More Questions on History
- Q. Where was the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ founded?
A)Thailand
B)Singapore
C)Britain
D)Italy
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Which Bhakti Saints venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani Sampraday that emerged in north India during the Islamic rule?
A)Eknath
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Namdeva
Answer: Namdeva
- Q. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the NorthWest Frontier Province (NWFP) for
A)establishing separate Pakhtoonistan
B)countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim League
C)social and religious reforms
D)All the above
Answer: social and religious reforms
- Q. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A)Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
B)Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
C)Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D)Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
Answer: Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
- Q. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
A)1942
B)1935
C)1921
D)1922
Answer: 1921
- Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ashoka
C)Samudragupta
D)Chandragupta II
Answer: Chandragupta II
- Q. The Pitt’s India Act empowered the Governor-General with
A)A casting vote
B)Power of vote
C)The power to dismiss the council
D)The power to add more members to the council
Answer: A casting vote
- Q. Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
A)Birendra Nath Chatterjee
B)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
C)Pini Chandra Pal
D)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. Whom did the Britishers call the father of Indian disaffection and the biggest traitor?
A)Lala Hardayal
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)None of these
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. The city of “Tashkent” is located in
A)Kazakhstan
B)Uzbekistan
C)Russia
D)Kyrgyzstan
Answer: Uzbekistan
- Q. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
A)Sirr-i-Akbar
B)Mayma-ul-Bahrain
C)Al-Fihrist
D)Kitabul Bayan
Answer: Sirr-i-Akbar
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked
A)Konkan
B)Gujarat
C)Surat
D)Poena
Answer: Konkan
- Q. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
A)Menander
B)Seleucus Nicator
C)Rudradaman
D)Kanishka
Answer: Seleucus Nicator
- Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
A)Coluccio Salutati
B)Bernardo Rossellino
C)Leonardo Bruni
D)Lorenzo Valla
Answer: Leonardo Bruni
- Q. What is pietra dura?
A)Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B)A form of music
C)Armour
D)None of the above
Answer: Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact?
A)It was signed on January 23, 1932
B)It was signed between Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr. Ambedkar
C)It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna
D)This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 147
Answer: It was signed on January 23, 1932
- Q. Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
A)Rani Laxmi Bai
B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
C)Kuar Singh
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from England?
A)1306
B)1290
C)1492
D)1453
Answer: 1290
- Q. Which state was the first victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
A)Mysore
B)Satara
C)Hyderabad
D)Awadh
Answer: Hyderabad
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