More Questions on History
- Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)Allauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
D)Muhamad bin Quasim
Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
- Q. Which of the following literary personalities made the greatest contribution in arousing patriotism in the 19th century?
A)Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
B)Dinbandhu Mitra's exposure of Indigo planters in Nil Darpana
C)Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar's Journal Nibandhamaka (1874-81)
D)Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-85) through his plays, poems and journals advocating use of Swadeshi articles and use of Hindi in courts
Answer: Bankim Chandra with his historical novels culminating with Ananda Math (1882)
- Q. In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha
A)1784
B)1783
C)1872
D)1884
Answer: 1884
- Q. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
A)1805
B)1800
C)1807
D)1815
Answer: 1815
- Q. What was the Ilbert Bill intended for?
A)To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans
B)To remove racial discrimination in employment
C)To save Indians from racial humiliation
D)To change the method of recruitment in the Indian Civil Service
Answer: To enable India District Magistrates and Session Judges to try Europeans
- Q. Which country first invented Gunpowder in around 270 AD
A)India
B)China
C)Korea
D)England
Answer: China
- Q. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was
A)treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda
B)annexation of Ahmadnagar
C)both (A) and (B) above
D)expulsion of the Portuguese from Hughli
Answer: both (A) and (B) above
- Q. When did the invasion of Poland begin?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1939
- Q. The Wahabis operated from
A)Khyber Pass
B)Hindukush
C)Western Ghat
D)Palghat
Answer: Hindukush
- Q. The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired by a regard for
A)uniformity
B)beauty and utility
C)sanitation and public health
D)demographic factor
Answer: sanitation and public health
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from France?
A)1453
B)1306
C)1492
D)1376
Answer: 1306
- Q. Who pioneered Christian cenobitic monasticism?
A)Athanasius of Alexandria
B)Anthony the Great
C)Basil of Caesarea
D)Pachomius the Great
Answer: Pachomius the Great
- Q. Harsha was defeated by
A)King of Valabhi
B)Sasanka
C)Bhaskarvarman
D)Pulakeshin II
Answer: Pulakeshin II
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
A)Ram Krishna Mission
B)Arya Samaj
C)Brahmo Samaj
D)Prathna Samaj
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Prithivyah Pratham Veer was the title of?
A)Rajendra I
B)Samudragupta
C)Amoghavarsha
D)Gautamiputra Shatkarni
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. On which day had premier Attlee conceded that the British would quit India by June, 1948?
A)August 15, 1947
B)January 26, 1947
C)January 26, 1948
D)February 20, 1947
Answer: February 20, 1947
- Q. The pioneer of Indian communism was
A)G.N Ganguly
B)M.N. Roy
C)P.C Chandra
D)None of these
Answer: M.N. Roy
- Q. Who had conceived and founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
A)Annie Besant
B)Swami Muktananda
C)CR Das
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Swami Vivekananda
- Q. In the war of succession who had supported Aurangzeb?
A)Zebunisha
B)Jahanara
C)Jintunisha
D)Roshanara
Answer: Roshanara
- Q. In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?
A)Delhi
B)Pune
C)Varanasi
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Varanasi
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