More Questions on History
- Q. Who said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany”?
A)Mussolini
B)R. Hess
C)Hitler
D)Communist International
Answer: R. Hess
- Q. The Buddhist Doctrines were written in
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Tibetan
D)Not written in any language but orally transmitted
Answer: Pali
- Q. Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
A)Charter Act, 1813
B)Pitt's India Act, 1784
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Regulating Act, 1773
Answer: Charter Act, 1813
- Q. What was the name of architect of Humayun’s Tomb?
A)Baram Khan
B)Man Singh
C)Mirak Mirza
D)Abul Fazal
Answer: Mirak Mirza
- Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
A)Mohammad Tughlaq
B)Firoz Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga has been described in the minor rock edict number.
A)IV
B)I
C)VIII
D)XIII
Answer: XIII
- Q. The foreign traveller who visited Indian during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert description of the Peacock Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Travernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Travernier
- Q. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Regulating Act
C)Charter Act
D)Company Act
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
A)Sir Thomas Roe
B)Lord Clive
C)Lord Curzon
D)Captain Hawkins
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in protest against
A)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
B)Martial law in the Punjab
C)Rawlatt Acts
D)All the above
Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
- Q. Which of the following revolts during Aurangzeb’s period had a peasant agrarian background?
A)Jats and Satnamis
B)Rajputs
C)Marathas
D)Sikhs
Answer: Jats and Satnamis
- 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
- Q. Jainism was divided into two sects – Swetambaras (White-clad) and Digambaras (Sky clad or naked) – During the reign of the
A)Mauryas
B)Nandas
C)Kusanas
D)Shungas
Answer: Mauryas
- Q. The Home Rule Society, popularly called ‘India House’ , had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence, by
A)Madan Lal Dhingra
B)Lala Hardayal
C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
D)V D Savarkar
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- 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 one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
A)Bengal
B)Elizabeth
C)Red Dragon
D)Mayflower
Answer: Red Dragon
- Q. How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?
A)7
B)6
C)8
D)9
Answer: 7
- Q. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of the Congress Party defeating
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Pattabhi Sitharamayy
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)VB Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitharamayy
- Q. Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War?
A)Chandragupta
B)Samudragupta
C)Shivaji
D)Ashoka
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. When did the Nanking Massacre start?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
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