More Questions on History

  • Q. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
    A)Abdur Qadir Badauni
    B)Nizamuddin Ahmad
    C)Abul Fazl
    D)Abdas Khan Arwani
    Answer: Abul Fazl
  • Q. Which great war was fought between the years 1914 and 1918?
    A)The First World War
    B)The Battle of Tarain
    C)The Battle of Plassey
    D)The Second World War
    Answer: The First World War
  • Q. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Harsha
    D)Fa-Hien
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Tantra
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. The Constituent Assembly was formed on the recommendations of the
    A)Cabinet Mission Plan
    B)Government of India Act, 1935
    C)Cripps' Mission
    D)Mountbatten Plan
    Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan
  • Q. Which of the following is not true about First Anglo-Mysore War?
    A)Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
    B)First Anglo-Mysore War fought in AD 1767-69
    C)Treaty of Madras was the result of First Anglo-Mysore War
    D)All of the above are incorrect
    Answer: Hyder Ali defeated the English in the First Anglo-Mysore War
  • Q. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
    A)Lord Irwin
    B)Lloyd George
    C)Lord Reading
    D)Lord Ripon
    Answer: Lord Irwin
  • Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
    A)Bessus
    B)King Darius III
    C)King Porus
    D)Spitamenes
    Answer: King Porus
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 was started by
    A)The zamindars
    B)The sepoys
    C)The peasants
    D)The plantations workers
    Answer: The sepoys
  • Q. Which world heritage site comprises of the Alai Darwaza Gate?
    A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    B)Humayun's Tomb
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Red Fort Complex
    Answer: Qutub Minar
  • Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
    A)underground drainage system
    B)town planning
    C)uniformity of weights and measures
    D)large agricultural surplus
    Answer: underground drainage system
  • Q. Which of the following books were written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? I. Discovery of India II. Outline of History III. Glimpses of World History IV. A Study of History
    A)II & IV
    B)I & IV
    C)I & III
    D)I, II, III & IV
    Answer: I & III
  • Q. Dharmamahamatras were __________ during the Mauryans
    A)Buddhist Monks
    B)Officials
    C)Jain Monks
    D)Soldiers
    Answer: Officials
  • Q. In which year the Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and Porus
    A)310 BC
    B)302 BC
    C)312 BC
    D)326 BC
    Answer: 326 BC
  • Q. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Akbar
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Which of the following is true regarding the Aryan Economy? I. Aryans, crossed the nomadic stage. II. Lion, elephants, & Boar were not known to them. III. Coins were known to them.
    A)II, III
    B)Only I
    C)I, III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. Who among the following started Bengali weekly newspaper ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ in year 1821?
    A)Aurobindo Ghosh
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Ramkrishna Paramhans
    D)Debendranath Tagore
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
    A)Sir Thomas Roe
    B)Lord Clive
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Captain Hawkins
    Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
  • Q. In India, Ancient Iron Age is attached with
    A)Black and Red Pottery
    B)Gray pottery
    C)Ocher Coloured Pottery
    D)Northern Black Polish Pottery
    Answer: Gray pottery
  • Q. When did M.K Gandhi suspend non cooperation movement after the violent act of peasants at Police station of Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur in UP?
    A)Mar 1922
    B)Feb 1922
    C)Jan 1920
    D)Feb 1920
    Answer: Feb 1922

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