More Questions on History
- Q. Who wrote Akbarnama?
A)Birbal
B)Akbar
C)Abul Fazal
D)Bhagavan Das
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
A)1813
B)1814
C)1815
D)1816
Answer: 1815
- Q. Assertion (A): Alauddin Khalji imposed price control in Delhi. Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages to artisans building his palaces in Delhi.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
A)Second Battle of Tarain
B)First Battle of Tarain
C)Battle of Khanwa
D)First Battle of Panipat
Answer: Second Battle of Tarain
- Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
A)Sama Veda
B)Upanishads
C)Rig Veda
D)Ramayana
Answer: Upanishads
- Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
A)1942
B)1947
C)1943
D)1945
Answer: 1942
- Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which Mughal Ruler’s gave permission for collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
A)Rafi-ud-Darajat
B)Farrukhsiyar
C)Rafi-ud-Daula
D)Muhammed Shah
Answer: Farrukhsiyar
- Q. Which of the following Assamese literature is Buddhist songs composed in the 8th to 12th centuries?
A)Kotha Ramayana
B)Charyapadas
C)Drona Parva
D)None of the above
Answer: Charyapadas
- Q. Agra Fort was built by
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which of the following was the cause of the decline of Buddhism?
A)Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
B)Buddhism was founded by a prince
C)Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries
D)Buddha preached non-violence
Answer: Corruption crept into Buddhist monasteries
- Q. Mahavira’s first disciple was
A)Sthulabhadra
B)Bhadrabahu
C)Charvaka
D)Jamali
Answer: Jamali
- Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
A)The Muslim League
B)The National Congress
C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
D)The People living in those boundary areas
Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
- Q. Jama Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
A)Guru Ramdas
B)Guru Amar Das
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Hargovbind
Answer: Guru Ramdas
- Q. The dead body of Babur by his own choice lies buried in
A)Farghana
B)Agra
C)Samarqand
D)Kabul
Answer: Kabul
- Q. Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers?
A)Rafi-ud-daulah
B)Bahadur Shah-I
C)Shah Jahan-II
D)Muhammad Shah
Answer: Muhammad Shah
- Q. Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?
A)Subhash Chandra Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?
A)Portuguese
B)French
C)Dutch
D)Danish
Answer: Danish
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