More Questions on History

  • Q. Jama Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Fatehpur Sikri
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Agra Fort
    Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
  • Q. The most important source of our information on ancient India’s cultural history are
    A)Antiquities and monuments
    B)Archaeological excavations
    C)Literature and epics
    D)Inscriptions and coins
    Answer: Literature and epics
  • Q. Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad?
    A)Subhash Chandra Bose
    B)Chandrashekhar Azad
    C)Bhagat Singh
    D)Iqbal
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. The site of birth (nativity) of Gautam Buddha is marked by
    A)A "Rummindei Pillar" of Ashok Maurya
    B)A monastery
    C)A statue
    D)A Peepal Tree
    Answer: A "Rummindei Pillar" of Ashok Maurya
  • Q. The Harappan site that had a dock is
    A)Harappa
    B)Alamgirpur
    C)Lothal
    D)Mohenjo-Daro
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
    A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
    B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
    C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
    D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
    Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
  • Q. In which century, Qutub Minar of Delhi was built?
    A)13th Century
    B)12th Century
    C)14th Century
    D)11th Century
    Answer: 13th Century
  • Q. In 1917 Anasuya Sarabhai had led the __________textile workers’ strike
    A)Bombay
    B)Ahmedabad
    C)Calcutta
    D)Malabar
    Answer: Ahmedabad
  • Q. Who compiled the tales of “The Panchatantra”?
    A)Veda Vyasa
    B)Valmiki
    C)Vishnu Sharma
    D)Tulsidas
    Answer: Vishnu Sharma
  • Q. Under the Mughals __________ was administered as a department of the household
    A)cavalry
    B)infantry
    C)artillery
    D)navy
    Answer: artillery
  • Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Manusmriti
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Arthsashtra
  • Q. After the ruin of India’s trade, industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
    A)Peasantry
    B)Zamindars
    C)Income-tax payers
    D)All the above
    Answer: Peasantry
  • Q. What was the name of the assassinator of John F. Kennedy
    A)John Wilkes Booth
    B)Lee Harvey Oswald
    C)John Surratt
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Q. Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
    A)Sucheta Kripalani
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Sarojini Naidu
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
  • Q. Purushapura is the other name for
    A)Pataliputra
    B)Patna
    C)Peshawar
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Peshawar
  • Q. Bindusara was the son of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Ashoka
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)Shivaji
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Harshavardhana moved his capital from __________ to __________
    A)Delhi, Deogiri
    B)Thanesar, Kannauj
    C)Kamboj, Kannauj
    D)Valabhi, Delhi
    Answer: Thanesar, Kannauj
  • Q. When did the Battle of France take place?
    A)1941
    B)1940
    C)1945
    D)1942
    Answer: 1940
  • Q. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
    A)Punjab and Delhi region
    B)Indo-Gangetic Valley
    C)Indus Valley
    D)Region between the Swat and the Indus
    Answer: Indus Valley
  • Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in February 1922 on account of
    A)Hindu Muslim riots
    B)the Chauri Chaura incident
    C)arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and his imprisonment for six years
    D)all the above
    Answer: the Chauri Chaura incident

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