More Questions on History
- Q. Who had succeeded Mir Jumla as governor of Bengal in the reign of Aurangzeb?
A)Izid Bakhsh
B)Siphr Sukoh
C)Shaista Khan
D)Shah Shuja
Answer: Shaista Khan
- Q. Who constructed the Khajuraho temples?
A)Sindhiya
B)Halkar
C)Bundela Rajput
D)Chandel Rajput
Answer: Chandel Rajput
- Q. The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of
A)suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
B)communal representation
C)grant of dominion status
D)date of transfer of power
Answer: communal representation
- Q. United Nations was formed in the year
A)1945
B)1944
C)1947
D)1948
Answer: 1945
- Q. In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what?
A)Medicine
B)Prophecy
C)Love
D)Peace
Answer: Prophecy
- Q. Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
A)Cholas
B)Chalukyas
C)Pallavas
D)Satavahanas
Answer: Chalukyas
- Q. What were the taxes extracted by Church during late eighteenth century in the French Society called
A)Taille
B)Tithes
C)Livre
D)Jizya
Answer: Tithes
- Q. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of
A)Calcutta
B)Karnataka
C)Jammu & Kashmir
D)Kerala
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
A)Kakatiyas : Warangal
B)Hoyasalas : Dwarasamudra
C)Pallavas : Devagiri
D)Chalukyas : Kalyani
Answer: Pallavas : Devagiri
- Q. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilization?
A)T. R. Holmes
B)V A Smith
C)J K Hikki
D)Sir Ahmed Khan
Answer: T. R. Holmes
- Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
A)Charles Darwin
B)Auguste Comte
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Herbert Spencer
Answer: Herbert Spencer
- Q. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Iltutmish
C)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada jail against
A)Violation of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact
B)British repression of the Satyagrahis
C)Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
D)Communal Roits in Calcutta
Answer: Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald
- Q. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
A)Kabir
B)Ramananda
C)Nanak
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which of the following statement is not true about “Doctrine of Lapse”?
A)It was in operations between 1848 and 1856
B)It was started by Lord Dalhousie
C)Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
D)Satara, jaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur states were annexed under this rule
Answer: Nagpur was the first state annexed under this rule
- Q. Who among the following rulers abolished Jiziya?
A)Balban
B)Aurangzeb
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
A)Cornwallis
B)Robert Clive
C)Dalhousie
D)Warren Hastings
Answer: Cornwallis
- Q. Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D)Mahmud Tughlaq
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
- Q. Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?
A)Madan Mohan Malviya
B)Sukumar Dutt
C)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Madan Mohan Malviya
- Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
A)Gandhara Style
B)The Persian Style
C)Hindu Style
D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
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