More Questions on History

  • 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. Who is known as ‘The Father of English History’
    A)Alfred the Great
    B)Jerome
    C)John Chrysostom
    D)Bede
    Answer: Bede
  • Q. After the death of Rajaram in 1700A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
    A)Lakshmibai
    B)Tarabai
    C)Ramabi
    D)Jijabai
    Answer: Tarabai
  • Q. Which one is the oldest existing University in the World
    A)University of al-Karaouine
    B)University of Oxford
    C)Al-Azhar University
    D)University of Bologna
    Answer: University of al-Karaouine
  • Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
    A)Madan Mohan Malviya
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
    D)Subhas Chandra Bose
    Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
  • Q. Which of the following School of art noted for its vitality and assimilative character just because of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism?
    A)Amaravati School of Art
    B)Gandhara School of Art
    C)Mathura School of art
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Mathura School of art
  • Q. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
    A)Prevent disloyalty towards the British
    B)Improve the administration of the Indian States
    C)Tone up the British Indian administration
    D)Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
    Answer: Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
  • Q. World renowned philosopher Karl Marx was born in the country
    A)Germany
    B)Austria
    C)Russia
    D)Italy
    Answer: Germany
  • Q. Which Government of India Act/Charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India?
    A)Charter Act-1833
    B)Government of India Act-1858
    C)Charter Act-1853
    D)Charter Act-1813
    Answer: Charter Act-1833
  • Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
    A)Chhota Nagpur
    B)Punjab
    C)Tarai
    D)Manipur
    Answer: Chhota Nagpur
  • Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
    A)Devapala
    B)Mahipala
    C)Gopala
    D)Dharmapala
    Answer: Dharmapala
  • Q. In 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji had passed a resolution approving the issues of swadeshi and national education in:
    A)The Lucknow Session of the Indian National congress
    B)The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
    C)The Meerut Session of the Indian National congress
    D)The Lahore Session of the Indian National congress
    Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National congress
  • Q. Daiva Dasakam is a Malayalam work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)C. Kesavan
    D)T. K. Madhavan
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Study of inscription is called
    A)Numismatic
    B)Archaeology
    C)Epigraphy
    D)Palaeography
    Answer: Epigraphy
  • Q. Chandragupta Maurya was born in
    A)563 BC
    B)340 BC
    C)189 BC
    D)99 BC
    Answer: 340 BC
  • Q. The Great Depression in the 1930s refers to
    A)An ailment afflicting millions overhung to a new vector borne disease
    B)A tropical storm that raged for weeks
    C)An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
    D)A prolonged seasonal influence of unpredictable weather owing to earthquakes and tsunamis
    Answer: An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
  • Q. When was Operation ‘Condor’ implemented?
    A)1975
    B)1970
    C)1980
    D)1990
    Answer: 1975
  • Q. Who among the following has written Malavikagnimitram?
    A)Banabhatta
    B)Pusyamitra Sunga
    C)Kautilya
    D)Kalidasa
    Answer: Kalidasa
  • Q. Babur came to India originally from
    A)Ferghana
    B)Khiva
    C)Khorasan
    D)Seistan
    Answer: Ferghana
  • Q. Bucephalus’ was the name of the horse of
    A)Alexander
    B)Napoleon
    C)Julius Caesar
    D)Mark Antony
    Answer: Alexander

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