More Questions on History
- Q. The court language of the Mughals was
A)Hindi
B)Urdu
C)Arabic
D)Persian
Answer: Persian
- Q. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
A)Bindusara
B)Chandragupta Maurya
C)Ajatashatru
D)Pulakesin
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghori, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was
A)Hemantasena
B)Samantasena
C)Ballalasena
D)Lakshamanasena
Answer: Lakshamanasena
- Q. What is the full name of Aurangzeb?
A)Nuruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb
B)Muin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb
C)Jalal-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb
D)Nasiruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb
Answer: Muin-ud-din Mohammed Aurangzeb
- Q. Baba Ram Singh passed away on November 29, __________
A)1887
B)1885
C)1889
D)1923
Answer: 1885
- Q. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru?
A)Ram Mohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Sisir Kumar
D)Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: E
- Q. The reformer from Maharashtra popularly known as ‘Lokhitavadi’ (For the well of others) was
A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B)MG Ranade
C)Pt Ramabai
D)GK Gokhale
Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- Q. What is the moral of the horse?
A)Restraint
B)Politeness
C)Knowledge
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by
A)Demetrius
B)Darius
C)Deimachos
D)Philip
Answer: Deimachos
- Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
A)Long-distance trade
B)Commercial and urban
C)Agriculture
D)All the above
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Banda Bahadur, a Sikh leader who led a revolt against the Mughals after the assassination of Guru Gobind Singh, was captured and executed during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Jahandar Shah
D)Farrukh Siyar
Answer: Farrukh Siyar
- Q. Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab?
A)Darius III
B)Alexander the Great
C)King Porus
D)Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: King Porus
- Q. Who said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany”?
A)Mussolini
B)R. Hess
C)Hitler
D)Communist International
Answer: R. Hess
- Q. The Russo-Turkish war was started in the year
A)1768
B)1762
C)1773
D)1782
Answer: 1768
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?
A)Islamic themes
B)Portraits
C)Flowers and plants
D)Hunting scenes
Answer: Islamic themes
- 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. In Gandhian Socialism
A)State is not required
B)State is required
C)State is sometimes required and sometimes not required
D)State is neither required
Answer: State is not required
- Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A)Zoroastrianism
B)Taoism
C)Shintoism
D)Paganism
Answer: Shintoism
- Q. Cold War refers to
A)Ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
B)Tension between East and West
C)Tension between Superpowers
D)Tension between Superpowers
Answer: Tension between East and West
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