More Questions on History

  • Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
    A)Bombay
    B)Surat
    C)Masulipatnam
    D)Madras
    Answer: Madras
  • Q. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
    A)Cabral
    B)Albuquerque
    C)Almeida
    D)De Braganza
    Answer: Albuquerque
  • Q. The day (22 December 1939) the Congress Ministries resigned in the Provinces the Muslim League observed
    A)Direct Action Day
    B)Deliverance Day
    C)Victory Day
    D)Alliance Day
    Answer: Deliverance Day
  • Q. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    C)Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
    D)Jalal-id-din Khilji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 – 1003?
    A)Kashmir
    B)Avadh
    C)Sindh
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Kashmir
  • Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
    A)1261
    B)1204
    C)1291
    D)1225
    Answer: 1261
  • Q. Which among the following is correctly matched?
    A)Swadeshi Movement - Rabindra Nath Tagore
    B)Non-Cooperation Movement - Surendra Nath Banerjee
    C)Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Swaraj Party - Mahatma Gandhi
    Answer: Indian National Army - Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
    A)Sutta Pitaka
    B)Vinaya Pitaka
    C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
    D)All the three Pitakas
    Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
  • Q. The correct descending order of the Mauryan officers, at the district level, was
    A)Yukta, rajuka, pradeshika
    B)Rajuka, pradeshika, yukta
    C)Pradeshika, yukta, rajuka
    D)Pradeshika, rajuka, yukta
    Answer: Pradeshika, rajuka, yukta
  • Q. Who was the founder of Ottoman Empire
    A)Orhan
    B)Osman I
    C)Mura I
    D)Bayezid I
    Answer: Osman I
  • Q. In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France
    A)1804
    B)1799
    C)1807
    D)1812
    Answer: 1804
  • Q. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Shiva at Ellora?
    A)Amoghvarsha-I
    B)Dantidurga
    C)Krishna-I
    D)Vatsraja
    Answer: Krishna-I
  • Q. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
    A)2500 BC - 1700 BC
    B)2400 BC - 1700 BC
    C)2400 BC - 1750 BC
    D)2500 BC - 1750 BC
    Answer: 2500 BC - 1750 BC
  • Q. The Red fort in Delhi was the residence of emperors of which dynasty in the 16th century?
    A)Khalji
    B)Rajput
    C)Tughlaq
    D)Mughal
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. By which Act may be the British parliament did Queen Victoria assume the title of ‘the Empress of India’ to emphasize British sovereignty over the whole of British provinces in India and Indian states?
    A)The Royal Titles Act 1870
    B)The Royal Titles Act 1866
    C)The Royal Titles Act 1876
    D)The Royal Titles Act 1886
    Answer: The Royal Titles Act 1876
  • Q. After the defeat at Plassey, Siraj-ud-daullah was assassinated __________and was made the nawab
    A)Mir Qasim
    B)Mir Jafar
    C)Haider Ali
    D)Tipu Sultan
    Answer: Mir Jafar
  • Q. When was Xerxes I murdered?
    A)460 BC
    B)465 BC
    C)449 BC
    D)447 BC
    Answer: 465 BC
  • Q. Which of the following statement regarding Henry Vivian Derozio are correct? I. He is an Anglo-Indian II. Was called first nationalist poet of modern India III. He taught at Hindu college and was later removed because of his radicalism
    A)Only I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Only II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Jahangir (1605-1627 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Haryanka
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Mughal
    Answer: Mughal

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