More Questions on History

  • Q. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
    A)Calcutta
    B)Lucknow
    C)Bombay
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
    A)Shah Parvez
    B)Shah Muhammad
    C)Shah Abbas
    D)Shah Raza
    Answer: Shah Abbas
  • Q. What was the name of the Sabha started by Debendranath Tagore?
    A)Dharma Sabha
    B)Arya Samaj
    C)Tattvabodhini Sabha
    D)Tattvabodhini Samaj
    Answer: Tattvabodhini Sabha
  • Q. The portion of the actual produce fixed as state’s share under the Zabti System of Mughals was __________
    A)One-third
    B)One-half
    C)One-fourth
    D)One-fifth
    Answer: One-third
  • Q. Which of the following was the achieved milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921?
    A)Indian obtains some political rights
    B)It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat
    C)The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
    D)It avenged the Punjab atrocities
    Answer: The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
  • Q. The economy of the Indus Valley people was based on?
    A)Trade and Commerce
    B)Agriculture
    C)Crafts
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
    A)Sheikh Salim Chisti
    B)Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
    C)Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
    D)Baba Farid
    Answer: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
  • Q. Babur summoned the pupils of the famous architect Sinan from
    A)Kabul
    B)Constantinople
    C)Syria
    D)Egypt
    Answer: Constantinople
  • Q. Who is the excavator of Harappa site?
    A)Rakhal das Bannerji
    B)Daya ram sahni
    C)Mackey
    D)B.K. Thapar
    Answer: Daya ram sahni
  • Q. Muslim League was founded in the year
    A)1905
    B)1900
    C)1906
    D)1902
    Answer: 1906
  • Q. Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
    A)Sumanta
    B)Dannayaka
    C)Nayaka
    D)Mahanayakacharya
    Answer: Mahanayakacharya
  • Q. In Akbar’s regime,__________ was the military head
    A)Suri Moja
    B)Sultan Ahmed Fawad
    C)Mir Khaas
    D)Mir Bakshi
    Answer: Mir Bakshi
  • Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
    A)Baani
    B)Bhagwad Gita
    C)Gurmukhi
    D)Guru Granth Sahib
    Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
  • Q. As per ‘August Offer 1940’ the Constitution of India would be drawn by
    A)House of Lords
    B)House of Commons
    C)Princely States
    D)Indians
    Answer: Indians
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
    A)Buddhist order or organisation
    B)Buddhist monastery
    C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
    D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
    Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
  • Q. Tolkappiyam is associated with the
    A)second Sangam period
    B)first Sangam period
    C)third Sangam period
    D)post-third Sangam period
    Answer: second Sangam period
  • Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was a failure because
    A)He was not a practical states man
    B)He was mad
    C)He transferred the capital
    D)He waged war with China
    Answer: He was not a practical states man
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
    A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
    B)common electorate for all Hindus
    C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who compiled the tales of “The Panchatantra”?
    A)Veda Vyasa
    B)Valmiki
    C)Vishnu Sharma
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Vishnu Sharma
  • Q. Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act 1794?
    A)Andrew Frazer
    B)Charles Metcalfe
    C)Lord Wellesly
    D)Lord Auckland
    Answer: Lord Wellesly

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