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Q. Where can the finest examples of medieval architecture be seen?

A
Castles
B
Cathedrals
C
Homes of townspeople
D
Universities

Correct Answer

Cathedrals

More Questions on History

  • Q. The exclusive right of trading between __________ was granted to the East India Company
    A)Red Sea and Caspian Sea
    B)North America and South America
    C)The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
    D)France and Poland
    Answer: The Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan
  • Q. The Muslim League demanded creation of Pakistan (Pakistan Resolution) in its session held on March 24, 1940 at
    A)Lahore
    B)Karachi
    C)Islamabad
    D)Aligarh
    Answer: Lahore
  • Q. Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
    A)common brotherhood
    B)friendship and goodwill to all
    C)fraternity and friendship
    D)harmony and peace to all
    Answer: harmony and peace to all
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
    A)Lord Minto - India Councils Act, 1909
    B)Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
    C)Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
    D)Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
    Answer: Lord Curzon - Vernacular Press Act, 1878
  • Q. Why was the Second Round Table Conference failed?
    A)Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
    B)Priority to be given to communal question
    C)Grant of Dominion Status
    D)Date of transfer of power
    Answer: Priority to be given to communal question
  • Q. Who did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?
    A)B. G. Tilak
    B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. The weekly Commonweal was founded by
    A)Bipan Chandra Pal
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    D)Sarojini Naidu
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Select the correct chronological sequence of the following events? I. Appointment of the Simon Commission. II. Formation of the first Labour Government in Britain. III. Submission of the Nehru report. IV. Inauguration of the First Round Table Conference
    A)I, III, IV & II
    B)II, I, III & IV
    C)I, II, IV & III
    D)II, IV, I & III
    Answer: II, I, III & IV
  • Q. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe?
    A)Khilafat Agitation
    B)Bardoli Satyagraha
    C)Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
    D)Chauri Chaura incident
    Answer: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
  • Q. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab?
    A)Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
    B)Pallavas and Chalukyas
    C)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
    D)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms
    Answer: Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
  • Q. Who had formulated and perfected the use of the subsidiary alliance system?
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Mayo
    C)Lord Dalhousie
    D)Lord Wellesley
    Answer: Lord Wellesley
  • Q. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
    A)Guru Ramdas
    B)Guru Amar Das
    C)Guru Arjan Dev
    D)Guru Hargovbind
    Answer: Guru Ramdas
  • Q. __________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
    A)Swarnakumari Devi
    B)Ramabai Saraswati
    C)Lord Chelmsford
    D)Annie Besant
    Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
  • Q. Lord Mahavira died at
    A)Lumbini Garden
    B)Saravana Belagola
    C)Kalugumalai
    D)Pavapuri
    Answer: Pavapuri
  • Q. The East India Company was established in the year
    A)1600 AD
    B)1607 AD
    C)1700 AD
    D)1669 AD
    Answer: 1600 AD
  • Q. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
    A)Mirza Raja Jai Singh
    B)Shaista Khan
    C)Prince Muazzam
    D)Dilir Khan
    Answer: Mirza Raja Jai Singh
  • Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
    A)M. K. Gandhi
    B)Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Sardar Patel
    D)D. G. B. Pant
    Answer: M. K. Gandhi
  • Q. Under the Government of India __________, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj
    A)Act of 1758
    B)Act of 1658
    C)Act of 1858
    D)Act of 1947
    Answer: Act of 1858
  • Q. When was the Ottonian dynasty replaced by the Salian dynasty?
    A)1084
    B)1024
    C)1105
    D)1111
    Answer: 1024
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

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