More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints of Krishna is a yogi and lover?
A)Tukaram
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
- Q. The Vedic Aryans first settled in the region of
A)Gangetic Doab
B)Central India
C)Saptasindhu
D)Kashmir and Punjab
Answer: Saptasindhu
- Q. Which of the following British official intiated the Doctrine of Lapse?
A)Lord Auckland
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the daughter of which Sultan
A)Mohammed of Ghori
B)Mohammed Ghori
C)Iltutmish
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Aurangzeb
C)Sher Shah Suri
D)Genghis Khan
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
A)Hinduism
B)Zoroastrianism
C)Buddhism
D)Jainism
Answer: Hinduism
- Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
A)Jizya
B)Kharaj
C)Khums
D)Zakat
Answer: Khums
- Q. In 1883 Dayananda was invited by the Maharaja of __________ to stay at his palace
A)Kashmir
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Gujarat
D)Jodhpur
Answer: Jodhpur
- Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
A)Pradesa
B)Bhukit
C)Vithi
D)Ahara
Answer: Vithi
- Q. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by
A)Sudraka
B)Banabhatta
C)Sri Harsha
D)Gunadhva
Answer: Banabhatta
- Q. When did Japanese invasion of Manchuria begin?
A)1935
B)1931
C)1936
D)1939
Answer: 1931
- Q. Which Tamil poet wrote Ramayana in Tamil language?
A)Kapilar
B)Kamban
C)Pulamaipithan
D)Perumal Rasu
Answer: Kamban
- Q. Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Atharvaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian medicine
B)Samaveda Samhita - Origins of Indian music
C)Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
D)Yajurveda Samhita - Origins of rituals
Answer: Rigveda Samhita - Earliest prose
- 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. The background of the foundation of the Muslim League at . . . . . . on 30 December 1906 may be traced back to the establishment of the Indian national congress in 1885
A)Shahbag
B)Dhaka
C)Simla
D)Bengal
Answer: Dhaka
- Q. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying
A)Domestic subjects
B)Mughal court
C)Scenes from the Indian classics
D)The scenes of their motherland
Answer: Mughal court
- Q. Group of Monuments at Hampi was built by?
A)Udayin and Shishunaga
B)Harihara and Bukka
C)Devavarman and Vainya
D)Mahendraverman and Sirmara
Answer: Harihara and Bukka
- Q. Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. From 1885 to 1905 (the moderate phase of the INC) the object before the INC was
A)establishment of representative institutions
B)wider employment of Indians in higher public services
C)self-government to India
D)Only A and B above
Answer: Only A and B above
- Q. Who is known as the founder of Yuan Dynasty in China
A)Genghis Khan
B)Kublai Khan
C)Batu Khan
D)Berke Khan
Answer: Kublai Khan
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