More Questions on History
- Q. The Pitt’s India Act empowered the Governor-General with
A)A casting vote
B)Power of vote
C)The power to dismiss the council
D)The power to add more members to the council
Answer: A casting vote
- Q. Genghis Khan died in the year
A)1219
B)1209
C)1227
D)1232
Answer: 1227
- Q. Indian Mutiny began in __________
A)1657
B)1557
C)1857
D)1957
Answer: 1857
- Q. What was the name of the Sabha started by Debendranath Tagore?
A)Dharma Sabha
B)Arya Samaj
C)Tattvabodhini Sabha
D)Tattvabodhini Samaj
Answer: Tattvabodhini Sabha
- Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
A)Elizabeth of Russia
B)Catherine the Great
C)Peter the Great
D)Peter III of Russia
Answer: Catherine the Great
- Q. During Quit India Movement,’Parallel Government’ was constituted at
A)Allahabad
B)Varanasi
C)Lucknow
D)Ballia
Answer: Ballia
- Q. Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?
A)Bhima
B)Yudhishthira
C)Sahadeva
D)Nakula
Answer: Yudhishthira
- Q. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritages?
A)Kashi Viswanath Temple
B)Ellora Caves
C)Qutab Minar
D)Manas Wildlife - Sancturary
Answer: Kashi Viswanath Temple
- Q. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
A)Pallavas
B)Chalukyas
C)Kakatiyas
D)Satavahans
Answer: Chalukyas
- Q. In the battle of Panipat, Babur faced the armies of
A)Hemu
B)Jaichand
C)Daulat khan
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. Who had observed that “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation”?
A)Annie Besant
B)BG Tilak
C)Sri Aurobindo Ghose
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty
A)York
B)Stuart
C)Tudor
D)Normandy
Answer: Tudor
- Q. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce
A)Bronze implements
B)Seals
C)Cotton
D)Barely
Answer: Cotton
- Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
A)Rajasthan
B)Hydaspes
C)Panipat
D)Train
Answer: Hydaspes
- Q. Kabir was a disciple of
A)Ramanujana
B)Ramananda
C)Shakracharya
D)None of the above
Answer: Ramananda
- Q. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to
A)Fatehpur Sikri
B)Andman and Nicobar
C)Mandalay
D)Rangoon
Answer: Rangoon
- Q. Who was the commander of ‘Seventh Coalition’ army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo
A)Jean-de-Dieu Soult
B)Arthur Wellesley
C)Robert Clive
D)John Carnac
Answer: Arthur Wellesley
- Q. The first man after the revolt of 1857 who wanted to overthrow the British regime by means of an armed rebellion and establish self-government in India was:
A)Nana Sahib
B)Bhakt Khan
C)Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
D)Jung Bhadur Rana
Answer: Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
- Q. Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance against the East India Company dominated in __________
A)Kerala
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Bengal
Answer: Bengal
- Q. Which one of the following scholar, challenged Invincible Yajnavalkya for debate?
A)Apala
B)Ghosha
C)Maitreyi
D)Gargi
Answer: Gargi
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