More Questions on History

  • Q. At the time, when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal Emperor was
    A)Muhammad Shah
    B)Ahmad Shah
    C)Bahadur Shah
    D)Shah Alam
    Answer: Muhammad Shah
  • Q. In Indus Valley Civilization, Dholavira is famous for which of the following?
    A)Sea port
    B)Rock cut architecture
    C)Water Conservation
    D)Pottery
    Answer: Water Conservation
  • Q. As per Wavell’s Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________
    A)Parliament
    B)Viceroy
    C)An Indian Member of the Executive Council
    D)Secretary of State
    Answer: An Indian Member of the Executive Council
  • Q. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
    A)Sirr-i-Akbar
    B)Mayma-ul-Bahrain
    C)Al-Fihrist
    D)Kitabul Bayan
    Answer: Sirr-i-Akbar
  • Q. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
    A)Regulating Act
    B)White Paper
    C)Ordinance
    D)Resolution
    Answer: Regulating Act
  • Q. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started:
    A)Som Prakash
    B)Jugantar
    C)Vichar Lahiri
    D)Sandhya
    Answer: Jugantar
  • Q. Akbar was__________ years old when he became emperor
    A)19
    B)16
    C)13
    D)10
    Answer: 13
  • Q. Aligarh Movement towards the end revented its followers from joining the national movement. Which of the following reasons made it to take this decision though it initially propagated for unity?
    A)Indians are educationally forward so in order to suppress them their activities need to discouraged
    B)It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
    C)Gain support of British officials
    D)National movement is waste of time so should concentrate on other works
    Answer: It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
  • Q. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
    A)Promoted religious toleration
    B)Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
    C)Converted to Hinduism
    D)Presided over an era of religious harmony
    Answer: Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
  • Q. Which of the following event compel M.K Gandhi to withdraw the Nation’s cooperation from the British Government?
    A)Bhagat singh Hanging
    B)Jallianwala massacre
    C)Lathi charge
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Jallianwala massacre
  • Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. G. Ranade
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Atmaram Panduranga
    Answer: Jyotiba Phule
  • Q. Who was King Vipulvahan?
    A)Brother of Sambhavnath
    B)Father of Sambhavnath
    C)Friend of Sambhavnath
    D)Teacher of Sambhavnath
    Answer: Father of Sambhavnath
  • Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
    A)Jhelum and Ravi
    B)Indus and Jhelum
    C)Beas and Indus
    D)Satluj and Indus
    Answer: Indus and Jhelum
  • Q. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?
    A)The Kalinga War
    B)The third Buddhist Council
    C)His embracing of Buddhism
    D)His sending missionary to Ceylon
    Answer: The Kalinga War
  • Q. __________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State
    A)Patel
    B)Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Gokhale
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the Battle of
    A)Plassey
    B)Bauxar
    C)Arcot
    D)Panipat
    Answer: Panipat
  • Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
    A)Ramananda
    B)Tukaram
    C)Dadu
    D)Raghunandan
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashoka who influenced him?
    A)Charulata
    B)Chandalika
    C)Gautami
    D)Karuwaki
    Answer: Karuwaki
  • Q. Who translated Ramayana into Persian?
    A)Badauni
    B)Abul Fazal
    C)Abdul Latif
    D)Isar Das
    Answer: Badauni
  • Q. Who among the following introduced Ryotwari system in madras?
    A)Lord Wellesley
    B)Lord Hastings
    C)Sir Thomas Munro
    D)Lord Cannemara
    Answer: Sir Thomas Munro

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