More Questions on History

  • Q. In the war of succession who had supported Aurangzeb?
    A)Zebunisha
    B)Jahanara
    C)Jintunisha
    D)Roshanara
    Answer: Roshanara
  • Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
    A)Bengal and Bihar
    B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
    C)Odisha
    D)Madras and Calcutta
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
    A)Sevagram
    B)Wardha
    C)Sabarmati
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Sabarmati
  • Q. The Sikhs were defeated by the English at __________ in 1856
    A)Amritsar
    B)Sobraon
    C)Lahore
    D)Kashmir
    Answer: Sobraon
  • Q. The Congress ministries gave up office in October 1939 over the issue of
    A)propaganda of the Muslim League against the Congress
    B)constant interference by Governors in day-to-day administration
    C)India having been unwillingly dragged into the Second World War
    D)failure of the British to define their war aims
    Answer: failure of the British to define their war aims
  • Q. The first woman to become a Chief Minister of any State in India was
    A)Dr. J. Jayalalitha
    B)Nandini Satpathy
    C)Sucheta Kripalani
    D)Ms. Mayawati
    Answer: Sucheta Kripalani
  • Q. What was the official language of the Sultanate?
    A)Urdu
    B)Persian
    C)Arabic
    D)Hindi
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are not correct about Bhagavatism and Krishna Cult (Bhakti Cult)? I. Bhagavatism is a branch of Vaishnavism, where the devotees worship the various avatars of Lord Vishnu. II. The origin of Bhagavatism or Vaishnavism has been sought in the Upanishadic period because in the ‘Chandogya Upanishad’ Krishna is described as a disciple of the sage Ghora.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Neither I nor II
  • Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
    A)Noncooperation Co-operation
    B)Khilafat movement
    C)Civil Disobedience Movement
    D)Quit India Movement
    Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Q. Who was the founder of the, Ghadar Party?
    A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
    B)Basant Kumar Biswas
    C)Ram Prasad Bismil
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
  • Q. At which of the following Harappan sites has a supposed dockyard been found?
    A)Lothal
    B)Kalibangan
    C)Suktagendor
    D)Sotka Koli
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Which one of the following rulers laid the foundation of a new town where the modern city of Agra stands?
    A)Sikandar Lodi
    B)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    C)Akbar
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Sikandar Lodi
  • Q. Why Rishabnath also called Aadibrahma?
    A)First to tell Moksha Marg
    B)Due to height
    C)Religious Conversion
    D)Showing the path of livelihood
    Answer: First to tell Moksha Marg
  • Q. Alexander was trained by
    A)Aristotle
    B)Socrates
    C)Plato
    D)Homer
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?
    A)The partition of Bengal
    B)The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900
    C)The Surat Split
    D)The Jallianwala Bagh episode
    Answer: The partition of Bengal
  • Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
    A)Nurjahan
    B)Razia Sultana
    C)Mumtaz
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Razia Sultana
  • Q. Hamza-nama paintings were produced during the reign of?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
    A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C)Lokmanya Tilak
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Q. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was
    A)Guru Govind Singh
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Dalip Singh
    D)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
  • Q. The Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomintang was found by
    A)Mao-Tse-tung
    B)Pu-yi
    C)Chiang-Kai-shek
    D)Sun-Yat-Sen
    Answer: Sun-Yat-Sen

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