More Questions on History

  • Q. Greek Roman Art has found a place in
    A)Gandhara
    B)Ellora
    C)Kalinga
    D)Bhuddhist Art
    Answer: Gandhara
  • Q. The founder-president of Indian Independence League was
    A)Subhas Chandra Bose
    B)Rash Behari Bose
    C)MK Gandhi
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Rash Behari Bose
  • Q. Who among the following was also known as ‘Zinda Pir’?
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1858 A.D.
    B)1848 A.D.
    C)1862 A.D.
    D)1856 A.D.
    Answer: 1858 A.D.
  • Q. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
    B)Allaudin Khalji
    C)Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
    D)Muhammad Bin Qasim
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
    A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
    B)Mrs. Annie Besant
    C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
  • Q. The Rohelas helped the Afghan invaders in 1761 in the Battle of
    A)Plassey
    B)Bauxar
    C)Arcot
    D)Panipat
    Answer: Panipat
  • 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
  • Q. Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised?
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Sukhdev
    C)Surya Sen
    D)Rajguru
    Answer: Surya Sen
  • Q. In the elections held in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in :
    A)Nine States
    B)Eleven States
    C)Five States
    D)Ten States
    Answer: Eleven States
  • Q. Tilak started his career as a
    A)Professor
    B)Writer
    C)Journalist
    D)Lawyer
    Answer: Professor
  • Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
    A)Loria
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kesaria
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sanchi
  • Q. What led to the end of Indus Valley Civilization?
    A)Recurrent Floods
    B)Invasion of Aryans
    C)Earthquakes
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. In March 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because
    A)of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders
    B)he was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt
    C)both A and B above
    D)of INA's initial success on India's eastern borders
    Answer: both A and B above
  • Q. During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India?
    A)Akbar
    B)Aurangazeb
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The First Opium War was fought between British and __________
    A)Indian
    B)Chinese
    C)Japanese
    D)Thai
    Answer: Chinese
  • Q. The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: “Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children.” This statement was made by
    A)Tavernier
    B)Monserrate
    C)Manrique
    D)Bernier
    Answer: Bernier
  • Q. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golconda it was ruled by
    A)Durga Devi
    B)Sikandar
    C)Abul Hasan
    D)Afzal Khan
    Answer: Abul Hasan
  • Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
    A)Pusyamitra Shunga
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka I
    D)Menander
    Answer: Kanishka I

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