More Questions on History

  • Q. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
    A)Arabs
    B)Ghurids
    C)Karkotakas
    D)Hindushahis
    Answer: Hindushahis
  • Q. The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
    A)Devendranath Tagore
    B)Swami Dayanand
    C)Swami Vivekananda
    D)Keshub Chandra Sen
    Answer: Swami Dayanand
  • Q. The Harappan Civilisation declined as a result of
    A)Decline in foreign trade
    B)Aryan invasion
    C)Ecological factors
    D)Not definitely known factors
    Answer: Not definitely known factors
  • Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
    A)Motilal Nehru
    B)Lord Reading
    C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
    D)Mohammad Ali
    Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
    A)Dholavira
    B)Mohenjodaro
    C)Lothal
    D)Rakhigarhi
    Answer: Mohenjodaro
  • Q. Who had observed that “Good government was never a good substitute for self-government”?
    A)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Swami Dayananda
    D)Aurobindo Ghose
    Answer: Swami Dayananda
  • Q. Zamindari Association was the political association of modern India
    A)Second
    B)First
    C)Third
    D)Fourth
    Answer: First
  • Q. The principles of Ashoka’s Dharma (Dhamma) were taken from
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Brahmanism
    D)The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
    Answer: The moral virtues of all Indian religions of that period
  • Q. The permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration by
    A)Hastings
    B)William Pitt
    C)William Bentic
    D)Lord Cornwallis
    Answer: Lord Cornwallis
  • Q. India attained ‘Dominion status’ on
    A)15th August, 1947
    B)15th January, 1947
    C)15th August, 1950
    D)15th October, 1947
    Answer: 15th August, 1947
  • Q. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
    A)Delhi
    B)Agra
    C)Fatehpur Sikri
    D)Gulbarga
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
    A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
    B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
    C)Allowing women to enter temple
    D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
    Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
  • Q. Who among the following built the Gomateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola ?
    A)Kharvela
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Amoghavarsha
    D)Chamundaraya
    Answer: Chamundaraya
  • 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. In 1542 Akbar was born at
    A)Herat
    B)Agra
    C)Umarkot
    D)Kabul
    Answer: Umarkot
  • Q. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
    A)Syed Ahmed Khan
    B)Jinnah
    C)Abul Kalam Azad
    D)Bhutto
    Answer: Syed Ahmed Khan
  • Q. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
    A)Abdur Rahim
    B)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
    C)Mulla Wajhi
    D)Chand Bardai
    Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
  • Q. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
    A)Kusinara and Pava
    B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
    C)Kundagrama and Pava
    D)Kashi and Champa
    Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
  • Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
    A)Dhanishtha
    B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
    C)Shravan
    D)Magha Nakshtra
    Answer: Magha Nakshtra
  • Q. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
    A)Sayyid Ahmed Khan
    B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
    C)Aga Khan
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Aga Khan

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