More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. In which year, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg
A)1910
B)1905
C)1911
D)1912
Answer: 1912
- Q. The East India Company was established in the year
A)1600 AD
B)1607 AD
C)1700 AD
D)1669 AD
Answer: 1600 AD
- Q. Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur
- Q. When was the kingdom between the Rhine and Rhone rivers created?
A)864
B)843
C)876
D)877
Answer: 843
- Q. Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Wavell
C)Lord Willingdon
D)Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
- Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?
A)Red Fort
B)Agra Fort
C)Taj Mahal
D)Buland Darwaza
Answer: Taj Mahal
- Q. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?
A)William Jones
B)Alexander Cunningham
C)James Prinsep
D)Charles Wilkins
Answer: Charles Wilkins
- Q. Which of the following Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka describes the Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka?
A)No. X
B)No. XIII
C)No. XI
D)No. XII
Answer: No. XIII
- Q. Satyagraha finds expression in
A)Armed conflicts
B)Sudden outbursts of violence
C)Non-Cooperation
D)Communal riots
Answer: Non-Cooperation
- Q. When was Russia proclaimed as an Empire?
A)1721
B)1682
C)1725
D)1762
Answer: 1721
- Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana Empire?
A)Simuka
B)Kanha
C)Hala
D)Gautamiputra
Answer: Simuka
- Q. The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
A)Womesh Chandra Banerjee
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
Answer: Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- Q. Ashoka sent missionaries to
A)Tibet and Ceylon
B)China and Kashmir
C)Tibet and China
D)Kashmir and Ceylon
Answer: Tibet and Ceylon
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the features of Bhakti Movement? I. Condemnation of rituals, ceremonies and blind faith. II. Rejection of idol worship by many saints.
A)II only
B)I only
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. The Mughal troops were largely drawn from
A)Tributary Chiefs
B)The Rajput Chiefs
C)Mansabdars
D)Central Contingents
Answer: Mansabdars
- Q. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
A)Teachers
B)Lawyers
C)Journalists
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A)R. G. Bhandarkar
B)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
D)B. G. Tilak
Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- Q. The Act of __________ had introduced the system of separate electorates
A)1893
B)1874
C)1909
D)1926
Answer: 1909
- Q. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
A)Abdur Qadir Badauni
B)Nizamuddin Ahmad
C)Abul Fazl
D)Abdas Khan Arwani
Answer: Abul Fazl
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