More Questions on History
- Q. I. Jahangir promulgated twelve edicts for the general welfare and better government to mark his coronation II. Jahangir composed verses in Persian and sang Hindi lyrics Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct?
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true about Clovis’s conversion?
A)He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian Alamanni
B)He was forced to convert by the bishops
C)He forced his army to be baptized after he was
D)At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
Answer: At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
- Q. Prior to the Indian Association Sisir Kumar Ghosh along with Sambhu Charan Mukherjee founded __________in Calcutta on 25 September 1875
A)Indian National Congress
B)The India League
C)Madras Mahajana Sabha
D)Bombay Presidency Association
Answer: The India League
- Q. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by
A)Rama Krishna
B)Vivekananda
C)M. G. Ranade
D)Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer: Vivekananda
- Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
A)The Railways
B)Tea Plantations
C)Coal Mining
D)Jute Mills
Answer: The Railways
- Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
A)Ashoka
B)Akbar
C)Shershah Suri
D)Samudra Gupta
Answer: Shershah Suri
- Q. With the fall of which among the following the French Revolution began?
A)Communes
B)Bastille
C)Jacobin Club
D)Pilinitz
Answer: Bastille
- Q. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
A)Policy of Subsidiaty Alliance
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
D)None of the above
Answer: Doctrine of Lapse
- Q. Who started the construction of Colosseum in Rome
A)Vespasian
B)Nero
C)Titus
D)Domitian
Answer: Vespasian
- Q. Banda Bahadur, a Sikh leader who led a revolt against the Mughals after the assassination of Guru Gobind Singh, was captured and executed during the reign of
A)Aurangzeb
B)Bahadur Shah
C)Jahandar Shah
D)Farrukh Siyar
Answer: Farrukh Siyar
- Q. The National Emblem of Italy is
A)White Eagle
B)Eagle
C)White Lily
D)Lily
Answer: White Lily
- Q. The programme of Swadeshi and Boycott against the partition of Bengal was visualised by
A)BC Pal
B)Surendra Nath Bennerjee
C)Aurobindo Ghose
D)Rash Behari Bose
Answer: Aurobindo Ghose
- Q. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Satyendra Nath Tagore
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)C. R. Das
Answer: Satyendra Nath Tagore
- Q. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
A)Vajrata
B)Anangpal
C)Rudrane
D)Devraja
Answer: Anangpal
- Q. Madame HP Blavatsky had laid the foundation of the Theosophical Society in the year
A)1864
B)1853
C)1875
D)1886
Answer: 1875
- Q. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
A)Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha
B)He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
C)Established the Brahma Samaj
D)He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life
Answer: He ensured the widow's marriage and girl's education
- Q. On Cabinet Mission, __________ observed, the proposals preserve the essential unity of India which la threatened by the dispute between two major communities
A)Nehru
B)Lord Wavell
C)Patel
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Lord Wavell
- Q. In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by
A)Barid
B)Shiqdar
C)Ariz
D)Amil
Answer: Amil
- Q. Indian War of independence 1857 was written by :
A)Jawahar Lal Neharu
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Damodar Chapekar
D)V.D. Savarkar
Answer: V.D. Savarkar
- Q. The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lytton
C)Queen Elizabeth
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Lord Ripon
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