More Questions on History
- Q. The United Nations declared __________ as the International Year of Women
A)1878
B)1875
C)1975
D)1956
Answer: 1975
- Q. Shivaji started his public career at the age of
A)21
B)18
C)23
D)24
Answer: 18
- Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A)Aram Shah
B)Balban
C)Nasiruddin Mahmud
D)Iltutmish
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
A)Punjab and NWFP
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Madras and Central Provinces
D)Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. My Experiments with Truth is the work of Mahatma Gandhi published in
A)1902
B)1901
C)1906
D)1946
Answer: 1906
- Q. During the Mauryan period the administration was in the hands of
A)four boards
B)three boards
C)five boards
D)six boards
Answer: six boards
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint said that “Abide pure amidst the impurities of the world”?
A)Madhav
B)Vallabhacharya
C)Guru Nanak
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Guru Nanak
- Q. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Lokmanya TiIak
C)Bhikaji Cama
D)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
A)Aurangzeb
B)Shah Jahan
C)Jahangir
D)Humayun
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
A)three centuries
B)two centuries
C)four centuries
D)a little over one century
Answer: three centuries
- Q. Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
A)Amir Khusro
B)Hussain Shah
C)Barbak Shah
D)Nanak
Answer: Amir Khusro
- Q. The name of the Indian Astronomer (who knew five astronomical systems), who lived in the 6th century was
A)Bhandarkar
B)Varahamihira
C)Pujyapada
D)Prasastapada
Answer: Varahamihira
- Q. Which Sanskrit poet wrote famous book Geet Govinda?
A)Kalidas
B)Jayadeva
C)Panini
D)None of the above
Answer: Jayadeva
- Q. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
A)Kanva
B)Sunga
C)Kusana
D)Gupta
Answer: Gupta
- Q. Who founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
A)Dayanand Saraswati
B)Brahma Datt
C)Raja Rammohan Roy
D)None of these
Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy
- Q. The second session of the congress met in Calcutta on December 1886, under the president ship of __________
A)Kadambini Ganguli
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Pherozeshah Mehta
D)D.Ewacha
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
A)Linlithgow
B)Willingdon
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Linlithgow
- Q. The Governor of the East India Company was
A)Appointed by the British Parliament
B)Appointed by the monarch of England
C)Elected by the members of the East India Company
D)Nominated by the Mughal Emperor
Answer: Elected by the members of the East India Company
- Q. In 1661 the company obtained __________ from Charles II
A)Madras
B)Bombay
C)Kannur
D)Calcutta
Answer: Bombay
- Q. When Babur invaded India in 1525, Humayun was the Governor of
A)Fargana
B)Kabul
C)Badakhshan
D)Herat
Answer: Badakhshan
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