More Questions on History
- Q. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
A)Ahoms
B)Santhals
C)Pagal Panthis
D)Ramosi
Answer: Santhals
- Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
A)1920
B)1870
C)1921
D)1942
Answer: 1920
- Q. The founder of Jainism was
A)Neminath
B)Rishbha
C)Parsvanatha
D)Vardhaman Mahavira
Answer: Vardhaman Mahavira
- Q. Who is known as the “slave of a slave”?
A)Mahmud of Ghazni
B)Muhammad bin Oasim
C)Iltutmish
D)Outbuddin Aibak
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. Who wrote Mrichhakatikam?
A)Vishnu Sharma
B)Vishakhadatta
C)Kalidasa
D)Shudrak
Answer: Shudrak
- Q. Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indian for the ICS from 21 year to
A)19 years
B)20 years
C)18 years
D)17 years
Answer: 19 years
- Q. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
A)Burma, Sri Lanka, Combodia and Indonesia
B)Burma (now Myanmar), Combodia, Indonesia and UAR
C)Burma, Indonesia, Ghana and Sri Lanka
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Sardar Patel brought all the Indian States into the Country’s unity
A)By using armed forces
B)By a bloody revolution
C)By a bloodless revolution
D)With the help of the English
Answer: By a bloodless revolution
- Q. Hemu was captured and brought before Akbar by__________
A)Salim
B)Bairam Khan
C)Shah Qulihan Mehran
D)Farid
Answer: Shah Qulihan Mehran
- Q. The Greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
A)Virna
B)Kujala
C)Kanishka
D)Kadphises
Answer: Kanishka
- Q. As per Wavell’s Plan the external affairs would be under the charge of __________
A)Parliament
B)Viceroy
C)An Indian Member of the Executive Council
D)Secretary of State
Answer: An Indian Member of the Executive Council
- Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
A)1495
B)1398
C)1496
D)1498
Answer: 1498
- Q. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Swamy Vivekananda
C)M. K. Gandhi
D)Radhakrishnan
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. The British attitude towards granting India independence changed partly owing to the
A)Impact of World War II
B)Change in the government of the UK
C)Growing tide of Indian Nationalism
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Who was the second Great Khagan of the Mongol Empire
A)Ogedei Khan
B)Guyuk Khan
C)Kublai Khan
D)Temur Khan
Answer: Ogedei Khan
- Q. The Arya Samaj is against
A)Rituals and idol-worship
B)Existence of God
C)Hinduism
D)Islam
Answer: Rituals and idol-worship
- Q. The term ‘Khalisa’ in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for
A)Lands owned by the Sufi establishment
B)Crown lands
C)Lands revenue which was directly deposited in the imperial treasury
D)Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
Answer: Land revenue which was assigned to the nobles for maintaining troops
- Q. The last great ruling dynasty of Magadha was
A)Kanva
B)Sunga
C)Kusana
D)Gupta
Answer: Gupta
- Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
A)Humayun's Tomb
B)Red Fort
C)Qutub Minar
D)Jantar Mantar
Answer: Jantar Mantar
- Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
A)Ramananda
B)Tukaram
C)Dadu
D)Raghunandan
Answer: Dadu
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