More Questions on History
- Q. The Great Wall of China was built by
A)Shih Huang-ti
B)Li-tai-pu
C)Lao-tze
D)Confucius
Answer: Shih Huang-ti
- Q. Aurangzeb was the son of
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Who wrote the book Ninety-Five Theses, which is regarded as initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation
A)Martin Luther
B)Michelangelo
C)John Calvin
D)Huldrych Zwingli
Answer: Martin Luther
- Q. On which date was the announcement formally made that India and Pakistan would be made free?
A)June 3, 1947
B)May 2, 1947
C)July 4, 1947
D)August 5, 1957
Answer: June 3, 1947
- Q. Which of the following is/are correct statement(s) related to the Buddhist Philosophy?
A)Buddhism is a non-theistic system of beliefs based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince later known as the Buddha, in the 5th Century B.C.
B)Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics and epistemology.
C)Both A & B
D)Netheir A nor B
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. __________ made a whirlwind tour of the country in 1916 and in his speeches he said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.”
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Tilak
C)Gokhale
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Tilak
- Q. Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?
A)Magadha
B)Anga
C)Vajji
D)Kasi
Answer: Anga
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayan and captured Gaur in the battle of
A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
- Q. William Shakespeare was born in the year
A)1523
B)1487
C)1564
D)1588
Answer: 1564
- Q. The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by :
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Lala Hardyal
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. The Woods Despatch of 1854 resulted in the
A)Introduction of the postal system
B)Founding of several Indian universities
C)Establishment of the education system
D)Abolition of child marriage
Answer: Establishment of the education system
- Q. When was the first train steamed off in India?
A)1853
B)1848
C)1875
D)1880
Answer: 1853
- Q. Which of the following pairs of persons are correctly matched? I. Chandragupta-II : Fa-Hien II. Skandagupta: I-tsing III. Harsha: Hiuen Tsang
A)I, II and III
B)I and II
C)I and III
D)II and III
Answer: I and III
- Q. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
A)Lord Northbrook
B)Lord Harding
C)Lord Ellenborough
D)Lord Mayo
Answer: Lord Mayo
- Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
A)Cabral
B)Albuquerque
C)Almeida
D)De Braganza
Answer: Albuquerque
- Q. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
A)Ardhamagadhi
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Prakrit
Answer: Pali
- Q. Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax. Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
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: A is false but R is true
- Q. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by
A)Morley
B)Hume
C)Tilak
D)Gokhale
Answer: Tilak
- Q. Who had first sought the legalisation of widow remarriage in India?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
D)Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
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