More Questions on History
- Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
A)Jizya
B)Kharaj
C)Khums
D)Zakat
Answer: Khums
- Q. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
A)Ghagra
B)Panipat
C)Khanwa
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. Humayun was born in the year
A)1608
B)1508
C)1708
D)1808
Answer: 1508
- Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Diwan
- Q. Which of the following temples was not constructed by Chandela dynasty?
A)Chaturbhuja
B)Kandariya Mahadev
C)Lakshman
D)Somnath
Answer: Somnath
- Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
A)1925
B)1919
C)1927
D)1930
Answer: 1919
- Q. When was Jin Dynasty established?
A)280
B)238
C)285
D)313
Answer: 280
- Q. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
A)Arabs
B)Ghurids
C)Karkotakas
D)Hindushahis
Answer: Hindushahis
- Q. Who has written the famous book Padmavat?
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Nakhshabi
C)Al Biruni
D)Hasan Nizami
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Q. Who was the commander of ‘Seventh Coalition’ army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo
A)Jean-de-Dieu Soult
B)Arthur Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)John Carnac
Answer: Arthur Wellesley
- Q. Author of Poverty and Un-British Rule in India is__________
A)Irfan Habib
B)Romila Thapar
C)S.C.Ghosh
D)Naoroji Dadabhai
Answer: Naoroji Dadabhai
- Q. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Frederick William-IV
C)Bismarck
D)William-III
Answer: Adolf Hitler
- Q. What was the original name of Santa Claus?
A)St. Peter
B)St. Christopher
C)St. John
D)St. Nicolas
Answer: St. Nicolas
- Q. The granary discovered at Harappa was located
A)In the "Lower town'
B)Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro
C)Near the river Ravi
D)Beside the western gate of the city
Answer: Near the river Ravi
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related with the Kautilya’s Arthashastra? I. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on statecraft was written in Gupta Period. II. Arthashastra was written in the fourth century B.C. by Kautilya, from which it appeared a tradition of writing on and teaching of statecrafts because Kautilya acknowledges his debt to his predecessors in the field
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)None of the above
Answer: Only II
- Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
A)IItutmish
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Balban
- Q. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
A)C. Raja Gopalachari
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: C. Raja Gopalachari
- Q. In which year, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established
A)1948
B)1945
C)1949
D)1952
Answer: 1949
- Q. I. Nasir Jang II. Muzaffar Jang III. Anwaruddin IV. Chanda Sahib Which of the above ruler(s) is/are associated with the French during the course of the Carnatic wars?
A)III & IV
B)I & II
C)II & III
D)II & IV
Answer: II & IV
- Q. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?
A)Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
B)MK Gandhi
C)Dr Ambedkar
D)C V Chintamani
Answer: MK Gandhi
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