More Questions on History
- Q. Guru died on 20 September, __________
A)1908
B)1902
C)1918
D)1928
Answer: 1928
- Q. The fourth __________War was of short duration and decisive and ended with Tipu’s death on May 4, 1799
A)French- Mysore War
B)Anglo-Mysore
C)Maratha -Mysore war
D)Nyzam-Mysore War
Answer: Anglo-Mysore
- Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
A)1261
B)1204
C)1291
D)1225
Answer: 1261
- Q. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
C)Iltutmish
D)Mohammad Adilshah
Answer: Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is correct about Alvar Saints?
A)The 63 Alvars saints were the Shiva devotional poets, who lived between 5th and 10th centuries
B)The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
C)Only B
D)Both A & B
Answer: The twelve Alvars were Tamil poet-saints, who lived between 6th and 9th centuries AD and espoused 'emotional devotion' or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs
- Q. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Q. Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. Who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?
A)George Washington
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)Thomas Edison
D)Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- Q. Who said “Liberty consists in obedience to the general will”?
A)Rousseau
B)Hobbes
C)Green
D)Laski
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A)George Washington
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)John F. Kennedy
D)William Wallace Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- Q. The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were
A)Afghans
B)Mongols
C)Turks
D)A Jat tribe
Answer: Turks
- Q. Shivaji maintained a fleet at
A)Calicut
B)Surat
C)Bombay
D)Kolaba
Answer: Kolaba
- Q. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?
A)Farid
B)Nizamuddin Aulia
C)Todarmal
D)Firdausi
Answer: Nizamuddin Aulia
- Q. Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
A)Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
B)Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
C)Abbas Tyabji
D)Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Answer: Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
- Q. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
A)British
B)French
C)Protuguese
D)Dutch
Answer: Protuguese
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
A)the Nandas were low-born
B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
- Q. When did Greco-Persian Wars end?
A)449 BC
B)460 BC
C)447 BC
D)424 BC
Answer: 449 BC
- Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
A)A. C. Wadia
B)Srinivas Ramanujam
C)C. V. Raman
D)P. C. Mahalanobis
Answer: A. C. Wadia
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested, during ‘Satyagrah’ in the year
A)1908
B)1906
C)1913
D)1917
Answer: 1908
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for
A)reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
B)common electorate for all Hindus
C)reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
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