More Questions on History
- Q. Which of the following counterpart of British in the Treaty of Salbai?
A)The Marathas
B)The French
C)Tipu Sultan
D)The Nizam of Hyderabad
Answer: The Marathas
- Q. The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?
A)Portuguese
B)French
C)Danish
D)Dutch
Answer: Dutch
- Q. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
A)Gujarat
B)Madras
C)Delhi
D)Calcutta
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places
A)Kerala
B)Maharashtra
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Gujarat
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
A)Attacking the caste system
B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
D)Seperate representation for untouchables
Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
- Q. During the Mughal period the main source of Imperial revenue was
A)Customs duties
B)Agriculture
C)Industry
D)Foreign trade
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. The Simon Commission was formed to review
A)Fitness of India for further reforms
B)Legislatures in India
C)The position of the viceroy
D)A constitution for India
Answer: Fitness of India for further reforms
- Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
A)Pakistan
B)Union of India
C)Constituent Assembly
D)Groups by Provinces
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
- Q. The ‘Hero of Plassey’ was
A)Dupleix
B)Warren Hastings
C)Clive
D)Shuja-ud-Daulah
Answer: Clive
- Q. Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to ruler
A)Balban
B)Iltutmish
C)Raziya
D)Qutb-din-Aibak
Answer: Qutb-din-Aibak
- Q. When did Xinhai Revolution occur?
A)1900
B)1872
C)1911
D)1912
Answer: 1911
- Q. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was first applied to the princely State of
A)Jhansi
B)Satara
C)Avadh
D)Jaunpur
Answer: Satara
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Panini’s great grammar the Ashtadhyayi?
A)It was stated that with Panini the language attained its highest state of development and thereafter there was improvement only in its vocabulary
B)It was most probably composed towards the 4th century BC
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Who established the ‘Sharda Sadan’, a school for Indian Widows in colonial India?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Mahadev Govind Ranade
C)Dayanand Saraswati
D)Pandita Ramabai
Answer: Pandita Ramabai
- Q. The tomb of Jahangir was built at
A)Delhi
B)Gujrat
C)Lahore
D)Agra
Answer: Lahore
- Q. The first organisation in the Madras Presidency to agitate for the rights of Indians was the Madras Native Association which was established by publicist __________ Chetty in 1849. This organisation did not survive for long and was eventually disbanded.
A)S. Ramaswami Mudaliar
B)Gazulu Lakshminarasu
C)P. Anandacharlu
D)R. Balaji Rao
Answer: Gazulu Lakshminarasu
- Q. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
A)The British became totally demoralized
B)The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed
C)The British abandoned their repressive policies
D)Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the literature in Ancient India? I. The earliest known work of the Aryans in India was the Rig Veda which is a collection of 1048 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. II. Most of the hymns are in praise of different Vedic deities and were intended for recitation at the Yajnas or sacrifices
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only II
- Q. The word ‘Veda’ has been derived from the root word ‘Vid’ which means
A)Sacredness
B)Divinity
C)Doctrine
D)Knowledge
Answer: Knowledge
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
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- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
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