More Questions on History

  • Q. Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
    A)RD Banerji
    B)Sir John Marshall
    C)A Cunningham
    D)Daya Ram Sahani
    Answer: A Cunningham
  • Q. Bindusara was the son of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Ashoka
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)Shivaji
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Which civilization is known as the birthplace of democracy
    A)Indian
    B)Romans
    C)Greeks
    D)Persians
    Answer: Greeks
  • Q. Before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773, there was __________ at home to administer the East India Company
    A)A Secretary
    B)A Committee of 24
    C)A Council of Lords
    D)A Board of Revenue
    Answer: A Committee of 24
  • Q. Prince Khurram was the name of the future Emperor__________
    A)Jahangir
    B)Shah Jahan
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. Jahangir was the son of
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was ended with the signed of
    A)Treaty of Munich
    B)Treaty of Vienna
    C)Treaty of Paris
    D)Treaty of Versailles
    Answer: Treaty of Versailles
  • Q. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of
    A)Arcot
    B)Trichinopoly
    C)Wandiwash
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Wandiwash
  • Q. In which year was the title of Governor general chanced to that of the Viceroy?
    A)1861
    B)1858
    C)1878
    D)1885
    Answer: 1858
  • Q. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by
    A)Montford Reforms
    B)The Council Act of 1909
    C)August Offer
    D)The Government of India Act of 1935
    Answer: August Offer
  • Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
    A)W. C. Banerjee
    B)Gokhale
    C)Ranade
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or uniformity in
    A)Cereal crops
    B)Weights and measures
    C)Burial practices
    D)Both (B) and (C)
    Answer: Burial practices
  • Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
    A)Sri Lanka
    B)Varkala
    C)Kottayam
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
    A)Madras
    B)Calcutta
    C)Belgaum
    D)Lahore
    Answer: Belgaum
  • Q. In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society founded?
    A)1908
    B)1905
    C)1911
    D)1914
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. Who was the moving spirit behind the oganization of the Ghadar Party?
    A)V. D. Savarkar
    B)Lala Hardayal
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Lala Hardayal
  • Q. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was
    A)Milk and its products
    B)Barley and rice
    C)Rice and pulses
    D)Vegetables and fruits
    Answer: Milk and its products
  • Q. Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
    A)Comwallis
    B)Clive
    C)Warren Hastings
    D)Wellesley
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
    A)Dakhma
    B)Tripitaka
    C)Khanjah
    D)Synagogue
    Answer: Khanjah
  • Q. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
    A)Dacca
    B)Lucknow
    C)Lahore
    D)Aligarh
    Answer: Dacca

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