More Questions on History
- Q. Who was the last Hindu emperor of northern India?
A)Pulakesin II
B)Harsha
C)Rajyavardhana
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Harsha
- Q. Guru Gobind Singh had sent Banda Bahadur to Punjab
A)To show off his strength and valour
B)To propagate the Sikh religion
C)To crush the enemies of Khalsa
D)To establish a Sikh empire
Answer: To crush the enemies of Khalsa
- Q. The foreign traveller who visited Indian during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert description of the Peacock Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Travernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Travernier
- Q. The correct chronological sequence of these Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb: I. Alamgir-II II. Farrukh Siyar III. Jahandar Shah IV. Shah Alam-II
A)II,III,IV,I
B)III,II,IV,I
C)II,III,I,IV
D)III,II,I,IV
Answer: III,II,I,IV
- Q. During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
A)Thailand and Cambodia
B)Burma and Tibet
C)Korea and Japan
D)Indonesia and Vietnam
Answer: Korea and Japan
- Q. Zamindari Association was the political association of modern India
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: First
- Q. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by
A)Akbar
B)Sher Shah
C)Humayun
D)Bhadur Shah
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Which of the following are the basis tenants of Bhakti Movement?
A)Ideas were the Bhakti movement—devotion to God with the help of a priest. Bhakti to God was accepted as damnation
B)Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
C)Spiritual sessions in meeting places known as zawiyas, khanqahs, or tekke
D)Described as the interiorization, and intensification of human faith and practice
Answer: Ideas was the Bhakti movement—devotion to God. Bhakti to God was accepted as salvation
- Q. Who among the following reformer associated with the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
A)Raja Rammohan Roy
B)Swami Vivekananda
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Chandragupta-I
C)Samudragupta
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Samudragupta
- Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Mohammad Adilshah
Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
- Q. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
A)Helen Keller
B)Joan of Arc
C)Florence Nightingale
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Florence Nightingale
- Q. The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Sukh Dev
C)Jatin Das
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
- Q. The ruler of Mysore who secured the rendition of Mysore was
A)Hyder
B)Tippu
C)Krishnaraja III
D)Rajendra Wodiar
Answer: Krishnaraja III
- Q. The home of Gargi, Maitrey and Kapila was at
A)Ujjain
B)Vidisha
C)Pataliputra
D)Mithila
Answer: Mithila
- Q. Hernan Cortez was a Conquistador from
A)Holland
B)England
C)Portugal
D)Spain
Answer: Spain
- Q. Who had scrapped the partition of Bengal?
A)Lord Mountbatten
B)Lord Hardinge
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Wellesley
Answer: Lord Hardinge
- Q. After the 1935 elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were
A)Assam and Kerala
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Bengal and Assam
D)Punjab and Kerala
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
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