More Questions on History
- Q. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Aurangzeb
D)Bahadur Shah I
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Humayun
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Writing Social History is the book of __________
A)Sumit Sarkar
B)Ania Loomba
C)Cohn Bernard
D)Ranajith Guha
Answer: Sumit Sarkar
- Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A)16 October , 1896
B)16 October , 1911
C)16 October , 1907
D)16 October , 1905
Answer: 16 October , 1905
- Q. When the August Offer 1940 was offered to India the Prime Minister of England was
A)Baldwin
B)Chamberlain
C)Churchill
D)Asquith
Answer: Churchill
- Q. Dholavira is situated at the bank of River
A)Ravi
B)Indus
C)Luni
D)Ghaggar
Answer: Luni
- Q. Which of the following dynasty succeeded the Mauryas?
A)Sungas
B)Satavahanas
C)Yavanas
D)Pandya
Answer: Sungas
- Q. By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
A)Spices
B)Tea
C)Coffee
D)Cotton
Answer: Tea
- Q. Who is regarded as as the ‘father of modern India’
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Sri Aurobindo
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?
A)Baani
B)Bhagwad Gita
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib
Answer: Guru Granth Sahib
- Q. The problem that exercised and evoked the reformists in the 19th century to the greatest extent related to
A)Caste restrictions
B)Education
C)Religious revivalism
D)Women's issues
Answer: Women's issues
- Q. Which of the following movement was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Wahabi Movement
B)Champarah Satyagraha
C)Non-Coorperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movenment
Answer: Wahabi Movement
- Q. Mahabhasya was written by
A)Manu
B)Gargi
C)Bana
D)Patanjali
Answer: Patanjali
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Willington
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. The main founder (s) of the Swaraj Party was/were
A)Motilal Nehru
B)CR Das
C)Madan Mohan Malaviya
D)Only A and B above
Answer: Only A and B above
- Q. Of the following who are not given reserved seats in the Indian legislature?
A)Scheduled Tribes
B)Scheduled Caste
C)Anglo-Indian
D)Landed Gentry
Answer: Landed Gentry
- Q. Who built Jodhpur Fort?
A)Shahjahan
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Rao Jodhaji
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Rao Jodhaji
- Q. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
A)Devaraya I
B)Bukka I
C)Krishnadevaraya
D)Ramaraya
Answer: Devaraya I
- Q. In which Indian Religion, there are 24 tirthankaras?
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Hinduism
D)Sikhism
Answer: Jainism
- Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
A)1942
B)1947
C)1943
D)1945
Answer: 1942
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