More Questions on History
- Q. Under the Mughals, the Police duties in urban areas were entrusted to the officers known as
A)Kazi
B)Kotwal
C)Vakil
D)Amin
Answer: Kotwal
- Q. The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
A)The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
B)The Marathas did not fight bravely
C)The Maratha army was short of food supplies
D)The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
Answer: The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
- Q. Who, according to the Buddhist, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
A)Maitreya
B)Atreya
C)Nagarjuna
D)Kalki
Answer: Maitreya
- Q. Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babur
A)Raja Jai Singh
B)Rana Man Singh
C)Rana Sanga
D)Rana Pratap
Answer: Rana Sanga
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
A)Pune
B)Ratnagiri
C)Mumbai
D)None of these
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
A)Trajan
B)Cartius
C)Nero
D)Brutus
Answer: Trajan
- Q. The Mughal troops were largely drawn from
A)Tributary Chiefs
B)The Rajput Chiefs
C)Mansabdars
D)Central Contingents
Answer: Mansabdars
- Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
A)Delhi
B)Calcutta
C)Bombay
D)Madras
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Which movement got the support from both Hindus and Muslims?
A)Quit India Movement
B)Non-Cooperation Movement
C)Champaran Stayagraha
D)Anti-Partition Movement
Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement
- Q. The Wailing wall is situated in
A)Beijing
B)Berlin
C)Jerusalem
D)Tel Aviv
Answer: Jerusalem
- Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Mohammad Adilshah
Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
- Q. Viewing the pathetic condition of widows and unfortunate children Jyotirao decided the open an orphanage called __________
A)Arya Samaj
B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
C)Brahma Samaj
D)Ramakrishna Mission
Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
- Q. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
A)1931
B)1935
C)1929
D)1932
Answer: 1931
- Q. India Home Rule Society, founded in London in February 1905, was one of the earliest revolutionary societies set up outside India. This society was founded by
A)VD Savarkar
B)Lala Har Dayal
C)Shyamji Krishnavarma
D)Madan Lal Dhingra
Answer: Shyamji Krishnavarma
- Q. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was
A)Shah Jahan
B)Babur
C)Humayun
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
A)Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
B)Dayanand Sarshwati
C)Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
D)Narayan Guru
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. Who said “The Simmon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish”?
A)Shivaswami Iyer
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Shivaswami Iyer
- Q. Indonesia was a colony of which of the following countries?
A)Portugal
B)Dutch
C)Spain
D)Belgium
Answer: Dutch
- Q. Which Mughal ruler constructed a new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Who among the following leader made the famous ‘Objectives Resolution’, in the Constituent Assembly?
A)C. Rajagopalachari
B)Vallabhbhai Patel
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Dr. John Mathai
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
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