More Questions on History

  • Q. I. Jahangir had set up his court at Allahabad, assumed royal titles and struck coins in his name II. He banned slaughter of animals on two days in every week viz – Sunday & Thursday. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
    A)The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
    B)The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
    C)The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
    D)The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
    Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
  • Q. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Rajendra Prasad
    Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • Q. The Arabic work of Al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called__________
    A)Kitab - Al Bharat
    B)Kitab - AI Hind
    C)Pustak - AI Hind
    D)Pustak - AI Bharat
    Answer: Kitab - AI Hind
  • Q. The Deccan Riots of 1874-75 in Maharashtra were directed against
    A)Moneylenders
    B)Big landlords
    C)Revenue collectors
    D)British opium planters
    Answer: Moneylenders
  • Q. Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year
    A)1643
    B)1543
    C)1743
    D)1843
    Answer: 1643
  • Q. Who founded Saint Petersburg?
    A)Ivan the Terrible
    B)Alexis of Russia
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Peter the Great
  • Q. When did the Sasanian Empire rise?
    A)238
    B)226
    C)280
    D)285
    Answer: 226
  • Q. Who has completed the annexation of Ahmednagar?
    A)Shahjahan
    B)Jahangir
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organising the agrarian movement in Punjab?
    A)1907
    B)1905
    C)1909
    D)1911
    Answer: 1907
  • Q. Madras was returned by the French to the British in 1748 by the Treaty of
    A)Delhi
    B)Paris
    C)London
    D)Aix-la-Chapelle
    Answer: Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Q. The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was
    A)Chapekar brothers
    B)Jyotiba Phule
    C)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
    D)Yatindra Das
    Answer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke
  • Q. At which Indus Valley site the Dockyard was found?
    A)Ropar
    B)Lothal
    C)Kalibangan
    D)Banawali
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Consider the following on the chronology of appointment of Viceroys I. Reading II. Irwin III. Wellingdon IV. Linlithgow
    A)III, II, IV, II
    B)I, II, III , IV
    C)IV, III, II, I
    D)II, IV, III, I
    Answer: I, II, III , IV
  • Q. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
    A)Educational Despatch, 1854
    B)Pitts India Act, 1784
    C)Macaulay Minute, 1835
    D)Regulating Act, 1773
    Answer: Macaulay Minute, 1835
  • Q. The Constitution drawn by the Constituent Assembly (provided in the Cabinet Mission Plan) would be implemented by
    A)The British Government
    B)Parliament
    C)Viceroy
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: The British Government
  • Q. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
    A)Swadeshi Movement
    B)Quit India Movement
    C)Non-Cooperation Movement
    D)Civil Disobedience Movement
    Answer: Swadeshi Movement
  • Q. Who established Nalanda Mahavihara ?
    A)Skandagupta
    B)Kumaragupta
    C)Devgupta
    D)Vedgupta
    Answer: Kumaragupta
  • 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. The battle of Thermopylae was fought between
    A)Athens and Rome
    B)Sparta and Athens
    C)Greece City States and Persia
    D)Rome and Carthage
    Answer: Greece City States and Persia

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