More Questions on History
- Q. What was Jagat Seth’s claim to fame in Bengal?
A)Leading popular poet
B)Diwan of Siraj-ud-Daulah
C)Biggest banker in Bengal
D)Commander of the Nawab's troops
Answer: Biggest banker in Bengal
- Q. I. The rebels lacked effective leadership. II. They did not get the support of the civilian people anywhere in the country. III. There was no central organisation to guide them. IV. Their military equipment was inferior to that of the English. Which of these statements is/are correct related the causes for the failure of the Great Revolt of 1857?
A)I, II & III
B)I, III & IV
C)III & IV
D)II, III & IV
Answer: I, III & IV
- Q. When was the kingdom between the Rhine and Rhone rivers created?
A)864
B)843
C)876
D)877
Answer: 843
- Q. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Diwan
- Q. Who is the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Mongke Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders
A)Ten
B)Eighteen
C)Only Two
D)Seven
Answer: Ten
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti? I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees. II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following leader associated with Barout in Uttar Pradesh during 1857 revolts?
A)Maulavi Ahamadullah Shah
B)Shah Mal
C)Tatya Tope
D)Veer Kuwar Singh
Answer: Shah Mal
- Q. Gandhi gave the call to reject all foreign goods during the __________ Movement
A)Non-cooperation
B)Khilafat
C)Swadeshi
D)Civil Disobedience
Answer: Swadeshi
- Q. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
A)Calcutta
B)London
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
A)Ramananda
B)Madhava
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Chaitnaya
Answer: Madhava
- Q. Mahabandula was the great General of the
A)Sikhs
B)Marathas
C)Nepalese
D)Burmese
Answer: Burmese
- Q. The first atomic bomb was thrown over
A)Hiroshima
B)Nagasaki
C)Tokyo
D)Hong Kong
Answer: Hiroshima
- Q. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
A)Mridula Sarabhai
B)Annie Besant
C)Muthu Lakshmi
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
- Q. The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November 12, 1832 started by a publisher reformer named
A)Vishnu Shastri
B)Jagannath Shankar
C)Bal Shastri
D)Krishna Shastri
Answer: Bal Shastri
- Q. Muhammad BinTughlaq transferred his capital from
A)Delhi to Devagiri
B)Delhi to Warangal
C)Delhi to Madurai
D)Delhi to Vijayanagar
Answer: Delhi to Devagiri
- Q. Assertion (A): The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music was written in Aurangzeb’s reign. Reason (R): Aurangzeb was a great patron of Classical Indian Music.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was
A)Ramatanu Pande
B)Makaranda Pandey
C)Haridas
D)Lal Kalawant
Answer: Ramatanu Pande
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Both I and III
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Industrial Revolution was started from which country
A)Germany
B)Franch
C)Italy
D)England
Answer: England
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