More Questions on History
- Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
- Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
A)Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
B)Hare Ram
C)Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
D)Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
Answer: Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
- Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana Empire?
A)Simuka
B)Kanha
C)Hala
D)Gautamiputra
Answer: Simuka
- Q. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan to __________ ‘?
A)Premanand
B)Narsi Mehta
C)Chunilal
D)Dharmiklal
Answer: Narsi Mehta
- Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
A)Guru Nanak Dev
B)Tukaram
C)Mirabai
D)Guru Ram Das
Answer: Guru Ram Das
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was led by __________
A)Pulinbehari Sarkar
B)Amaresh Chakravarty
C)Gandhi
D)Patel
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. In which state was the first non-Congress Government set up in independent India?
A)Bihar
B)Punjab
C)Maharashtra
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of__________ ?
A)Varanasi
B)Lucknow
C)Hyderabad
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
A)Christian
B)Brahmin
C)Pulaya
D)Nayar
Answer: Brahmin
- Q. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
A)1931
B)1935
C)1929
D)1932
Answer: 1931
- Q. Who founded Saint Petersburg?
A)Ivan the Terrible
B)Alexis of Russia
C)Peter the Great
D)Peter III of Russia
Answer: Peter the Great
- Q. Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as
A)Board of Directors
B)Court of Directors
C)Board of Control
D)Board of Merchants
Answer: Board of Control
- Q. The Tata Iron and Steel Works was completed with the aid of
A)Russian experts
B)Japanese experts
C)American experts
D)French experts
Answer: American experts
- Q. Wahabis were __________ fanatics
A)Muslim
B)Hindu
C)Christian
D)Sikh
Answer: Muslim
- Q. Who said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Lord Curzon
C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)Daya Nand Saraswati
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Q. Which Act provided for the establishment of an All India federation at the centre consisting of the provinces of British India and the princely states?
A)Government of India Act 1918
B)The Government of India Act 1935
C)Government of India Act 1925
D)Government of India Act 1930
Answer: The Government of India Act 1935
- Q. The correct chronological order in which they were built is: 1. Tughluqabad Fort 2. Lodi Garden 3. Qutub Minar 4. Fatehpur Sikri
A)3, 1, 2, 4
B)3, 1, 4, 2
C)1, 3, 2, 4
D)1, 3, 4, 2
Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
- Q. Who among the following had written down the ‘Ramcharita’?
A)Chand Bardoi
B)Sandhyakara Nandi
C)Banabhatta
D)Kalhana
Answer: Sandhyakara Nandi
- Q. The correct Chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
A)Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
B)Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
C)Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
D)Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Answer: Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
- Q. When did the Turkish army defeat the Byzantine army?
A)1060
B)1040
C)1070
D)1071
Answer: 1071
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