More Questions on History
- Q. Who founded the faith on a ritual-free, simple “Sat Shri Akal” or the worship of God and truth?
A)Guru Nanak
B)Dadu Dayal
C)Sri Chaitanya
D)Guru Govind Singh
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Amber
C)Satara
D)Kannauj
Answer: Amber
- Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)D. G. B. Pant
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following?
A)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
B)Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas
C)Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas
D)Chalukyas, Pallavas and Yadavas
Answer: Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas
- Q. When did Alexander the Great die?
A)385 BC
B)399 BC
C)335 BC
D)323 BC
Answer: 323 BC
- Q. Buland Darwaza is located in
A)Gujarat
B)West Bengal
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. The Hindu Widows Remarriage Act __________
A)1858
B)1856
C)1865
D)1946
Answer: 1856
- Q. Who started the English weekly ‘New India’?
A)Bipin Chandra Pal
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Dada Bhai Naoroji
D)Madan Mohan Malviya
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q. Where is the longest corridor of the temple?
A)Madurai
B)Shreerangam
C)Tiruchendur
D)Rameshwaram
Answer: Rameshwaram
- Q. It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar’s contribution to making of modern India is many sided. Which of the following aspects contribute to it?
A)New methodology of teaching Sanskrit
B)Farmers and depressed class upliftment
C)Uplifting downtrodden women, abolishing child marriage , widow re marriage
D)Both B and C
Answer: Both B and C
- Q. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of
A)Arcot
B)Trichinopoly
C)Wandiwash
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means
A)Sacredness
B)Divinity
C)Doctrine
D)Knowledge
Answer: Knowledge
- Q. The Prarthana Samaj had been established by
A)Keshub Chandra Sen
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)MN Roy
Answer: Keshub Chandra Sen
- Q. When did the Cripps Mission, which had practically repeated the August Offer 1940 visit India?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1943
D)1944
Answer: 1942
- Q. Who among the following is referred to as ‘Desert Fox’?
A)Gen. Eisenhover
B)Lord Wavell
C)Gen. Rommel
D)Gen. McArthur
Answer: Gen. Rommel
- Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
A)Civil Rights Movement
B)Non-Aligned
C)Apartheid
D)Suffrage
Answer: Apartheid
- Q. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
A)Ensure racial and communal harmony
B)Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
C)Found a religious institution
D)Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus
- Q. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
A)Mewar
B)Bijapur
C)Gujarat
D)Bengal
Answer: Bijapur
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
A)Baldwin
B)Chamberlain
C)Churchill
D)Asquith
Answer: Churchill
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