More Questions on History

  • Q. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
    A)Aurangazeb
    B)Iltutmish
    C)Jahangir
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
    A)Bipin Chandra Pal
    B)Lala Lajpat Rai
    C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
    D)Madan Mohan Malviya
    Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Q. Individual Satyagrah – symbolic and non-violent in nature was started on:
    A)October 17, 1940
    B)October 17, 1942
    C)October 17, 1939
    D)October 17, 1938
    Answer: October 17, 1940
  • Q. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)G. K. Gokhale
    D)B. R. Ambedkar
    Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. The Triple Alliance agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy was formed in the year
    A)1889
    B)1882
    C)1901
    D)1909
    Answer: 1882
  • Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
    A)Thailand
    B)Singapore
    C)Britain
    D)Italy
    Answer: Singapore
  • Q. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
    A)Seals
    B)The Pottery
    C)The boats
    D)The houses
    Answer: Seals
  • Q. Which of the following buildings at Fatehpur Sikri is known as Ibadatkhana where Akbar used to hold religious discussions?
    A)Diwan-i-Khas
    B)Diwan-i-Aam
    C)Panch Mahal
    D)Jami Masjid
    Answer: Diwan-i-Khas
  • Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
    A)Lord Dalhousie
    B)Lord Irwin
    C)Lord Curzon
    D)Lord Linlithgow
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. In the war of succession who had supported Aurangzeb?
    A)Zebunisha
    B)Jahanara
    C)Jintunisha
    D)Roshanara
    Answer: Roshanara
  • Q. Who was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khalji attacked and conquered it in 1303 AD?
    A)Rana Ratan Singh
    B)Rana Kumbha
    C)Rana Hammir
    D)Rana Sanga
    Answer: Rana Ratan Singh
  • Q. The foreign traveller who visited Indian during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert description of the Peacock Throne, was
    A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
    B)Geronimo Verroneo
    C)Travernier
    D)Austinof Bordeaux
    Answer: Travernier
  • Q. Siraj-ud-Daulah renamed which city as Alinagar?
    A)Agra
    B)Calcutta
    C)Ferozpur
    D)Fatehpur
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
    A)Baroda
    B)Travancore
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. Alexander was trained by
    A)Aristotle
    B)Socrates
    C)Plato
    D)Homer
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
    A)Suhrawardy
    B)Chisti
    C)Qadiri
    D)Naqshbandi
    Answer: Chisti
  • Q. As per Wavell’s Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________
    A)Parliament
    B)Viceroy
    C)An Indian Member of the Executive Council
    D)Secretary of State
    Answer: An Indian Member of the Executive Council
  • Q. Who established the Sadr-Di-wani-Adalat during the British East India Company’s rule?
    A)Warren Hastings
    B)Wellesley
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Cornwallis
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
    A)Linlithgow
    B)Willingdon
    C)Minto
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Linlithgow
  • Q. __________in his book ‘Economic history of India’ wrote ‘If India is poor today it is through the operation of economic causes’
    A)R. C. Dutt
    B)Dadhabai Naoroji
    C)Ranade
    D)R. P. Datt
    Answer: R. C. Dutt

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