More Questions on History
- Q. The Market Regulation system was introduced by
A)Iltutmish
B)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. Who is the first female governor of Independent India?
A)Sharda Mukherjee
B)Vijayalakshmi Pandit
C)Fathima Beevi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. Rudra Sampradaya School was founded by
A)Vallabhacharya
B)Ramananda
C)Narasi
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Vallabhacharya
- Q. Jama Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Fatehpur Sikri
C)Qutub Minar
D)Agra Fort
Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
- Q. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
A)the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
B)the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
C)Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
D)the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
Answer: the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
- Q. The Treaty between Ranjit Singh and the British was signed at
A)Amritsar
B)Allahabad
C)Kashmir
D)Agra
Answer: Amritsar
- Q. Assertion (A): Rana Sanga lost the battle of Khanwa in the year 1527. Reason (R): An ally of Rana Sanga, Hasan Khan Mewati betrayed him during the battle
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. The Indus Valley civilisation can be said to belong to the
A)Primitive age
B)Paleolithic age
C)Neolithic age
D)Bronze age
Answer: Bronze age
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira is also known as
A)Great teacher
B)Jina
C)Great preacher
D)Jain
Answer: Jina
- Q. The word Jina from which the Jain(ism) has originated stands for
A)detached
B)great
C)non-violence
D)conqueror (of senses)
Answer: conqueror (of senses)
- Q. Who is commonly known as the ‘Iron Man’?
A)Vittal Bhai Patel
B)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Q. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in
A)Sanskrit
B)Telugu
C)Tamil
D)Kannada
Answer: Telugu
- Q. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the princely State of
A)Jhansi
B)Satara
C)Avadh
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Satara
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi compared Pherozeshah Mehta with the Himalayas, Tilak with the Ocean and Gokhale with
A)the Ganges
B)the Sky
C)the Gangotri
D)the Mansarovar Lake
Answer: the Ganges
- Q. Which country first invented Gunpowder in around 270 AD
A)India
B)China
C)Korea
D)England
Answer: China
- Q. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghori, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was
A)Hemantasena
B)Samantasena
C)Ballalasena
D)Lakshamanasena
Answer: Lakshamanasena
- Q. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
A)Promoted religious toleration
B)Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
C)Converted to Hinduism
D)Presided over an era of religious harmony
Answer: Replaced many Hindu temples with mosques
- Q. The Vedic economy was based on
A)crafts and industries
B)trade and commerce
C)agriculture and cattle rearing
D)all the above
Answer: agriculture and cattle rearing
- Q. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of
A)Stone
B)Burnt bricks
C)Wood
D)All of the above
Answer: Burnt bricks
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