More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao-II?
    A)Convention of Wadgaon
    B)The Treaty of Purandhar
    C)Treaty of Bassein
    D)Treaty of Salbai
    Answer: Treaty of Bassein
  • Q. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
    A)Eternity
    B)Wind
    C)Rain and thunder
    D)Fire
    Answer: Rain and thunder
  • Q. Who threw two bombs on the Door of the Central Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
    A)Batukeshwar Dutt
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Raj Guru
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. Wavell Plan- essentially dealing with Indian demand of self-rule and reconstitution of Viceroy’s Council was put forth by Lord Wavell in:
    A)1942
    B)1935
    C)1945
    D)1943
    Answer: 1945
  • Q. What is the correct meaning of Khanqah?
    A)A form of veena
    B)A form of music
    C)The place where Sufi Mystics lived
    D)None of the above
    Answer: The place where Sufi Mystics lived
  • Q. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
    A)Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
    B)Tarabai
    C)Peshwa Bajirao
    D)Shahu
    Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
  • Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
    A)Bindusara
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Ajatashatru
    D)Pulakesin
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Who had built the ‘Amber Fort’?
    A)Raja Man Singh
    B)Akbar
    C)Uday Singh-II
    D)Maharana Pratap
    Answer: Raja Man Singh
  • Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar-Nama” in Persian was
    A)Guru Har Krishan
    B)Guru Har Rai
    C)Guru Gobind Singh
    D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
    Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
  • Q. The first Viceroy of India was
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Canning
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Canning
  • Q. The Opium wars were fought between
    A)Britain and India
    B)Britain and China
    C)India and China
    D)Britain and Japan
    Answer: Britain and China
  • Q. In which year was the partition of Bengal scrapped?
    A)1911
    B)1908
    C)1923
    D)1931
    Answer: 1911
  • Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
    A)Lala Lajpat Rai
    B)V N Mandalik
    C)Bipin Chandra Pal
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Q. Gokhale was born in a Marathi Brahmin family at __________
    A)Poona
    B)Ratnagiri
    C)Allahabad
    D)Assam
    Answer: Ratnagiri
  • Q. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
    A)Prakrit
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Pali
    D)Sauraseni
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
    A)Ramananda
    B)Tukaram
    C)Dadu
    D)Raghunandan
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Babur
    C)Humayun
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
    A)Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
    B)Sunga dynasty was founded by pushyamitra
    C)Ashoka invaded the Kalinga in 261 BC
    D)Chandragupta Maurya earned the title of the Liberator
    Answer: Ashoka the great Mauryan king died in 332 BC
  • Q. When was Bulgaria founded?
    A)864
    B)681
    C)917
    D)923
    Answer: 681
  • Q. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
    A)Apni Katha
    B)Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
    C)Baichitra Natak
    D)Gyan Prabodh
    Answer: Baichitra Natak

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