More Questions on History
- Q. The Harappas had commercial relations with __________
A)Jawa
B)China
C)Mesopotamia
D)Burma (Now, Myanmar)
Answer: Mesopotamia
- Q. Who established Mahabalipuram?
A)Pandya
B)Pallava
C)Chola
D)Chalukya
Answer: Pallava
- Q. When was Socrates born?
A)465 BC
B)469 BC
C)460 BC
D)449 BC
Answer: 469 BC
- Q. When did the Battle of Kosovo take place?
A)1366
B)1261
C)1389
D)1396
Answer: 1389
- Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
A)Subsidiary Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)Mediatisation
D)Annexation of Indian States
Answer: Subsidiary Alliance
- Q. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?
A)Scheduled Tribes
B)Scheduled Caste
C)Anglo-Indian
D)Landed Gentry
Answer: Landed Gentry
- Q. What is the correct chronological sequence of the under mentioned Pallava kings? I. Nandivarman II II. Mahendravarman I III. Narasimhavarman I IV. Simhavishnu
A)IV, II, III, I
B)I, II, III, IV
C)III, I, IV, II
D)II, III, I, IV
Answer: IV, II, III, I
- Q. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on August 17, 1909?
A)Bhagat Singh
B)Rash Bihari Bose
C)Chandra Sekhar Ajad
D)Madanlal Dhingra
Answer: Madanlal Dhingra
- Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
A)The Panch Mahal
B)The Rang Mahal
C)The Red Fort
D)The Bahai temple
Answer: The Panch Mahal
- Q. In India, the Wahabi movement was started by __________
A)1906
B)1901
C)1915
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. Patanjali, the second great grammarian of Ancient India, was a contemporary of
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Kanishka
C)Gautamiputra Satakarni
D)Pushyamitra Sunga
Answer: Pushyamitra Sunga
- Q. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the central Secretariat in Delhi?
A)Herbert Bakers
B)Sir Edward Lutyens
C)Robert Tor Tussell
D)Antonin Raymond
Answer: Sir Edward Lutyens
- Q. The aim of Ashoka’s Dhamma was
A)Religious domination
B)Subtle conquest
C)A casteless society
D)Non-violence and peace
Answer: Non-violence and peace
- Q. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
A)Jaipur
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Amarkot
Answer: Agra
- Q. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period?
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)Danish
D)Britis
Answer: Portuguese
- 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. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
A)Indian Revenues
B)The Consolidated Fund of England
C)Funds Voted by Parliament
D)The revenues of Princely States
Answer: Indian Revenues
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
A)He died in Indian in 1833
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772
C)He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor
D)He started the newspaper named "Sambad Kaumudi"
Answer: He died in Indian in 1833
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?
A)W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress
B)It was formed in 1885
C)It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay
D)Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
Answer: Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India
- Q. Who was the founder of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra in 13th Century?
A)Ekanatha
B)Namadev
C)Tukaram
D)Gnanadeva
Answer: Gnanadeva
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