More Questions on History

  • Q. Who of the following was for the first time designated as the Governor of India
    A)Comwallis
    B)Clive
    C)Warren Hastings
    D)Wellesley
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the author of
    A)New India
    B)India Wins Freedom
    C)Gita Rahasya
    D)Discovery of India
    Answer: India Wins Freedom
  • Q. Ranthambhor was
    A)A Rajput fort
    B)A Mughal palace
    C)Capital of the khaljis
    D)A Buddist pilgrimage centre
    Answer: A Rajput fort
  • Q. Who did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?
    A)B. G. Tilak
    B)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)Dadabhai Naoroji
    Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Q. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
    A)Cornwallis
    B)Robert Clive
    C)Dalhousie
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Cornwallis
  • 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. The partition of Bengal was occurred in __________
    A)1805
    B)1804
    C)1904
    D)1905
    Answer: 1905
  • Q. Which of the following leaders died as a result of injuries sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon Commission?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)Goplakrishna Gokhale
    D)LaIa Lajpat Rai
    Answer: LaIa Lajpat Rai
  • 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 main focus of the Rigvedic culture was
    A)Punjab and Delhi region
    B)Indo-Gangetic Valley
    C)Indus Valley
    D)Region between the Swat and the Indus
    Answer: Indus Valley
  • Q. The number of provinces or mandalams in the Chola Empire was
    A)Ten
    B)Nine
    C)Twelve
    D)Six
    Answer: Nine
  • Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
    A)Civil Rights Movement
    B)Non-Aligned
    C)Apartheid
    D)Suffrage
    Answer: Apartheid
  • Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breath?
    A)Red Fort
    B)Agra Fort
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Buland Darwaza
    Answer: Taj Mahal
  • Q. Who is regarded as ‘the Mother of the Indian Revolution’?
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Rani Lakshmi Bai
    C)Madam Bhikaji Cama
    D)Priti Lata Waddedar
    Answer: Madam Bhikaji Cama
  • Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
    A)Jizya
    B)Kharaj
    C)Khums
    D)Zakat
    Answer: Khums
  • Q. What was the significance of the Battle of Tours in 732?
    A)Charles Martel became King of France
    B)Charlemagne converted many Muslims to Christianity
    C)It stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
    D)Muslims gained control of Spain
    Answer: It stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
  • Q. The Portuguese built their first fort on India soil in the territory of the Raja of
    A)Cochin
    B)Calicut
    C)Daman
    D)Bijapur
    Answer: Cochin
  • Q. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
    A)K M Pannikar
    B)J K Hikki
    C)M G Ranade
    D)V.D. Savarkar
    Answer: V.D. Savarkar
  • Q. Which of the following state was not the victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
    A)Satara
    B)Mysore
    C)Awadh
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Satara
  • Q. In the Cabinet Mission Plan, provision was made for the Commissioner’s Provinces to represent by __________ members in the Constituent Assembly
    A)10
    B)14
    C)8
    D)4
    Answer: 4

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