More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)G. K. Gokhale
C)Aurobindo Ghosh
D)B. G. Tilak
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. “What is the Third Estate?” pamphlet associated with the French Revolution, was written by
A)Edmund Burke
B)Marquis - Lafayette
C)Joseph Foulon
D)Abbe Sieyes
Answer: Abbe Sieyes
- Q. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
A)Exploitative land revenue policy
B)Blatantly discriminatory policies
C)The policy of greased cartridges
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Who was the first Vijayanagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis?
A)Harihara-I
B)Reva Rayali
C)Harihara-II
D)Bukka-I
Answer: Harihara-II
- Q. Crimean War was started in the year
A)1857
B)1853
C)1862
D)1870
Answer: 1853
- Q. The National Liberal Federation was founded by
A)Motilal Nehru
B)S. N. Bannerjee
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer: S. N. Bannerjee
- Q. Which country first invented Gunpowder in around 270 AD
A)India
B)China
C)Korea
D)England
Answer: China
- Q. The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Vallabhbhai Patel
D)Morarji Desai
Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
- Q. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the__________
A)Stuarts
B)Hanoverians
C)Normans
D)Tudors
Answer: Stuarts
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the Dara Shikoh I. Dara Shikoh was the youngest son of Shahjahan. II. Dara Shikoh was the devotee of Qadiri Silsila.
A)Both I and II are incorrect
B)Both I and II are correct
C)Only I is correct
D)Only II is correct
Answer: Only II is correct
- Q. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
A)Nizamabad
B)Mysore
C)Aurangabad
D)Bhopal
Answer: Aurangabad
- Q. Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharajadhiraja?
A)Chandragupta I
B)Skandhgupta
C)Chandragupta II
D)Kumaragupta
Answer: Chandragupta I
- Q. Communist Revolutionary Che Guevara was born in the city
A)Rosario
B)Havana
C)Matanzas
D)San Juan
Answer: Rosario
- Q. D-Day is the day when
A)US dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima
B)Germany declared war on Britain
C)Allied Troops landed in Normandy
D)Germany surrendered to the allies
Answer: Allied Troops landed in Normandy
- Q. When did the Battle of Plassey take place?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1757
D)1765
Answer: 1757
- 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 Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year
A)1821
B)1805
C)1852
D)1895
Answer: 1821
- Q. Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Amber
C)Satara
D)Kannauj
Answer: Amber
- Q. The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed between
A)The British and the Nizam
B)The British and the Peshwa
C)The British and Sikh
D)The British and Nawab of Arcot
Answer: The British and the Peshwa
- Q. Which Indian literature is a collection of 1028 hymns written in Vedic Sanskrit?
A)Sama Vedas
B)Rig Vedas
C)Brahamans
D)Aryankas
Answer: Rig Vedas
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