More Questions on History

  • Q. The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed on the basis of
    A)Stratification
    B)Pottery design
    C)Aryan invasion
    D)Radio Carbon-14 dating
    Answer: Radio Carbon-14 dating
  • Q. The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
    A)Kanishka
    B)Samudragupta
    C)Chandragupta II
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on the Throne?
    A)Queen Elizabeth-II
    B)Queen Victoria
    C)Queen Mary Tudor
    D)Queen Anne
    Answer: Queen Elizabeth-II
  • Q. Who was known as the Morning star of Renaissance
    A)Dante
    B)Montesquieu
    C)Shakespeare
    D)Geoffrey Chaucer
    Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Q. The architectural raw material generally used in Akbar’s period was
    A)Brick
    B)Marble
    C)Limestone
    D)Redstone
    Answer: Redstone
  • Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
    A)Surat
    B)Agra
    C)Delhi
    D)Calcutta
    Answer: Agra
  • Q. The word ‘Veda’ means
    A)Wisdom
    B)Knowledge
    C)Skill
    D)Power
    Answer: Knowledge
  • Q. The Gupta king who assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ was
    A)Samudragupta
    B)Skandagupta
    C)Chandragupta-II
    D)Kumaragupta
    Answer: Chandragupta-II
  • Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
    A)J. S. Mill
    B)Herbert Spencer
    C)John Locke
    D)Tocqueville
    Answer: Herbert Spencer
  • Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
    A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
    B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
    C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
    D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
    Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
  • Q. From which European country did Belgium gain independence in 1830
    A)England
    B)Italy
    C)Portugal
    D)Netherlands
    Answer: Netherlands
  • Q. Yavanika or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by which of the following?
    A)Parthians
    B)Shakas
    C)Greeks
    D)Kushans
    Answer: Greeks
  • Q. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
    A)Government of India Act, 1919
    B)Government of India Act, 1909
    C)Government of India Act, 1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
  • Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?
    A)Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
    B)The last effort of the old political order to regain power
    C)A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
    D)An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
    Answer: The last effort of the old political order to regain power
  • Q. Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan’s treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was
    A)Agriculture
    B)Sea faring
    C)Working in mines
    D)Service in the army
    Answer: Agriculture
  • Q. On the Direct Action Day unprecedented bloodshed took place (as a result of Hindu-Muslim riots) in
    A)Calcutta
    B)Dacca
    C)Delhi
    D)Meerut and Karachi
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. The first lawful Hindu widow remarriage among upper castes in our country was celebrated under which of the following reformer
    A)Keshub Chandra Sen
    B)Raja Rammohan Roy
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • Q. When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?
    A)In 1925
    B)In 1920
    C)In 1928
    D)In 1932
    Answer: In 1932
  • 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

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