More Questions on History
- Q. When was the first train steamed off in India?
A)1853
B)1848
C)1875
D)1880
Answer: 1853
- Q. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis of
A)Markings on seals
B)Mystical insight by modern seers
C)Radio carbon dating
D)Travellers written accounts
Answer: Radio carbon dating
- Q. On account of severe British repression the Civil Disobedience movement was again suspended In July 1933 and people were asked to offer Satyagraha
A)in groups
B)individually
C)locally
D)against liquor shops
Answer: individually
- Q. One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
A)Surya Sen
B)Kalpana Dutt
C)Pritialata Woddekar
D)Dinesh Gupta
Answer: Dinesh Gupta
- Q. Who among the following rulers abolished Jiziya?
A)Balban
B)Aurangzeb
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who had given the slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during All India Congress Committee in Bombay and ratified the ‘Quit India’ resolution?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and__________
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Rana Sanga
C)Hemu
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. Which following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ancient Sanskrit literature? I. The works of Kalidasa include the Kumarsambhava, the Raghuvamsha, the Meghaduta, the Abhijnanshakuntalam are considered classics in field of poetry and style. II. Bana wrote Harshacharita which is a biography of King Harsha and Kadambari. III. Dandin wrote Dashakumaracharita (the tale of 10 prince)
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)I & III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Kalinga was fought in
A)301 BC
B)321 BC
C)261 BC
D)241 BC
Answer: 261 BC
- Q. Which foreigner arrived in India on Nov. 16, 1893?
A)W A Hume
B)Khan Abdul Gaffar
C)Annie Besant
D)None of these
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as
A)Qalandars
B)Khangahs
C)Silsilahs
D)Darveshs
Answer: Silsilahs
- Q. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
A)Aurangazeb
B)Iltutmish
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The Shivaji Festival was inaugurated in 1895 by
A)Morley
B)Hume
C)Tilak
D)Gokhale
Answer: Tilak
- Q. What was the reason for the breakup of the Carolingan Empire?
A)Vikings began raiding northern France
B)Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited
C)Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Mozart was born in which country
A)Switzerland
B)Italy
C)Austria
D)Germany
Answer: Austria
- Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
A)Lloyd George
B)Ramsay Mcdonald
C)Stanley Baldwin
D)AV Alexander
Answer: Ramsay Mcdonald
- 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. Name the temple in Combodia where scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharatha are depicted
A)Kailashnath
B)Borobudur
C)Angkor Wat
D)Brihadeshwara
Answer: Angkor Wat
- Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. G. Ranade
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Atmaram Panduranga
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
A)Warangal
B)Dwarasamudra
C)Kalyani
D)Devagiri
Answer: Devagiri
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