)Thucydides
    Answer: Herodotus
  • Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Akbar
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. In the 18th Century the Royal prerogative in the affairs of the East India Company was controlled by
    A)The Indian Legislature
    B)The Viceroy's Council
    C)The Parliament in England
    D)The Secretary of State
    Answer: The Parliament in England
  • Q. Pitt’s India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing __________
    A)The English Merchants in India
    B)The Parliament of Britain
    C)The Indian Merchants
    D)Princely States
    Answer: The Parliament of Britain
  • Q. I. Hawkins was the first Englishman to visit Jahangir’s court II. Hawkins was called by the name of English Khan, by Jahangir Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Hawkins?
    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 correct
  • Q. Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple “Sat Shri Akal” or the worship of God and truth?
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Dadu Dayal
    C)Sri Chaitanya
    D)Guru Govind Singh
    Answer: Guru Nanak
  • Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Daya Nand Saraswati
    Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • Q. Which King was executed by guillotine during French Revolution in 1793
    A)Louis XIII
    B)Charles X
    C)Henry IV
    D)Louis XVI
    Answer: Louis XVI
  • Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
    A)Biology
    B)Astronomy
    C)Medicine
    D)Physiology
    Answer: Astronomy
  • Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
    A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
    B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
    C)The greatest good of all
    D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
    Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
  • Q. In which year Adolf Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany
    A)1935
    B)1933
    C)1938
    D)1940
    Answer: 1933

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