More Questions on History
- 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. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
A)Gupta
B)Maurya
C)Kushan
D)Kanva
Answer: Maurya
- Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch__________
A)1684
B)1554
C)1784
D)1854
Answer: 1854
- Q. Muslim communalism was lent an impetus by the activities of
A)Liaqat Hussain
B)Ashfaqullah
C)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
- Q. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the president of the Indian national congress :
A)Bombay Session, 1934
B)Ramgarh Session, 1940
C)Tripuri session, 1939
D)Wardha Session, 1942
Answer: Tripuri session, 1939
- Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the formation of the Congress Socialist Party?
A)Subhas Chandra Bose
B)P. C. Joshi
C)Acharya Narendra Dev
D)Ram Manohar Lohia
Answer: Acharya Narendra Dev
- Q. The Vedic religion along with its Later (Vedic) developments is actually known as
A)Brahmanism
B)Hinduism
C)Bhagavatism
D)Vedic Dharma
Answer: Brahmanism
- Q. Arrange the following historical events in the chronological order of their occurrence. I. Champaran Satyagraha II. Partition of Bengal III. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
A)II, III, I
B)I, II, III
C)II, I, III
D)I, III, II
Answer: II, I, III
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the women devotees of the period? I. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a devotee of Shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain her goal. II. Andal and Karaikkal Ammaiyar renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)none of the above
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
A)Arch
B)Dome
C)The narrow columns
D)Corbel brackets
Answer: Dome
- Q. As per the Act of 1853 the Governor-General’s Council was enlarged for the purpose of
A)Legislation
B)Defence
C)Finance
D)Security
Answer: Legislation
- Q. Who won the Battle of Poitiers in 732?
A)Charles Martel
B)Carloman
C)Pepin of Herstal
D)Pepin the Short
Answer: Charles Martel
- Q. Zabti System of revenue was prevalent during the reign of
A)Babar
B)Akbar
C)Humayun
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Qutub Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Sikandar Lodi
D)Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Which of the following group of thinkers influenced Fascism?
A)Aristotle, St, Augustine and T.H, Green
B)Plato, Machiavelli and Herbet Spencer
C)Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
D)Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
Answer: Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
- Q. Akbar held his religious discussion in
A)Panch Mahal
B)Jodhabai's Palace
C)Ibadat Khana
D)Buland Darwaza
Answer: Ibadat Khana
- Q. In which year, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established
A)1948
B)1945
C)1949
D)1952
Answer: 1949
- Q. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
A)Faizi
B)Abul Fazl
C)Abdul Nabi Khan
D)Birbal
Answer: Abul Fazl
- Q. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka decided never to wage any war because?
A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
- Q. Assertion (A): English was taken as the medium of instruction in India by the William Bentinck. Reason (R): William Bentinck wanted to promote western culture in India
A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
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