More Questions on History
- Q. India’s trade with the Roman Empire came to an end with the invasion of Rome by the
A)Hungarians
B)Arabs
C)Hunas
D)Turks
Answer: Hunas
- Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
A)Gandhara Style
B)The Persian Style
C)Hindu Style
D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
- Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
A)Mahavira
B)Gautama
C)Chandra Gupta
D)Ashoka
Answer: Mahavira
- Q. Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. Gandhara Art is the combination of
A)Indo Greek
B)Indo Roman
C)Indo Islamic
D)Indo China
Answer: Indo Greek
- Q. Sri Narayana Guru was born into an __________ family.
A)Nayar
B)Ezhava
C)Pulaya
D)Vannan
Answer: Ezhava
- Q. The Home Rule Movement was aimed at
A)complete autonomy to India
B)complete independence for India
C)self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
D)larger participation of Indians in India's administration
Answer: self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
- Q. Gokhale was born in a Marathi Brahmin family at __________
A)Poona
B)Ratnagiri
C)Allahabad
D)Assam
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. The Charter Act of 1813 left intact the Company’s monopoly of __________ trade
A)Jawa
B)China
C)Ceylon
D)Japan
Answer: China
- Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
A)1937
B)1947
C)1927
D)1917
Answer: 1917
- 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. Confessions of Thug’ was written by
A)Meadows Taylor
B)Burke
C)Havell
D)Moreland
Answer: Meadows Taylor
- Q. The Nehru Report of 1928 with proposals for constitutional reforms had been prepared by
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Motilal Nehru
C)Kamla Nehru
D)All of the above
Answer: Motilal Nehru
- 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. Dholavira is situated at the bank of River
A)Ravi
B)Indus
C)Luni
D)Ghaggar
Answer: Luni
- Q. The Administrative Council of Shivaji was known as
A)Mantriparishad
B)Parishad
C)Ashtapradhan
D)Rajyaparishad
Answer: Ashtapradhan
- Q. Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ?
A)Purushottam Das Tandon
B)Shri Bharat Kumar
C)Bankim Chandra Chattopashyay
D)Jyotiba Phule
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?
A)Firoz Shah Suri
B)Muhammad Adil Shah
C)Sikandar Shah Suri
D)Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Sher Shah Suri
- Q. The Vedic term vrihi stands for
A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Barley
Answer: Rice
- Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)Allauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
D)Muhamad bin Quasim
Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
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