More Questions on History
- Q. Who, among the following, has been known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
A)Khan Saheb
B)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
C)Chaudhary Shaukatullah
D)Liaquat Ali Khan
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Q. Lytton was selected as Viceroy to India to fulfill the ambitious plans of Disraeli in __________
A)Afghanistan
B)Awadh
C)Bengal
D)Burma
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. Waterloo is located in
A)France
B)England
C)Spain
D)Belgium
Answer: Belgium
- Q. The Governor of the East India Company was
A)Appointed by the British Parliament
B)Appointed by the monarch of England
C)Elected by the members of the East India Company
D)Nominated by the Mughal Emperor
Answer: Elected by the members of the East India Company
- Q. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
A)Sirr-i-Akbar
B)Mayma-ul-Bahrain
C)Al-Fihrist
D)Kitabul Bayan
Answer: Sirr-i-Akbar
- Q. Under the Mughals the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was
A)Mansabdar
B)The crown prince
C)Emperor
D)Zamindar
Answer: Emperor
- Q. Alexander the Great died at __________
A)Babylon
B)Susa
C)Macedonia
D)Kabul
Answer: Babylon
- Q. Who has given a call “Go back to nature”?
A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Rousseau
D)Hobbes
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. When Japan handed over Andaman Nicobar islands to Subhash Chandra Bose in Nov. 1943, he named these islands as :
A)Samaj Island and Swaraj Island respectively
B)Shaheed Island and Samaj Island respectively
C)Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island respectively
D)Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
Answer: Shaheed Island and Swaraj Island respectively
- Q. Jathi Nirnayam is the work of __________
A)C. Kesavan
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Nataraja Guru
D)T. K. Madhavan
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
C)Alauddin Khalji
D)None of the above
Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
- Q. The first Viceroy of India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Elgin
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. Which of the following war decided the English as the ultimate rulers of India?
A)Battle of Buxar
B)Revolt of 1857
C)Third Battle of Panipat
D)First battle of Mysore
Answer: Battle of Buxar
- Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
A)Herodotus
B)Aristotle
C)Hippocrates
D)Thucydides
Answer: Herodotus
- Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Brahmi
D)Kharoshthi
Answer: Sanskrit
- Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
A)The USSR
B)The USA
C)Canada
D)Ireland
Answer: The USSR
- Q. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
A)The constitution was adopted on this day
B)India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
C)India became a Republic on this day
D)The first amendment of the constitution was passed on this day
Answer: The constitution was adopted on this day
- Q. In which of following Buddhist councils compilation of holy books was completed?
A)Pataliputra
B)Rajgir
C)Kashmir
D)Vaishali
Answer: Rajgir
- Q. When was the non-cooperation movement started by M.K Gandhi?
A)Chauri-Chaura incident
B)After Rowlatt Act
C)Jalliawala bagh Massacre
D)None of the above
Answer: Jalliawala bagh Massacre
- Q. The Maratha dominion of Shivaji was known as
A)Mulk-i-qadim
B)Swaraj
C)Maharajya
D)Maratha Rastra
Answer: Swaraj
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