More Questions on History

  • Q. What is true about Lothal – ancient site? I. Lothal was an ancient port of Indus civilization. II. It was excavated by the S. R. Rao. III. Currently it is situated in the Pakistan.
    A)Only I, III
    B)Only I , II
    C)II, III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Only I , II
  • Q. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Jehangir
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
    A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
    B)Peter I
    C)Nicholas I
    D)John Adams
    Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
  • Q. Synagogue is the place of worship of
    A)Taoism
    B)Zorastrianism
    C)Judaism
    D)Shintoism
    Answer: Judaism
  • Q. Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    B)Aurangzeb
    C)Sher Shah Suri
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo French rivalry in India?
    A)Battle of Plassey
    B)Battle of Wandiwash
    C)Battle of Mysore
    D)Battle of Seringapatnam
    Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
  • Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
    A)Tivara
    B)Kunala
    C)Mahendra
    D)Jalauka
    Answer: Tivara
  • Q. Who is the author of Vande Mataram?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    D)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
    Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
  • Q. Who was the founder of Lodi dynasty?
    A)Sikandar Lodi
    B)Daulat Khan Lodi
    C)Bahlol Lodi
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Bahlol Lodi
  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
    A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
    B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
    C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
    D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
    Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
  • Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
    A)Veer Kunwar
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
    A)USA and England
    B)Russia and Turkey
    C)Russia and Japan
    D)England and France
    Answer: Russia and Turkey
  • Q. Who was the President of America during American Civil War
    A)Andrew Jackson
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)George Washington
    D)James Madison
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
    A)The Dewan of Travancore
    B)The Maharaja of Baroda
    C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    D)The Raja of Jodhpur
    Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
  • Q. After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Mahatma Gandhi laid emphasis on
    A)limited use of Violence
    B)compromise with the British
    C)constructive programme
    D)None of the above
    Answer: constructive programme
  • Q. The first Famine Commission was constituted under
    A)Sir John Strachey
    B)Sir Richard Strachey
    C)Roberts
    D)Chamberlain
    Answer: Sir Richard Strachey
  • Q. Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?
    A)The Regulating Act, AD 1773
    B)Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
    C)Charter Act, 1793 AD
    D)Charter Act, 1813 AD
    Answer: Pitt's India Act, AD 1784
  • Q. The Gandhi-lrwin Pact (1931) was vehemently criticised and opposed by the people on the ground that
    A)the sufferings of thousands of people in the Civil Disobedience Movement were wasted
    B)the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended
    C)It was contrary to the pledge of the Congress for Poorna Swaraj
    D)Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
    Answer: Gandhi did nothing to save the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru who had been awarded the death sentence
  • 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

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