More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
A)Aurangzeb
B)Shah Jahan
C)Jahangir
D)Humayun
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. The permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration by
A)Hastings
B)William Pitt
C)William Bentic
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. Whose statement is this –“The Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”?
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)V N Mandalik
C)Bipin Chandra Pal
D)Abdul Kalam Azad
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q. Assertion (A): The culture of the Mughal period is generally termed as the Mughal court culture. Reason (R): The Mughal court culture was an antithesis of Indian culture
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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Q. The first Defence Minister of India was
A)Gopalaswami Aiyangar
B)K. M. Cariappa
C)Baldev Singh
D)Sardar Patel
Answer: Baldev Singh
- Q. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
A)Sheep
B)Buffalo
C)Cow
D)Pig
Answer: Cow
- Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
A)The Muslim League
B)The National Congress
C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
D)The People living in those boundary areas
Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
- Q. When did the Germans establish colonies in New Guinea?
A)1898
B)1884
C)1899
D)1900
Answer: 1884
- Q. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in
A)Rangoon
B)Vienna
C)Tokyo
D)Singapore
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Select the incorrect pair
A)Hiuen-Tsang : Promotes the term Yin-Tu to refer India.
B)Chinese : Used the term Tien-Chu or Chuantu for India during the 1st century A.D.
C)I-Tsing : Mentioned the terms such as Arya-desa and Brahmarashtra for India.
D)Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
Answer: Panini : Mentioned the term 'Bharata' for a region of 60 Janapadas.
- Q. Who was the first Caliph?
A)Abu Bakr
B)Sulaiman, the Great
C)Imam Hussain
D)Constantine
Answer: Abu Bakr
- Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
A)underground drainage system
B)town planning
C)uniformity of weights and measures
D)large agricultural surplus
Answer: underground drainage system
- Q. The varnas came to be transformed into the hereditary castes during the
A)Gupta period
B)Later Vedic period
C)Mauryan period
D)Vedic period
Answer: Later Vedic period
- Q. Who declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
A)Bal Gangadhara Tilak
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)K.T Telang
Answer: Bal Gangadhara Tilak
- Q. Frederick the Great was the king of
A)Italy
B)France
C)Britain
D)Prussia
Answer: Prussia
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. When was Han Dynasty established?
A)209 BC
B)220 BC
C)208 BC
D)206 BC
Answer: 206 BC
- Q. Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant’s idea of launching Home Rule Movement?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)G. K. Gokhale
C)Aurobindo Ghosh
D)B. G. Tilak
Answer: G. K. Gokhale
- Q. One of the following Indus Valley site is in Pakistan
A)Kalibangan
B)Lothal
C)Alamgirpur
D)Harappa
Answer: Harappa
- Q. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
A)Potato and Mustard
B)Millet and Groundnut
C)Tobacco and Maize
D)Indigo and Maize
Answer: Tobacco and Maize
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