More Questions on History
- Q. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?
A)Rousseau
B)Locke
C)Hegel
D)Plato
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
A)Comwallis
B)Clive
C)Warren Hastings
D)Wellesley
Answer: Warren Hastings
- Q. When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated?
A)4th July, 1947
B)15th August, 1947
C)16th August, 1947
D)14th August, 1947
Answer: 14th August, 1947
- Q. Who was the prime minister of Britain at the time of commencement of the Government of India Act, 1858?
A)Russell II
B)Lord Palmerston
C)Edward Smith-Stanley
D)Benjamin Disraeli
Answer: Lord Palmerston
- 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. Constantinople, the capital of Roman Empire was captured by Turks in the year
A)1415
B)1385
C)1453
D)1469
Answer: 1453
- Q. In U.S.A. the President is elected by
A)Universal Adult Franchise
B)The Senate
C)The House of Representatives
D)The Congress
Answer: Universal Adult Franchise
- Q. Which of the following Vedas was compiled first?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Yajurveda
D)Atharvaveda
Answer: Rigveda
- Q. The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were
A)Afghans
B)Mongols
C)Turks
D)A Jat tribe
Answer: Turks
- Q. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
A)1921
B)1917
C)1927
D)1932
Answer: 1921
- Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
A)Khilafat Agitation
B)Bardoli Satyagraha
C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
D)Chauri Chaura incident
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
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. Alexander the Great was the king of which kingdom
A)Macedonia
B)Rome
C)Epirus
D)Cyprus
Answer: Macedonia
- Q. __________ was the Founder Father of Aligarh movement
A)Maqsud Ali
B)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
C)Abul kalam Azad
D)Karim Ali
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q. The salient feature of the Rig Vedic religion was worship of
A)Pasupati
B)Nature
C)Trimurti
D)Mother Goddess
Answer: Nature
- Q. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of
A)Curzon
B)Ripon
C)Hastings
D)Dalhousie
Answer: Curzon
- Q. Who officially instituted the first system of imperial examinations in China?
A)Huo Qubing
B)Han Wu Di
C)Wei Qing
D)None
Answer: Han Wu Di
- Q. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system prevalent in
A)Mongolia
B)Persia
C)Afghanistan
D)Turkey
Answer: Mongolia
- Q. Which book described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time?
A)Baburnama
B)Shahnama
C)Akbarnama
D)Chachnama
Answer: Chachnama
- Q. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shaista Khan as Governor of
A)Bengal
B)Kashmir
C)Punjab
D)Deccan
Answer: Deccan
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