More Questions on History
- Q. __________was the first Mughal Emperor to acquire Koh-i-noor diamond
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Indirect election was introduced in India by the Act of
A)1858
B)1853
C)1892
D)1833
Answer: 1892
- Q. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?
A)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
C)Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale
D)Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. Who among the following Mughal Emperors was half Rajput?
A)Akbar Jahan & Jahangir
B)Shah Jahan & Aurangzeb
C)Shah Jahan & Jahangir
D)Jahangir & Humayun
Answer: Akbar Jahan & Jahangir
- Q. Which of the following are the reasons for which Wahabi / Walliullah movement was started?
A)Encouraging to give up puradh system
B)Spreading education among Muslim women
C)Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
D)Propagating Quran as the only source
Answer: Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
- Q. The revolutionary who was an accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case and who died in Jail after 64 days fast was
A)Sukh Dev
B)Jatin Das
C)Raj Guru
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Name of Republic which was a confederacy to tribes in the 6th century B.C
A)Vajji
B)Gandhara
C)Koushal
D)Avanti
Answer: Vajji
- Q. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
A)tribals
B)robbers
C)non-Aryans
D)menials
Answer: non-Aryans
- Q. Who has written the famous book Padmavat?
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Nakhshabi
C)Al Biruni
D)Hasan Nizami
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
A)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
B)Ramabai Saraswati
C)Lord Edwin Montague
D)Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
- Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
A)Curzon
B)Ripon
C)Hastings
D)Dalhousie
Answer: Curzon
- Q. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
A)First Carnatic War
B)Battle of Wandiwash
C)Battle of Buxar
D)Battle of Plassey
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash
- Q. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at
A)Vaishali
B)Pataliputra
C)Kundalavana
D)Bodh Gaya
Answer: Kundalavana
- Q. Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Rowaltt Act
C)Partition of Bengal
D)Simon Commission
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. American Civil War was started in the year
A)1806
B)1756
C)1861
D)1890
Answer: 1861
- Q. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Lainthgo
D)Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. India attained ‘Dominion status’ on
A)15th August, 1947
B)15th January, 1947
C)15th August, 1950
D)15th October, 1947
Answer: 15th August, 1947
- Q. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)Tilak
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- 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. The language which contributed to the spread of Buddhism was
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tamil
D)Greek
Answer: Pali
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