More Questions on History
- Q. Narain Malhar Joshi founded
A)All India Trade Union Congress 1920
B)the Social Service League in Bombay in 1911
C)Both A and B above
D)The Deccan Education Society 1884
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. Who was the monarch of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
A)Victoria
B)William IV
C)Edward VII
D)George V
Answer: Victoria
- Q. The British government declared Communist Party of India illegal in:
A)1934
B)1924
C)1930
D)1939
Answer: 1934
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. In which Hindi month Sumtinath Tirthankar received diksha?
A)Jyestha
B)Vaisakh
C)Chetra
D)Magha
Answer: Vaisakh
- Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
A)Humayun
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)Akbar
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
A)Allahabad
B)Lahore
C)Karachi
D)Dacca
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court ?
A)Megasthanese
B)Alexander
C)Plato
D)Aristotle
Answer: Megasthanese
- Q. Tilak called him the ‘Diamond of India, the jewel of Maharashtra and the Prince of Workers’. Who is referred in these words
A)Shivaji
B)Lajpat Rai
C)Gokhale
D)Madhava Rao
Answer: Gokhale
- Q. Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James I, the king of England?
A)Willia Todd
B)John Hawkins
C)Sir Thomas Roe
D)Sir Walter Raleigh
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
A)Arch
B)Dome
C)The narrow columns
D)Corbel brackets
Answer: Dome
- Q. Who built the famous Vaikunta Perumal temple at Kanchipuram?
A)Parameswara Varman II
B)Narasimhavarman II
C)Nandivarman II
D)Aparajita Varman
Answer: Nandivarman II
- Q. Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290-305 AD ) was a king from which dynasty?
A)Kanva Dynasty
B)Gupta Dynasty
C)Shunga Dynasty
D)Maurya Dynasty
Answer: Gupta Dynasty
- Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
A)Feudalism
B)Humanism
C)Rationalism
D)Scientific Temperament
Answer: Feudalism
- Q. Baba Ram Singh, born at Bhaini, in __________district in 1816
A)Jodhpur
B)Haryana
C)Kashmir
D)Ludhiana
Answer: Ludhiana
- Q. Which of the following is not an important limb of Vedas?
A)Kalpa (Ritual)
B)Siksha (Phonetics)
C)Vyakarna (Grammar)
D)Ashtadhyayi
Answer: Ashtadhyayi
- Q. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
A)Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
B)Tarabai
C)Peshwa Bajirao
D)Shahu
Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
- Q. Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was
A)Agriculture
B)Sea faring
C)Working in mines
D)Service in the army
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Mahakashyap Upali
D)Sabakarni
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1928?
A)Mangal Pandey
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Sukhdev
D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Bhagat Singh
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