More Questions on History
- Q. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)William Bentinck
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. Which of the following leader who presided All India Congress Committee session on 9th August?
A)Aruna Asif Ali
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Aruna Asif Ali
- Q. Prince of Piligrims’ was the name attributed to
A)Hiuen-tsang
B)Fa-Hien
C)I-tsing
D)Megasthenes
Answer: Hiuen-tsang
- Q. During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Bengal to grow__________
A)Tea
B)Jute
C)Sugarcane
D)Wheat
Answer: Jute
- Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
A)Jinnah
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Rahmat Ali
Answer: Rahmat Ali
- Q. What was the name of the mother of Abhinandananatha Tirthankar?
A)Tara
B)Vijaya
C)Siddharta Devi
D)Marudevi
Answer: Siddharta Devi
- Q. Which country emerged as the biggest colonial power at the end of the nineteenth century?
A)Spain
B)France
C)Britain
D)Germany
Answer: Britain
- Q. In 1528, __________ defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
A)Thailand and Cambodia
B)Burma and Tibet
C)Korea and Japan
D)Indonesia and Vietnam
Answer: Korea and Japan
- Q. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Elgin
C)Sadler
D)None of these
Answer: Lord Macaulay
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the age of Vedic Civilisation? I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on astronomical grounds, dated Rig Veda to 6000 B.C. to Harmon Jacobi, Vedic civilization flourished between 4500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. and the Samhitas were composed in the latter half of the period. II. Famous Sanskritist, Winternitz felt that the Rig Veda was probably composed in the third millennium B.C.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. Jama Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct?
A)It was built by Shah Jahan
B)It is a magnificent Mausoleum
C)It is situated outside Agra Fort
D)The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
Answer: The names of artisans who builtd it are engraved on it
- Q. The rulers of the Lodi dynasty were
A)Pure Turks
B)Turks settled in Afghanistan
C)Pure Afghan
D)Timurid Turks
Answer: Pure Afghan
- Q. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in
A)Rangoon
B)Vienna
C)Tokyo
D)Singapore
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Aurangzeb came to power after winning the war of succession and by defeating his three brothers
A)Shuja
B)Dara
C)Askari
D)Murad
Answer: Dara
- Q. Most of the large Harappan towns had for fortifications which served the purpose of
A)protection against cattle raiders
B)safety from robbers
C)protection against floods
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
A)Lawrence
B)Canning
C)Dalhousie
D)Curzon
Answer: Canning
- Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Bentinck
D)Lord Hastings
Answer: Lord Bentinck
- Q. Cripps Mission came to India
A)1945
B)1946
C)1942
D)1940
Answer: 1942
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