More Questions on History

  • Q. When was Anglo-Zulu War fought?
    A)1898
    B)1879
    C)1899
    D)1900
    Answer: 1879
  • Q. The Theosophical Society is an organization formed in __________ to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy
    A)1843
    B)1842
    C)1845
    D)1875
    Answer: 1875
  • Q. Under the Mughals the jizya was collected from
    A)Muhammadans
    B)Persians
    C)Hindus
    D)Foreign visitors
    Answer: Hindus
  • Q. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by
    A)Demetrius
    B)Darius
    C)Deimachos
    D)Philip
    Answer: Deimachos
  • Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
    A)The medieval era of European history
    B)The crisis of Western Europe
    C)The fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500
    D)The time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity
    Answer: The medieval era of European history
  • Q. That the Rig Vedic Aryana were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
    A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
    B)there are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
    C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Assertion (A): British excluded the Indian middle and upper classes from the high administrative and military posts. Reason (R): Many of the traditional zamindars lost their zamindaris to the new class of urban-based absentee landlords
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is false but R is true
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the provision of the Treaty of Seringapatnam, signed between Tipu and Cornwallis I. Surrender of almost half of Tipu’s territories, which were to be shared among the English, the Nizam and the Marathas. II. Payment of a war indemnity of about Rs.3 crore by Tipu III. Stationing of British resident at Seringapatnam IV. Sending two of his sons by Tipu as hostages to the British camp
    A)I, II & IV
    B)I & II
    C)I & III
    D)I, III & IV
    Answer: I & III
  • Q. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
    A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Moinuddin Chisti
    D)Khwaja Bahuddin
    Answer: Moinuddin Chisti
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1856 AD
    B)1848 AD
    C)1858 AD
    D)1862 AD
    Answer: 1858 AD
  • Q. The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was
    A)Maitreyi
    B)Kalhana
    C)Kalidasa
    D)Panini
    Answer: Panini
  • Q. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the __________ to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
    A)Poor
    B)Nobles
    C)Middle Class
    D)Foreign residents
    Answer: Poor
  • Q. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:
    A)Sachindra Bakshi
    B)Hemu Kalani
    C)Manmath Nath Gupta
    D)Abdulla Seth
    Answer: Abdulla Seth
  • Q. Under which document was the separate electorate granted for muslims ?
    A)The Permanent Settlement
    B)Charter Act of 1813
    C)Mahalwari System Reforms
    D)Morley Minto Reforms
    Answer: Morley Minto Reforms
  • Q. Which one was the slogan during French Revolution
    A)Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
    B)Liberty, Authority, Fraternity
    C)Liberty, Equality, Freedom
    D)Liberty, Law, Fraternity
    Answer: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
  • Q. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
    A)The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
    B)The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
    C)The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
    D)The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
    Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
  • Q. Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
    A)Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
    B)Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
    C)Abbas Tyabji
    D)Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
    Answer: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
  • Q. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
    A)1575 A.D.
    B)1565 A.D.
    C)1585 A.D.
    D)1570 A.D.
    Answer: 1565 A.D.
  • Q. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
    A)Guru Nanak
    B)Vallabhacharya
    C)Kabir
    D)Nimbarka
    Answer: Guru Nanak
  • Q. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
    A)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Sikandar Lodi
    Answer: Sikandar Lodi

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