More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation of the Mughal rule at Delhi?
A)Second Battle of Panipat
B)Third Battle of Panipat
C)Battle of Haldighati
D)First Battle of Panipat
Answer: First Battle of Panipat
- Q. Which was the oldest University?
A)Kanauj
B)Gandhara
C)Nalanda
D)Vaishali
Answer: Nalanda
- Q. As per ‘August Offer’ the British objective for India was __________
A)Puma Swaraj
B)Dominion Status
C)Responsible Government
D)Provincial Authority
Answer: Dominion Status
- Q. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National congress?
A)Badruddin Tyabji
B)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
D)Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: Badruddin Tyabji
- Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Lytton
Answer: Lord Lytton
- Q. Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)None of the above
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
- 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. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence I. Non-Cooperation Movement II. Civil Disobedience Movement III. Chauri – Chaura
A)I, III, II
B)I, II, III
C)II, I, III
D)III, II, I
Answer: I, III, II
- 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. In 1831 Bentinck signed a treaty with Ranjit Singh to protect the British territories from
A)Pindari menace
B)Russian menace
C)Rohelas
D)Attack by Burmese
Answer: Russian menace
- Q. When did Otto I secure recognition of his title?
A)972
B)936
C)973
D)967
Answer: 972
- Q. The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship to
A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D)Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Who was the founder of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra in 13th Century?
A)Ekanatha
B)Namadev
C)Tukaram
D)Gnanadeva
Answer: Gnanadeva
- Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was
A)Omrah' Danishmand khan
B)Geronimo Verroneo
C)Tavernier
D)Austinof Bordeaux
Answer: Tavernier
- 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. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
A)A. C. Wadia
B)Srinivas Ramanujam
C)C. V. Raman
D)P. C. Mahalanobis
Answer: A. C. Wadia
- Q. Who was the founder of the, Ghadar Party?
A)Sohan Singh Bhakna
B)Basant Kumar Biswas
C)Ram Prasad Bismil
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Sohan Singh Bhakna
- Q. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were
A)Officials of the state
B)Landlords and zamindars
C)Those who had to give revenue
D)Revenue collectors
Answer: Officials of the state
- Q. Which of the following event compel M.K Gandhi to withdraw the Nation’s cooperation from the British Government?
A)Bhagat singh Hanging
B)Jallianwala massacre
C)Lathi charge
D)All of the above
Answer: Jallianwala massacre
- Q. The office of Governor-General of India was created by the
A)Government of India Act, 1858
B)Government of India Act, 1833
C)Charter Act, 1833
D)Charter Act, 1813
Answer: Charter Act, 1833
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