More Questions on History
- Q. The capital of the Abbasid Caliphs was
A)Damascus
B)Bagdad
C)Constantinople
D)Madina
Answer: Bagdad
- Q. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge” – this was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
A)C Raja Gopalchari
B)Dr. B R Ambedkar
C)Jawaharlal Neheru
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Jawaharlal Neheru
- Q. Who said “one religion one caste and one God for mankind?”
A)Swami Sachidanand Sarshwati
B)Dayanand Sarshwati
C)Swami Ramanand Sarshwati
D)Narayan Guru
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. Benito Mussolini was a leader of
A)Italy
B)Germany
C)French
D)Portugal
Answer: Italy
- Q. Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by __________
A)Sir John Shore
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Wellesley
- Q. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms?
A)Muslims
B)Jews
C)Christians
D)Sikhs
Answer: Muslims
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A)Buddhist order or organisation
B)Buddhist monastery
C)A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
D)A Buddhist assembly hall or temple
Answer: A kind of tomb where the relics of Buddha and other Buddhist monks are kept
- Q. The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by
A)Sir William Jones
B)TB Macaulay
C)GK Gokhale
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Sir William Jones
- Q. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?
A)Charles Martel
B)Carloman
C)Pepin of Herstal
D)Pepin the Short
Answer: Pepin the Short
- Q. The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali
B)Md. Ali Jinnah
C)Saukat Ali
D)Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan
- Q. __________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru’s visions and ideals to the western world
A)Kumaranasan
B)Nataraja Guru
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)K.Madhavan
Answer: Nataraja Guru
- Q. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly
A)because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commanderin- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
B)because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab
C)because of Siraj-ud-Daulah's retirement from the battlefield
D)because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawab's service by the English
Answer: because of Clive's conspiracy with the Nawab's Commanderin- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal
- Q. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the
A)goldsmith
B)blacksmith
C)carpenter
D)barber
Answer: carpenter
- Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency?
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Which of the following acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?
A)Indian Councils Act, 1919
B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1909
- Q. Who switched on the world’s first large-scale electrical supply network?
A)Alexander Graham Bell
B)Albert Einstein
C)Benjamin Franklin
D)Thomas Edison
Answer: Thomas Edison
- Q. What were the crops raised by the Harappans? I. Cotton II. Wheat III. Barley IV. Peas Select the correct option
A)I, II and III
B)I, II, III and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)II and III
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at
A)Kanpur
B)Delhi
C)Lucknow
D)Madras
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. The famous painting ‘Last Supper’ is a creation of
A)Vincent van Gogh
B)Michaelangelo
C)Leonardo Da Vinci
D)Sandro Botticelli
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
- 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
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