More Questions on History
- Q. What was the name of the secret police party of Nazi in Germany
A)NKVD
B)Gestapo
C)OVRA
D)Palace Guard
Answer: Gestapo
- Q. Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga has been described in the minor rock edict number.
A)IV
B)I
C)VIII
D)XIII
Answer: XIII
- Q. Who was the last Byzantine Emperor during the fall of Constantinople in 1453
A)John V
B)Manuel II
C)John VIII
D)Constantine XI
Answer: Constantine XI
- Q. “Mansabdars” in Mughal period were
A)Officials of the state
B)Landlords and zamindars
C)Those who had to give revenue
D)Revenue collectors
Answer: Officials of the state
- Q. Magical charms and spells are given in which of the following Vedas?
A)Sarna Veda
B)Rig Veda
C)Yajurveda Veda
D)Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda
- Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A)He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
B)Krishnadeva Raya wrote Amuktamalyada
C)His court was adorned by the Ashtadiggajas
D)He maintained friendly relations with the Portuguese
Answer: He was the founder of the Tuluva dynasty
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahma Samaj which of the following statements regarding Raja Rammohan Roy are correct? I. Considered as father of Indian renaissance II. Started Brahmo Samaj III. Set up Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta IV. Translated Vedas and five Upanishads to Bengali language
A)I, II, III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Kesari
B)Young India
C)Bombay Chronicle
D)Resurgent India
Answer: Young India
- Q. Guru Nanak was born at
A)Purandhar
B)Talwandi
C)Amritsar
D)Poona
Answer: Talwandi
- Q. Who had succeeded Mir Jafar to the throne?
A)Chandra Sahib
B)Haider Ali
C)Tipu Sultan
D)Mir Kasim
Answer: Mir Kasim
- Q. The Rig-Vedic Aryans were a pastoral people is born out by the fact that
A)Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
B)There are many references to the cow in the Rig-Veda
C)Gifts made to priests were usually cows
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. For the annexation of which Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed?
A)Nagpur
B)Satara
C)Jhansi
D)Punjab
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
B)his trial in 1907-08
C)the Home Rule Movement
D)the Congress Session in 1917
Answer: the Home Rule Movement
- Q. The Akal Takht was built by
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Guru Hargovind
D)Guru Nanak
Answer: Guru Hargovind
- Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
A)Very rich food
B)Infantry of the Mughals
C)Royal household
D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
- Q. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal?
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Cornwallis
C)William Bentinck
D)Lord Curzon
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. In 1612 __________established a trading post in Gujarat
A)French
B)British
C)Spain
D)Dutch
Answer: British
- Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
A)It proposed to partition India
B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
- Q. The fortress of Asirgarh was under the rule of __________ when Akbar besieged it
A)Raja Bhagvan Das
B)Mansingh
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Hemu
Answer: Bahadur Shah
- Q. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
A)The Panch Mahal
B)The Rang Mahal
C)The Red Fort
D)The Bahai temple
Answer: The Panch Mahal
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