More Questions on History
- Q. The author of ‘A Nation in the Making’ was
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)SN Banerjee
C)Hume
D)Tilak
Answer: SN Banerjee
- Q. Who tried to rediscover India’s past?
A)Max Muller
B)Lord Lytton
C)S. N. Banerjee
D)Gokahale
Answer: Max Muller
- Q. The European renaissance started from which country
A)Franch
B)England
C)Italy
D)Greece
Answer: Italy
- Q. Assertion (A): Wazir Nizam-ul-Mulk left Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah to realize his own ambition of founding the State of Hyderabad. Reason (R): Muhammad Shah, instead of supporting his able Wazir, intrigued against him.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are 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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy’s contribution to education are: I. Assisted David Hare in setting Hindu college II. English school at Calcutta was maintained at his own cost III. Established Vedanta College which taught only western social and physical sciences
A)Both II and III
B)Only III
C)Only I and II
D)All the above
Answer: Only I and II
- Q. I. Nasir Jang II. Muzaffar Jang III. Anwaruddin IV. Chanda Sahib Which of the above ruler(s) is/are associated with the French during the course of the Carnatic wars?
A)III & IV
B)I & II
C)II & III
D)II & IV
Answer: II & IV
- Q. During 18th century who among the following philosophers said these famous words? “Man is born free but is every where in chains.”
A)Jack Dareda
B)Voltaire
C)Jean Jacques Rousseaou
D)Montesqueue
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseaou
- Q. The first definite and forceful expression of the concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came from (or the Catcher of the idea of Pakistan was)
A)Rahmat Ali
B)Sir Mohammad Iqbal
C)M A Jinnah
D)Liaqat Ali
Answer: Sir Mohammad Iqbal
- Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
A)Mohenjo-Daro
B)Harappa
C)Ropar
D)Kalibangan
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
- Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder of the Arya Samaj was
A)Mula Shankar
B)Daya Shankar
C)Virjanand
D)Mool Chandra
Answer: Mula Shankar
- Q. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
A)the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
B)the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
C)Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
D)the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
Answer: the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
- Q. Napoleon-I and the Duke of Wellington fought the famous
A)Battle of Leipzig
B)Battle of Austerlitz
C)Battle of Borodini
D)Battle of Waterloo
Answer: Battle of Waterloo
- Q. King Kharavela was the greatest ruler of the Chedi Dynasty of
A)Kalinga
B)Cholamandalam
C)Kannauj
D)Purushpur
Answer: Kalinga
- Q. Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Which Sultan of Delhi was the first to charge GHARI or HOUSE TAX?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Mohammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state?
A)Feroz Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who is the first European to reach New Zealand
A)James Cook
B)Abel Tasman
C)Willem Janszoon
D)Anthony van Diemen
Answer: Abel Tasman
- Q. What is the meaning of Kaivalya Gyan (enlightenment) received by Abhinandannath Tirthankar?
A)Sangeet Siksha
B)Shastra Gyan
C)Nartya Siksha
D)Brahma Vidya
Answer: Brahma Vidya
- Q. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
A)Iltutmish
B)Sikandar Lodi
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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