More Questions on History
- Q. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
A)Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
B)Shahji, Shivaji, Rajaram, Sambhaji
C)Shahji, Sambhaji, Shivaji, Rajaram
D)Sambhaji, Shivaji, Shahji, Rajaram
Answer: Shahji, Shivaji, Sambhaji, Rajaram
- Q. Who was the last Hindu emperor of northern India?
A)Pulakesin II
B)Harsha
C)Rajyavardhana
D)Skandagupta
Answer: Harsha
- Q. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
A)1813
B)1814
C)1815
D)1816
Answer: 1815
- Q. Cold War refers to
A)Ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
B)Tension between East and West
C)Tension between Superpowers
D)Tension between Superpowers
Answer: Tension between East and West
- Q. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
A)Menander
B)Demetrius
C)Eukratises
D)Heliocles
Answer: Menander
- Q. Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people?
A)Vishnu
B)Lord Shiva
C)Brahma
D)Indra
Answer: Lord Shiva
- Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
A)Madras
B)Calcutta
C)Belgaum
D)Lahore
Answer: Belgaum
- Q. The liberal religion preached by the saints of Maharashtra and rigidly followed by Shivaji is known as
A)Maharashtra Dharma
B)Desh Dharma
C)Rashtra Dharma
D)Hindu Dharma
Answer: Maharashtra Dharma
- Q. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of
A)CR Das
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)Gokhale
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Which of the following acts gave representation of the Indians for the first time in legislation?
A)Indian Councils Act, 1919
B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
C)Government of India Act, 1935
D)Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1909
- Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
A)Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Lytton
- Q. Who built Imambara and Rumi Darwaza?
A)Asaf-ud-daula
B)Wajid Ali Shah
C)Shuja-ud-daula
D)Adbdul Mansur
Answer: Asaf-ud-daula
- Q. Who had written the book “poverty and Un-British rule in India”
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)R. C. Dutta
C)D. R. Gadgil
D)P. C. Mahalnobis
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. The historic fast by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the
A)Issue of White Paper
B)Poona Pact
C)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
D)Arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: Poona Pact
- Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
A)Twelve
B)Ten
C)Fourteen
D)Sixteen
Answer: Twelve
- Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
A)Sri Lanka
B)Varkala
C)Kottayam
D)Calicut
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. Which of the following is not included in triratna of Jainism?
A)Right Conduct
B)Right Knowledge
C)Right Faith
D)Creator
Answer: Creator
- Q. In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France
A)1804
B)1799
C)1807
D)1812
Answer: 1804
- Q. The Persian ruler who besieged Qandhar in Jahangir’s reign was
A)Shah Parvez
B)Shah Muhammad
C)Shah Abbas
D)Shah Raza
Answer: Shah Abbas
- Q. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)The house of Jagat Seth
D)Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Answer: Portuguese
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