More Questions on History
- Q. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
A)After the Battle of Panipat
B)After the Battle of Plassey
C)After the war of Mysore
D)After Sepoy Mutiny
Answer: After Sepoy Mutiny
- Q. From which year did the Muslim League started demanding a separate nation for the Muslims?
A)1940
B)1942
C)1929
D)1919
Answer: 1940
- Q. Santhara is a religious ritual of__________ community
A)Jews
B)Sikhs
C)Jain
D)Buddhists
Answer: Jain
- Q. Who was the first Tudor monarch of England
A)Mary I
B)Elizabeth I
C)Henry VII
D)Edward VI
Answer: Henry VII
- Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
A)Arthsashtra
B)Manusmriti
C)Mahabharata
D)None of the above
Answer: Arthsashtra
- Q. Bucephalus’ was the name of the horse of
A)Alexander
B)Napoleon
C)Julius Caesar
D)Mark Antony
Answer: Alexander
- Q. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)Aurobindo Ghosh
C)Devendra Nath Tegore
D)Keshav Chandra Sen
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Which is a work of Tamil Grammar that is said to be the earliest extant work of Tamil Literature?
A)Patinenmelkanakku
B)Tolkappiyam
C)Patinenkilkanakku
D)None of the above
Answer: Tolkappiyam
- Q. Who built Red Fort?
A)Akbar
B)Humayun
C)Shah Jahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
A)Nalanda
B)Taxila
C)Vikramshila
D)Vaishali
Answer: Taxila
- Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
A)Fevzi Cakmak
B)Ismet Inonu
C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
D)None of the above
Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- 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. Who played an important role in bringing all the states in the independent India into the country’s unity?
A)Hume
B)Sardar Patel
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Sardar Patel
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against British. It began in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company and later spread to Delhi, Agra, Awadh, Kanpur, Chambal and Lucknow.
A)Awadh
B)Delhi
C)Bombay
D)The Chambal Region
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Who among of the following was the founder of society called ‘Abhinav Bharat’?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Lala Lajpat Rai
C)Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
- Q. During Aurangzeb’s reign, which of the following were not included in his government?
A)Marathas
B)Rajputs
C)Pathans
D)All of these
Answer: Marathas
- Q. Who among the following Bhakti Saint emphasised the essential oneness of all religion by describing Hindus and Muslims ‘as pots of the same clay’?
A)Tulsidas
B)Kabir
C)Ramananda
D)Raidasa
Answer: Kabir
- Q. When was Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile?
A)1248
B)1200
C)1203
D)1261
Answer: 1248
- Q. Second battle of Panipat was fought between which two armies?
A)Babur and Rana Sanga
B)Babur and Lodi Empire
C)Akbar and Hemu
D)Akbar and Rana of Mewar
Answer: Akbar and Hemu
- Q. The correct chronological order in which they were built is: 1. Tughluqabad Fort 2. Lodi Garden 3. Qutub Minar 4. Fatehpur Sikri
A)3, 1, 2, 4
B)3, 1, 4, 2
C)1, 3, 2, 4
D)1, 3, 4, 2
Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
- Indian History
- Ancient History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Jainism And Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Magadha Empire
- Harshavardhana Empire
- Vedic Age
- Medieval History
- Bhakti Movement
- Gulam Dynasty
- Khalji Dynasty
- Lodi and Sayyid Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Mughal Empire
- 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- British Rule
- Modern Indian
- Independence
- World History