More Questions on History

  • Q. When did Henry Tudor seize the crown?
    A)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1485
    Answer: 1485
  • Q. To which Ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged?
    A)Shakya
    B)Shibi
    C)Saurasena
    D)Shabara
    Answer: Shakya
  • Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
    A)Christian
    B)Brahmin
    C)Pulaya
    D)Nayar
    Answer: Brahmin
  • Q. When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?
    A)753
    B)752
    C)757
    D)774
    Answer: 774
  • Q. Bajirao-I (1720-1740 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Peshwas
    B)Nanda
    C)Haryanka
    D)Maurya
    Answer: Peshwas
  • Q. Which of the following is not a category into which Ashoka’s monuments may be grouped?
    A)Pillars
    B)Stupas
    C)Viharas
    D)Caves
    Answer: Viharas
  • Q. How many volunteers had accompanied Gandhi on the famous Dandi March of March 12, 1930?
    A)44
    B)13
    C)78
    D)108
    Answer: 78
  • Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Hindi
    C)Ardh-Magadhi
    D)Regional vernacular languages
    Answer: Regional vernacular languages
  • Q. Atala Masjid which was built by Sultan Ibrahim is located at?
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jaunpur
    C)Agra
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Jaunpur
  • Q. The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa) was
    A)Balban
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Firoz Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
    A)Turkey
    B)Afghanistan
    C)Mongolia
    D)Persia
    Answer: Mongolia
  • Q. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
    A)Megasthenese
    B)Hiuen Tsang
    C)I-Tsing
    D)Fahien
    Answer: Megasthenese
  • Q. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor General
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Bentinck
    C)Lord Cornwallis
    D)Lord Canning
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. Buddha delivered his first sermon at __________
    A)Sarnath
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kapilvastu
    D)Vaisali
    Answer: Sarnath
  • Q. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Ramananda
    C)Dadu
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
    A)Eternity
    B)Wind
    C)Rain and thunder
    D)Fire
    Answer: Rain and thunder
  • Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
    A)George Washington
    B)Benjamin Franklin
    C)Thomas Edison
    D)Thomas Jefferson
    Answer: Thomas Jefferson
  • Q. My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
    C)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti sect founded by Birbhan and their religious granth is revered like the Granth of the Sikhs?
    A)Satnamis
    B)Pothi
    C)Vaishanavism
    D)Shaivism
    Answer: Satnamis
  • Q. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first national flag at the International socialist conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
    A)Subash Chandra Bose
    B)Madame Bhikaji Cama
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)Sardar Patel
    Answer: Madame Bhikaji Cama

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