More Questions on History
- Q. When was Jin Dynasty established?
A)280
B)238
C)285
D)313
Answer: 280
- Q. Who was the first sailor to sail around the world
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Christopher Columbus
D)Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding Gyana Prasarak Mandalis or student literary and scientific societies is / are correct? I. Formed by common people to educate youth II. Had two branches Marathi and Guajarati III. Aimed to start schools for girls. IV. Organized lectures to propagate their ideas
A)I III and IV only
B)I and II only
C)II and III only
D)II, III and IV
Answer: II, III and IV
- Q. Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when he landed at Calicut
A)Devaraya
B)Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
C)Zamorin
D)Krishnadevaraya
Answer: Zamorin
- Q. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
A)Abdur Qadir Badauni
B)Nizamuddin Ahmad
C)Abul Fazl
D)Abdas Khan Arwani
Answer: Abul Fazl
- Q. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at
A)Delhi
B)Lucknow
C)Bombay
D)Calcutta
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Jahangir
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of 1935 were drawn from
A)The Nehru Committee Report
B)The Simon Commission Report
C)The White Paper issued by the British Government
D)Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: Morley-Minto Reforms
- Q. Who was among the following Bhakti saints gave a new orientation of Hinduism through his doctrine of Advaita or Monism?
A)Sankara
B)Ramanuja
C)Guru Nanak
D)Chaitanya
Answer: Sankara
- Q. Jyotiba Phule, popularly known as Baba Phule, was a social reformer in Maharashtra. Which of the following is not true about him
A)Phule through his book Ghulamagiri (1872) and his organization Satyashodhak Mandal, proclaimed the need to save the lower castes from the hypocritical Brahmans and their scriptures
B)He was the first to raise his voice against Brahmans in Maharashtra in the 1870s
C)His Satyashodhak Mandal contained both an elite based conservative trend and a genuine mass-based radicalism
D)The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
Answer: The urban educated Marathas were his most ardent followers
- 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. The All India Muslim league was founded by
A)Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B)Maulana Ahmed Ali
C)Agha Khan
D)Hakim Ajmal Khan
Answer: Agha Khan
- Q. Where was Christopher Columbus from
A)Genoa
B)Venice
C)Spain
D)Portugal
Answer: Genoa
- Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
A)MA Jinnah
B)The Ali brothers
C)Syed Ahmed Khan
D)RM Sayani
Answer: The Ali brothers
- Q. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?
A)Ibrahim Lodi
B)Babur
C)Sher Shah Suri
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ashoka
C)Samudragupta
D)Chandragupta II
Answer: Chandragupta II
- Q. Which of the following upheavals took place In Bengal immediately after the revolt of 1857?
A)Indigo disturbances
B)Santhal rebellion
C)Sanyasi rebellion
D)Pabna disturbances
Answer: Indigo disturbances
- Q. The Kailasha temple is located in the caves of
A)Ellora
B)Ajanta
C)Elephanta
D)Karle
Answer: Ellora
- Q. When was the battle of Haldighati fought?
A)1676
B)1776
C)1576
D)1476
Answer: 1576
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
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