More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
A)Buland Darwaza
B)Bada Imambara
C)Jama Masjid
D)Siddi Bashir
Answer: Buland Darwaza
- Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
B)Peter I
C)Nicholas I
D)John Adams
Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
- Q. To which personality Mahatma Gandhi gave the title “Deen Bandhu”?
A)CF Andrews
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Vinoba Bhave
D)CR Das
Answer: CF Andrews
- Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A)Upagupta
B)Vishnu Gupta
C)Brahma Gupta
D)Brihadratha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the actual cause for the decline of the Mauryan empire?
A)Division of the empire after Ashoka
B)Ashoka's pacifist policies
C)Foreign aggressions particularly Greek
D)Economic and financial crisis
Answer: Ashoka's pacifist policies
- Q. Which of the following legislative measures taken till 1861 regarding women rights and marriage are true? I. Permitted inter-caste marriage II. Daughter to be treated equal with son regarding inheritance III. Equal remuneration to both men and women IV. Immoral traffic of women to be illegal
A)II and III
B)I and II
C)III, II and I
D)All the above
Answer: I and II
- Q. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of__________
A)Rowlatt Satyagraha
B)Bhoodan Movement
C)Bardoli Satyagraha
D)Swadeshi Movement
Answer: Bardoli Satyagraha
- Q. The master stroke of Lord Wellesley to establish British paramountcy in India was
A)Subsidiary Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)Mediatisation
D)Annexation of Indian States
Answer: Subsidiary Alliance
- Q. The first vernacular paper, Samachar Darpan, was published during the tenure of
A)Lord Minto
B)Lord Hastings
C)Lord metcalfe
D)Lord Macaulay
Answer: Lord Hastings
- Q. In which year Russo-Japanese war was started
A)1898
B)1894
C)1904
D)1907
Answer: 1904
- Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
A)I, II, IV, V and VI
B)I, II, III and IV
C)I, III , IV and V
D)All of them
Answer: All of them
- 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. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
A)Lord Auckland
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Canning
D)Lord William Bentinck
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Which revolutionary wrote books Colour of Swadeshi and Revolutionary Life?
A)Sukhdev
B)Bhagat Singh
C)Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil
- Q. In a message to the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam in 1926 __________ declared, no community can make progress except through organization
A)Dr. Palpu
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Narayana Guru
D)Rajaram Mohan Roy
Answer: Narayana Guru
- Q. Of the following, with whom Akbar did not come into contact?
A)Parsis
B)Jains
C)Buddhists
D)Christians
Answer: Buddhists
- Q. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
A)April 8, 1931
B)March 5, 1931
C)May 8, 1931
D)August 8, 1931
Answer: March 5, 1931
- Q. Under the Government of India act 1935 it was decided to establish a federation consisting of :
A)Princely states
B)Governor’s provinces
C)Governor’s provinces and princely states
D)None of these
Answer: Governor’s provinces and princely states
- Q. What was the most important cause of the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni?
A)To gain possession of the wealth of India
B)To destroy idolatry
C)To spread Islam into India
D)To establish a Muslim State in India
Answer: To gain possession of the wealth of India
- Q. Who was the second Great Khagan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Temur Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
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