More Questions on History
- Q. Under Shivaji’s rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as
A)Havaldar
B)Jumadar
C)Faujdar
D)Hazari
Answer: Havaldar
- Q. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
A)Vishakhadatta
B)Shundraka
C)Kalidasa
D)Chanakya
Answer: Kalidasa
- Q. What benefits did the Poona Pact offer to the depressed classes?
A)20% reservation in the provincial legislature
B)44 seats in the central legislature
C)18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
D)50% reservation in the ICS
Answer: 18% seats in the central legislature and 148 seats in the provincial legislature
- Q. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
B)Promote heavy industries in India
C)More foodstuff in case of famine
D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
- Q. Infanticide was completely banned by the
A)Sharda Act, 1930
B)Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
C)Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
D)Minto-Morley reforms
Answer: Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
- Q. Kalinga’s ruler Kharavela gave his protection to
A)Shaivism
B)Hinduism
C)Buddhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. A Study in Consciousness was written by __________
A)Mrinal Gore
B)Annie Besant
C)Prasanna Kumar Tagore
D)Rajkamal Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who termed Cripps proposals as ” a post dated cheque in a crashing bank”?
A)Annie Besant
B)Ambedkar
C)Patel
D)Gandhiji
Answer: Gandhiji
- Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
A)Rajasthan
B)Hydaspes
C)Panipat
D)Train
Answer: Hydaspes
- Q. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. In 1542 Akbar was born at
A)Herat
B)Agra
C)Umarkot
D)Kabul
Answer: Umarkot
- Q. The Mughal government can be described as an/a
A)Liberal monarchy
B)Autocracy
C)Centralised despotism
D)Absolute monarchy
Answer: Centralised despotism
- Q. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
A)Aristotle, St, Augustine and T.H, Green
B)Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
C)Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
D)Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
Answer: Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
- Q. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao-II?
A)Convention of Wadgaon
B)The Treaty of Purandhar
C)Treaty of Bassein
D)Treaty of Salbai
Answer: Treaty of Bassein
- Q. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
A)1931
B)1935
C)1929
D)1932
Answer: 1931
- Q. Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at
A)Aurangabad
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Hyderabad
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Aurangabad
- Q. Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indian for the ICS from 21 year to
A)19 years
B)20 years
C)18 years
D)17 years
Answer: 19 years
- Q. Which one of the following method of revenue assessment is related to the Vijayanagara Empire?
A)Ryotwari
B)Chauth
C)Rae Rekho
D)Sardeshmukhi
Answer: Sardeshmukhi
- Q. Jahangir was the son of
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The famous Indo-Greek king to embrace Buddhism was
A)Strato I
B)Alexander
C)Menander
D)Democritus
Answer: Menander
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