More Questions on History

  • Q. The religious movements of Buddhism and Jainism were led by
    A)Kshatriya Princes
    B)Sudras
    C)Vaisyas
    D)Brahmins
    Answer: Kshatriya Princes
  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
    D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
    Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1858 A.D.
    B)1848 A.D.
    C)1862 A.D.
    D)1856 A.D.
    Answer: 1858 A.D.
  • Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breath?
    A)Red Fort
    B)Agra Fort
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Buland Darwaza
    Answer: Taj Mahal
  • Q. The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    C)Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)None of these
    Answer: Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. The famous Mughal General who conquered Assam, Chittagong, etc. in the north-east was
    A)Mir Jumla
    B)Shaista Khan
    C)Mirza Raja Jai Singh
    D)Jaswant Singh
    Answer: Mir Jumla
  • Q. Who was the last ruler of India that adopted Jainism in his last days?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Samudra Gupta
    C)Chandra Gupta Maurya
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Chandra Gupta Maurya
  • Q. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
    A)Battle of Buxar
    B)Revolt of 1857
    C)Third Battle of Panipat
    D)First battle of Mysore
    Answer: Battle of Buxar
  • Q. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of
    A)Jodha Bai
    B)Ruqayya Sultan Begum
    C)Mumtaz Mahal
    D)Nur Jahan
    Answer: Mumtaz Mahal
  • Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
    A)Jinnah
    B)Mohammed Iqbal
    C)Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Rahmat Ali
    Answer: Rahmat Ali
  • Q. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of __________ when Akbar besieged it
    A)Raja Bhagvan Das
    B)Mansingh
    C)Bahadur Shah
    D)Hemu
    Answer: Bahadur Shah
  • Q. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
    A)Nana Sahib
    B)Bhakt Khan
    C)Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
    D)Jung Bhadur Rana
    Answer: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
    A)Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
    B)They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
    C)The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
    D)Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
    Answer: Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
  • Q. Who was the mother of Mahavira?
    A)Anojja
    B)Yasoda
    C)Trishala
    D)Devanandi
    Answer: Trishala
  • Q. To face the Maratha Army the Rohelas chief entered into a pact with
    A)The French
    B)The Nawab of Awadh
    C)The Portuguese
    D)The Sikhs
    Answer: The Nawab of Awadh
  • Q. The Mohamedan Association was founded in __________in 1856
    A)Adayar
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Which of the following Mughal Emperors wrote their own autobigraphies?
    A)Babur and Jahangir
    B)Shah Alam and Farukh Siyar
    C)Jahangir and Shah Jahan
    D)Akbr and Aurangzeb
    Answer: Babur and Jahangir
  • Q. Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the
    A)Jains
    B)Parsis
    C)Jews
    D)Buddhists
    Answer: Parsis
  • Q. The medieval Hindu ruler who was a contemporary of Akbar, and took the title of Vikramaditya was
    A)Sadasiva Raya (of Vijayanagar)
    B)Rana Pratap (of Mewar)
    C)Raja Man Singh (of Amber)
    D)Hemachandra (Hemu)
    Answer: Hemachandra (Hemu)
  • Q. In __________ , Jyotiba Phule formed the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth)
    A)1853
    B)1773
    C)1873
    D)1889
    Answer: 1873

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