More Questions on History

  • Q. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
    A)Rangoon
    B)Andaman and Nicobar
    C)Singapore
    D)Mandalay
    Answer: Mandalay
  • Q. Who led prussia in the unification of Germany
    A)Wilhelm II
    B)Moltke
    C)Otto von Bismarck
    D)Friedrich Ebert
    Answer: Otto von Bismarck
  • Q. MSP means __________
    A)Mysore Special police
    B)Malabar Special Police
    C)Madras Special police
    D)Mappila Special Police
    Answer: Malabar Special Police
  • Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
    A)Japan
    B)China
    C)Sri Lanka
    D)Tibet
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. Who has called the Prime Minister Primus inter pares (first among equlas)?
    A)Harcourt
    B)Morely
    C)Laski
    D)Lowell
    Answer: Morely
  • Q. Who founded the Pala Empire?
    A)Dharmapala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dhruva
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Gopala
  • Q. Who built Red Fort?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Shah Jahan
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints was responsible for founding many punyakshetras along the length and breadth of India, by taming avatars of Parvati and imprisoning her essence in Sri Chakras?
    A)Ramanada Saraswati
    B)Shankaracharya
    C)Tulsidas
    D)Valmiki
    Answer: Shankaracharya
  • Q. The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by
    A)Queen Anbolin
    B)Queen Elizabeth I
    C)Queen Mary
    D)Queen Victoria
    Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
  • Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
    A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
    B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
    C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
  • Q. Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of Akbar?
    A)Officials of state who were given jagir in place of cash pay
    B)Large estate owners
    C)Revenue collectors
    D)Autonomous rulers under Akbar
    Answer: Large estate owners
  • Q. Where was saint kabir born?
    A)Varanasi
    B)Delhi
    C)Mathura
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Varanasi
  • Q. The organisation ‘League of Nations’ was founded after the end of
    A)World War II
    B)World War I
    C)Crimean War
    D)Vietnam War
    Answer: World War I
  • Q. Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?
    A)The Government of India Act, 1858
    B)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
    C)The Indian Councils Act, 1861
    D)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908
    Answer: The Government of India Act, 1858
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Smritis? I. It deals with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma II. It is concerned mainly with the rules of the organization of the monasteries
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    D)Balban
    Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
    A)Portuguese
    B)Dutch
    C)Danish
    D)French
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?
    A)1707
    B)1599
    C)1699
    D)1657
    Answer: 1699
  • Q. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :
    A)Nine States
    B)Eleven States
    C)Five States
    D)Ten States
    Answer: Eleven States

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