More Questions on History

  • Q. The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was
    A)Ananda
    B)Nagarjuna
    C)Asanga
    D)Padmasambhava
    Answer: Padmasambhava
  • Q. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
    A)August 15, 1947
    B)January 26, 1947
    C)January 26, 1948
    D)February 20, 1947
    Answer: February 20, 1947
  • Q. Who among the following renowned Scholar wrote the biography of King Harsha and Kadambari?
    A)Bhartrihari
    B)Bharavi
    C)Bana
    D)Magha
    Answer: Bana
  • Q. What is ‘Milind panho’?
    A)One of the names of Buddha
    B)A Buddhist place
    C)A Buddhist Specimen of Art
    D)Buddhist text
    Answer: Buddhist text
  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
    A)Act of 1919
    B)Act of 1909
    C)Act of 1935
    D)Act of 1947
    Answer: Act of 1909
  • Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)V N Mandalik
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
    A)Sukhdev
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
    D)Raj Guru
    Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
  • Q. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
    A)Muslims
    B)Jews
    C)Christians
    D)Sikhs
    Answer: Muslims
  • Q. When was “The Communist Manifesto” written?
    A)1872
    B)1848
    C)1890
    D)1882
    Answer: 1848
  • Q. Who was the architect who designed “Taj Mahal” ?
    A)Ustad Ahmed Lahori
    B)Muhammad Hussain
    C)Shah Isa
    D)Ismail
    Answer: Ustad Ahmed Lahori
  • Q. Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?
    A)Kam Baksh
    B)Azam shah
    C)Akbar-II
    D)Mauzzam
    Answer: Azam shah
  • Q. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were
    A)Mahasabha and Ganasabha
    B)Sabha and Mahasabha
    C)Sabha and Samiti
    D)Ur and Kula
    Answer: Sabha and Samiti
  • Q. Marco Polo was a traveller from __________
    A)England
    B)Portugal
    C)Italy
    D)Spain
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. The Ramayana narrates events believed to have taken place in the __________ Yuga or age
    A)Dwapar
    B)Sat
    C)Kal
    D)Treta
    Answer: Treta
  • Q. Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
    A)Rani Laxmi Bai
    B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
    C)Kuar Singh
    D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
  • Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
    A)Baroda
    B)Travancore
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. Of the following who transferred the capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?
    A)Mir Jaffar
    B)Mir Kasim
    C)Siraj-ud-Daulah
    D)Mir Mudan
    Answer: Mir Kasim
  • Q. Who established East India Association in London 1866?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
    D)Hemu Kalani
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. D-Day is the day when
    A)US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima
    B)Germany declared war on Britain
    C)Allied Troops landed in Normandy
    D)Germany surrendered to the allies
    Answer: Allied Troops landed in Normandy
  • Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)S. N. Bannerjee
    C)Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Mrs. Annie Besant
    Answer: S. N. Bannerjee

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