More Questions on History
- Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
A)Montesquieu
B)Voltaire
C)Diderot
D)Rousseau
Answer: Voltaire
- Q. Which of the following leaders were associated with the Revolt of Khasis in 1820-32?
A)Sambu Singh
B)Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
C)Sidhu and Kanu
D)Vir Manik
Answer: Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
- Q. How many years did Elizabeth I reign England
A)36 Years
B)32 Years
C)40 Years
D)44 Years
Answer: 44 Years
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the techniques of ‘Satyagraha’ advocated by Mahatama Gandhi?
A)Fasting
B)Ahimsa
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Non-Cooperation
Answer: Ahimsa
- 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 first Congress and nationalist leader to face repeated imprisonment was
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)BG Tilak
Answer: BG Tilak
- Q. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
A)Dakhma
B)Tripitaka
C)Khanjah
D)Synagogue
Answer: Khanjah
- Q. Who among the following Gupta rulers faced invasion of Hunas?
A)Kumaragupta-I
B)Budhagupta
C)Kumaragupta-II
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Skandagupta
- Q. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
A)Saluva Dynasty
B)Sangama Dynasty
C)Tuluva Dynasty
D)Aravidu Dynasty
Answer: Tuluva Dynasty
- Q. When was the First Round Table Conference held?
A)1931
B)1933
C)1930
D)1903
Answer: 1930
- Q. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bahadur Shah I
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
A)Bihar
B)Assam
C)Madras
D)Punjab
Answer: Punjab
- Q. In which Nakshatra (constellation) Sumtinath Tirthankar was born?
A)Dhanishtha
B)Satbhisha Nakshatra
C)Shravan
D)Magha Nakshtra
Answer: Magha Nakshtra
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Which among the following fort was known as the ‘Key of Deccan’?
A)Ajaygarh
B)Kalinjar
C)Asirgarh
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Asirgarh
- Q. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism. Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is 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 is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- Q. The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year
A)1821
B)1805
C)1852
D)1895
Answer: 1821
- Q. The Harappan site that had a dock is
A)Harappa
B)Alamgirpur
C)Lothal
D)Mohenjo-Daro
Answer: Lothal
- Q. Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
A)Sucheta Kripalani
B)Annie Besant
C)Sarojini Naidu
D)Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
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