More Questions on History
- Q. In which year did the Suez Canal was open for trade
A)1880
B)1869
C)1774
D)1620
Answer: 1869
- Q. Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War?
A)Chandragupta
B)Samudragupta
C)Shivaji
D)Ashoka
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. What was the name of the father of Rishabhanatha Tirthankar?
A)Sambhavnath
B)Nabhiraya
C)Sumitnath
D)Vasupujya
Answer: Nabhiraya
- Q. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which of the following pair of Congress Session is not correctly matched?
A)Madras Session 1927: Independence Resolution passed for the first time at the instance of Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Nagpur Session 1920: Changes in the Constitution of the Congress
C)Calcutta Session 1928: Return of Gandhi to active politics after six years
D)Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
Answer: Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
- Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Iltutmish
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
A)Hitopdesha
B)Panchtanra
C)Mahabharata
D)None of the above
Answer: Hitopdesha
- Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
A)Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
B)Hare Ram
C)Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
D)Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
Answer: Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye
- Q. In 1528, __________ defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Answer: Babur
- Q. When did Warring States period began in China?
A)475 BC
B)479 BC
C)469 BC
D)465 BC
Answer: 475 BC
- Q. Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working Committee to announce the suspension of Non-Cooperation movement?
A)Poona
B)Bardoli
C)Calcutta
D)Madras
Answer: Bardoli
- Q. Which of the following incident ended the historic fast of Gandhi?
A)Issue of White Paper
B)Poona Pact
C)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
D)Arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: Poona Pact
- Q. Who said, “The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
A)J. S. Mill
B)Herbert Spencer
C)John Locke
D)Tocqueville
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. The immediate forerunner of the Indian National congress was
A)Indian National Conference
B)Indian Association of Calcutta
C)British India association
D)Indian Union
Answer: Indian National Conference
- Q. The policy of Doctrine of lapse was introduced by __________
A)Lord William Bentinck
B)Lord Wellesley
C)Lord Macaulay
D)Lord Dalhousie
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. In Gandhian Socialism
A)State is not required
B)State is required
C)State is sometimes required and sometimes not required
D)State is neither required
Answer: State is not required
- Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
A)Rajasthan
B)Hydaspes
C)Panipat
D)Train
Answer: Hydaspes
- Q. The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed following Gandhi’s fast unto death in a jail at Poona, had been given by
A)Lloyd George
B)Ramsay Mcdonald
C)Stanley Baldwin
D)AV Alexander
Answer: Ramsay Mcdonald
- Q. Akbar suppressed the rebellion of Abdullah Khan, the Governor of
A)Malwa
B)Mewar
C)Meerut
D)Mankat
Answer: Malwa
- Q. “Go back to Vedas” This call is given by
A)Vivekananda
B)Ramakrishna Paramhansa
C)Jyotiba Phule
D)Dayanand Saraswati
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
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