More Questions on History
- Q. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
A)Humayun and Jahangir
B)Babar and Humayun
C)Babar and Jahangir
D)Jahangir and Shahjahan
Answer: Babar and Jahangir
- Q. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was ended with the signed of
A)Treaty of Munich
B)Treaty of Vienna
C)Treaty of Paris
D)Treaty of Versailles
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
- Q. On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by the dispute between two major communities
A)Nehru
B)Lord Wavell
C)Patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Lord Wavell
- Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Haider Ali
C)Murshid Quli Khan
D)Malhar Rao Holkar
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
A)K M Pannikar
B)J K Hikki
C)M G Ranade
D)V.D. Savarkar
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
- Q. The Buddha attained nirvana at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Bodh Gaya
C)Sanchi
D)Kusinagara
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saints scored a triumph over the Saivas in public debate at the court of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijyanagar?
A)Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
B)Guru Nanak
C)Shankaracharya
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Lytton
Answer: Lord Lytton
- Q. Which civilization is known as the birthplace of democracy
A)Indian
B)Romans
C)Greeks
D)Persians
Answer: Greeks
- Q. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__________?
A)Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
B)Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
C)Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
D)Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
Answer: Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
- Q. Which among the following fort was known as the ‘Key of Deccan’?
A)Ajaygarh
B)Kalinjar
C)Asirgarh
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Asirgarh
- Q. Prince Salim was the name of the future Emperor__________
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Whose speeches at the World’s Parliament of Religions held in September 1893 made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’
A)Sri Ramakrishna
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
D)Shyama Charan Sen
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. Who was the moving spirit behind the oganization of the Ghadar Party?
A)V. D. Savarkar
B)Lala Hardayal
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Lala Hardayal
- Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was designed by
A)Santiago Calatrava
B)Frederick William Stevens
C)Fazlur Rahman Khan
D)Frei Otto
Answer: Frederick William Stevens
- Q. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherhee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
A)Hindu
B)Amrit Bazar Patrika
C)Sudharak
D)Yugantar
Answer: Amrit Bazar Patrika
- Q. Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila University for the Buddhists?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharampala
Answer: Dharampala
- Q. The British Conservative Party was earlier known as
A)Fabians
B)Whigs
C)Levellors
D)Tories
Answer: Tories
- Q. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by
A)Morley
B)Hume
C)Tilak
D)Gokhale
Answer: Tilak
- Q. What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?
A)Administrative reforms
B)Social reforms
C)Educational reforms
D)Political consolidation
Answer: Educational reforms
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