More Questions on History

  • Q. When did China start the Civil Services Examination?
    A)1905
    B)605
    C)1920
    D)1949
    Answer: 605
  • Q. The first Carnatic War in India was an extension of the Anglo-French War in
    A)Europe
    B)Canada
    C)Africa
    D)America
    Answer: Europe
  • Q. Guru died on 20 September, __________
    A)1908
    B)1902
    C)1918
    D)1928
    Answer: 1928
  • Q. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order- I. Nandas II. Shisu nagas III. Mauryas IV. Hariyankas
    A)II, I, IV and III
    B)IV, II, III and I
    C)IV, II, I and III
    D)III, I, IV and II
    Answer: IV, II, I and III
  • Q. With whom was the seven-year rule of’ “missions, omissions and commissions’ associated?
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Lytton
    D)Lord Mayo
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
    A)R.C. Mazumdar
    B)S.N. Sen
    C)B.G. Tilak
    D)V.D. Savakar
    Answer: V.D. Savakar
  • 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. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
    A)The Portuguese
    B)The French
    C)The Dutch
    D)The English
    Answer: The Portuguese
  • Q. When did Nanda dynasty come into power?
    A)404 BC
    B)424 BC
    C)399 BC
    D)385 BC
    Answer: 424 BC
  • Q. Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?
    A)Charles Darwin
    B)Auguste Comte
    C)Emile Durkheim
    D)Herbert Spencer
    Answer: Herbert Spencer
  • Q. Which pharaoh build the largest pyramid known as Great Pyramid of Giza
    A)Tutankhamun
    B)Sneferu
    C)Khufu
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Khufu
  • Q. Who is the first crowned Czar (Tsar) of Russia
    A)Ivan IV (the Terrible)
    B)Peter I
    C)Nicholas I
    D)John Adams
    Answer: Ivan IV (the Terrible)
  • Q. We do not seek our independence out of Britain’s ruin’ said
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
    C)Gokhale
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
    A)1805
    B)1800
    C)1807
    D)1815
    Answer: 1815
  • Q. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
    A)R. G. Bhandarkar
    B)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
    C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
    D)B. G. Tilak
    Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  • Q. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?
    A)Coluccio Salutati
    B)Bernardo Rossellino
    C)Leonardo Bruni
    D)Lorenzo Valla
    Answer: Leonardo Bruni
  • Q. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
    A)Deer
    B)Humped Bull
    C)Elephant
    D)Horse
    Answer: Deer
  • Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Balban
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits
    A)Gandhara Style
    B)The Persian Style
    C)Hindu Style
    D)The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
    Answer: The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
  • Q. Where was the Sumerian civilization located
    A)Iran
    B)China
    C)Pakistan
    D)Iraq
    Answer: Iraq

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