More Questions on History
- Q. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.
A)Bodh Gaya
B)Sarnath
C)Kapilavastu
D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodh Gaya
- Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
A)Farrukh-Siyar
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Muhammad Shah
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
- Q. Alexander the Great died at __________
A)Babylon
B)Susa
C)Macedonia
D)Kabul
Answer: Babylon
- Q. Who was the founder of the Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India?
A)Baden Powell
B)Richard Temple
C)Charles Andrew
D)Robert Montgomery
Answer: Baden Powell
- Q. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in which one of the following centres?
A)Surat
B)Agra
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Agra
- Q. When was the famous Resolution on non-cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of the Congress held in Calcutta?
A)December, 1922
B)September, 1920
C)October, 1924
D)November, 1925
Answer: September, 1920
- Q. Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Wahabi Movement
B)Champarah Satyagraha
C)Non-Coorperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movenment
Answer: Wahabi Movement
- Q. The Triple Alliance agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy was formed in the year
A)1889
B)1882
C)1901
D)1909
Answer: 1882
- Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
- Q. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of
A)Arjan Dev
B)Tegh Bahadur
C)Har Gobind
D)Nanak
Answer: Tegh Bahadur
- Q. In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
A)Malabar
B)Travancore
C)Cochi
D)Kottayam
Answer: Travancore
- Q. During British rule, who was instrumental for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
A)Elphinstone
B)Macaulay
C)Thomas Munro
D)John Lawrence
Answer: Thomas Munro
- Q. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission :
A)In 1897
B)In 1892
C)In 1937
D)In 1939
Answer: In 1897
- Q. Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?
A)Apollodotus I
B)Antiochus II
C)Apollodotus II
D)Menander I
Answer: Menander I
- Q. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in
A)Industry
B)Infra structure
C)Agriculture
D)Services
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who said Ask not, Say not, Think not caste, Think only Gods
A)William Logan
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Connolly
D)S. N. Banerjee
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Guru Nanak was born at
A)Purandhar
B)Talwandi
C)Amritsar
D)Poona
Answer: Talwandi
- Q. Which of the following rulers did not enter the Buddhist Cold?
A)Samudragupta
B)Harsha
C)Kanishka
D)Ashoka
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. The first Mughal emperor of India was
A)Humayun
B)Shahjahan
C)Babur
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced ‘market control’ or economic regulations for
A)the general welfare of the people
B)building up a large and contented army with small salaries
C)both (A) and (B) above
D)curbing dishonest merchants and traders
Answer: both (A) and (B) above
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