More Questions on History
- Q. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
A)Raigarh
B)Poona
C)Singhgarh
D)Panhala
Answer: Raigarh
- Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
A)It proposed to partition India
B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
- Q. Which of the following leaders were associated with the Revolt of Khasis in 1820-32?
A)Sambu Singh
B)Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
C)Sidhu and Kanu
D)Vir Manik
Answer: Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
- Q. Which of the following ruler was responsible for the rise of Magadha?
A)Ajatshatru
B)Bindusara
C)Bimbisara
D)Vasudeva
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
A)Sumit Sarkar
B)Ania Loomba
C)Cohn Bernard
D)Ranajith Guha
Answer: Sumit Sarkar
- Q. When King George-V and Queen of India visited India, a magnificent Durbar was held at
A)Delhi
B)Calcutta
C)Bombay
D)Madras
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi?
A)Prohibition of child marriage
B)Remarriage of widows
C)Monogamy
D)Rejection of seclusion of women
Answer: Rejection of seclusion of women
- Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. The Peshwa’s Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as
A)El Beriz Daftar
B)Huzur Daftar
C)Chalte Dafter
D)Peshwa Dafter
Answer: Huzur Daftar
- Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
A)Chhota Nagpur
B)Punjab
C)Tarai
D)Manipur
Answer: Chhota Nagpur
- Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
A)Subhas Bose
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Under the Government of India act 1935 it was decided to establish a federation consisting of :
A)Princely states
B)Governor’s provinces
C)Governor’s provinces and princely states
D)None of these
Answer: Governor’s provinces and princely states
- Q. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by
A)Rama Krishna
B)Vivekananda
C)M. G. Ranade
D)Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: Vivekananda
- Q. Till when did the Hundred Years’ War last?
A)1377
B)1327
C)1376
D)1453
Answer: 1453
- Q. Who is also known by the name of ‘Tiger of ‘Mysore’?
A)Tipu Sultan
B)Haidar Ali
C)Yaduraya Wodeyar
D)Krishna Devaraya
Answer: Tipu Sultan
- Q. In which of following Buddhist councils compilation of holy books was completed?
A)Pataliputra
B)Rajgir
C)Kashmir
D)Vaishali
Answer: Rajgir
- Q. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
A)Allahabad
B)Lahore
C)Karachi
D)Dacca
Answer: Lahore
- Q. The Opium wars were fought between
A)Britain and India
B)Britain and China
C)India and China
D)Britain and Japan
Answer: Britain and China
- 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. Muslim League was established in December
A)1905
B)1906
C)1925
D)1926
Answer: 1906
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