More Questions on History

  • Q. __________co-edited ‘the National Reformer’ with Charles Bradlaugh and wrote many political and free-thought books and pamphlets from 1874-88
    A)S. N. Banerjee
    B)W. T. Stead
    C)H. P. Blavatsky
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    B)Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
  • Q. The Hundred Years’ War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between
    A)Germany and Russia
    B)England and France
    C)America and Argentina
    D)England and Germany
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. In Jain literature, which of the following Tirthankar is also known as Prajapati, Adibrahma and Aadinath?
    A)Ajitnath
    B)Rishabhnath
    C)Sambhav nath
    D)Abhnindan Nath
    Answer: Rishabhnath
  • Q. Who officially instituted the first system of imperial examinations in China?
    A)Huo Qubing
    B)Han Wu Di
    C)Wei Qing
    D)None
    Answer: Han Wu Di
  • Q. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating
    A)Jayachanda in the Battle of Chandawar
    B)Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain
    C)The Chandelas
    D)Both (A) and (B) above
    Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
  • Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Rabindranath Tagore
    C)Surendranath Banerjee
    D)Anand Mohan Bose
    Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Q. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
    A)Lord William Bentinck
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Lord Macaulay
    D)Lord Dalhousie
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
  • Q. India is in favour of __________ in the economic field
    A)Private Sector
    B)Public Sector
    C)Mixed Economy
    D)Capitalistic Economy
    Answer: Mixed Economy
  • Q. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
    A)Mohammad Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Tughlaq
    C)Alauddin Khalji
    D)Balban
    Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
  • Q. Who of the following became a member of the “Din-i-Ilahi”?
    A)Raja Birbal
    B)Todarmal
    C)Raja Man Singh
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Raja Birbal
  • Q. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
    A)Anandmath
    B)Pariksha Guru
    C)Rangbhoomi
    D)Padmarag
    Answer: Anandmath
  • Q. India became independent during the vice royalty of
    A)Wellesley
    B)William Bentinck
    C)Wavell
    D)Mountbatten
    Answer: Mountbatten
  • Q. In which of the following years 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
    A)1929
    B)1930
    C)1942
    D)1946
    Answer: 1930
  • Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
    A)Vedanta
    B)Vedas
    C)Brahamans
    D)Bhagwat Gita
    Answer: Bhagwat Gita
  • Q. Pushti marg is a Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism was founded by?
    A)Ramanujacharya
    B)Shankaracharya
    C)Vallabhacharya
    D)Nimbarkacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s assassination. “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Bertrand Russel
    C)Albert Einstein
    D)Leo Tolstoy
    Answer: Albert Einstein
  • Q. The famous revolutionary song ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mei hai ‘ was composed by
    A)Khudiram Bose
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Chandrasekhar Azad
    D)Ramprasad Bismil
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in
    A)December 1922.
    B)September 1920.
    C)October 1924.
    D)November 1925.
    Answer: September 1920.
  • Q. Dadabhai Naoroji’s book ‘poverty and un British rule in India’ published in __________ analysed the nature of the British rule in India
    A)1901
    B)1898
    C)1908
    D)1946
    Answer: 1901

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