More Questions on History
- Q. Who wrote Vedanta-Parijatasourabha, a commentary on the Brahma Sutra, in simple language?
A)Ramanuja
B)Nimbarka
C)Madhva
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Nimbarka
- Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
A)S. N. Banerjee
B)W. T. Stead
C)H. P. Blavatsky
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?
A)The structure for "Federation of India" was established for both British India and some or all of the "princely states"
B)This act ended the system of diarchy
C)Burma became the part of India
D)The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people
Answer: Burma became the part of India
- Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
A)Guru Nanak Dev
B)Tukaram
C)Mirabai
D)Guru Ram Das
Answer: Guru Ram Das
- Q. Who built the famous Shalimar bagh of Srinagar?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Shivaji crowned himself at
A)Konkan
B)Poona
C)Bijapur
D)Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Akbar-II
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
A)1306
B)1290
C)1492
D)1453
Answer: 1290
- Q. Indian Mughal paintings originated during the rule of which Mughal Emperor?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jahan
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1857
D)1957
Answer: 1857
- Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
A)USA and England
B)Russia and Turkey
C)Russia and Japan
D)England and France
Answer: Russia and Turkey
- Q. Whose model is based on the Mandate of Heaven?
A)Li Ling
B)Ban Gu
C)Qin Shi Huang
D)Sima Qian
Answer: Sima Qian
- Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
A)Rani Laxmi Bai
B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
C)Kunwar Singh
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
A)Pune
B)Ratnagiri
C)Mumbai
D)None of these
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because
A)He had lost his title
B)The Queen had humiliated him
C)The British had stopped his pension
D)His estate had been snatched from him
Answer: The British had stopped his pension
- Q. The fourth __________War was of short duration and decisive and ended with Tipu’s death on May 4, 1799
A)French- Mysore War
B)Anglo-Mysore
C)Maratha -Mysore war
D)Nyzam-Mysore War
Answer: Anglo-Mysore
- Q. When was the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact signed?
A)1940
B)1939
C)1941
D)1945
Answer: 1939
- Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
A)Kanpur
B)Jhansi
C)Gwalior
D)Kalpi
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Lainthgo
D)Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
A)December 1922.
B)September 1920.
C)October 1924.
D)November 1925.
Answer: September 1920.
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