More Questions on History
- Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
A)Peasant uprisings
B)Tribal uprisings
C)Civil uprisings
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. The newspapers ‘The Punjabi and The pupil’ were published by :
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Lala Hardyal
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. Which is the ultimate goal of education in Jainism?
A)Renunciation
B)Non-violence
C)Moksha
D)Voluntary promotion of human welfare
Answer: Moksha
- Q. Buddhism in Nepal was introduced during the reign of
A)Ashoka
B)Samudragupta
C)Chandragupta
D)Harshavardhana
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Babur came to India originally from
A)Ferghana
B)Khiva
C)Khorasan
D)Seistan
Answer: Ferghana
- Q. When did the October Revolution occur?
A)1918
B)1917
C)1920
D)1923
Answer: 1917
- Q. Who wrote Akbarnama?
A)Birbal
B)Akbar
C)Abul Fazal
D)Bhagavan Das
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. Who was the patron king of Pataliputra Buddhist Council?
A)Kalashoka
B)Ajatashatru
C)Ashoka
D)Kanishka
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
A)Victoria Memeorial
B)San Thome
C)Fort William
D)Howrah Port
Answer: Fort William
- Q. Idol of dancing girl (Bronze) is found in which of the following civilization?
A)Indus Valley Civilization
B)Mesopotamian Civilization
C)Persian Civilization
D)Egyptian Civilization
Answer: Indus Valley Civilization
- Q. Who had paned the Vernacular Press Act into law?
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Mayo
C)Lord Dalhousie
D)Lord Lytton
Answer: Lord Lytton
- Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Irwin
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Linlithgow
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. During the Second World War Churchill replaced __________ as Prime Minister of England
A)Attlee
B)Chamberlain
C)Disraeli
D)Asquith
Answer: Chamberlain
- Q. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by
A)IIitutmish
B)Balban
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khalji
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
- Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A)Veer Kunwar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. The Tomar Rajputs, were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Ayodhya
C)Gwalior
D)Dwarka
Answer: Ajmer
- Q. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar’s reign was the port of
A)Calcutta
B)Karachi
C)Surat
D)Bombay
Answer: Surat
- Q. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site in the Indus civilization? I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro III. Harappa IV. Lothal
A)I, III, II & IV
B)III, I, II & IV
C)II, I, III & IV
D)III, IV, II & I
Answer: III, I, II & IV
- Q. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite bank of which river?
A)Jhelum
B)Ravi
C)Sutlej
D)Chenab
Answer: Jhelum
- Q. Which of the following Gupta emperors is represented his coins as playing the lute or Veena?
A)Chandragupta-II
B)Chandragupta-I
C)Samudragupta
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Samudragupta
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