More Questions on History

  • Q. In the Rigvedic period, after the king the next most important functionary of the state was the
    A)Revenue collector
    B)Senani
    C)Magician-doctor
    D)Purohita
    Answer: Purohita
  • Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
    A)753 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)752 BC
    D)742 BC
    Answer: 753 BC
  • Q. The capital of the Abbasid Caliphs was
    A)Damascus
    B)Bagdad
    C)Constantinople
    D)Madina
    Answer: Bagdad
  • Q. Which Sultan of Delhi died while playing the chaugan (polo)?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
    B)Qutbuddin Aibak
    C)Shamsuddin IItutmish
    D)Nasiruddin Mahmud
    Answer: Qutbuddin Aibak
  • Q. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
    A)Tantia Tope
    B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
    C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    D)Faqir-ud-din
    Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Q. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought by Alexander the Great against
    A)Bessus
    B)King Darius III
    C)King Porus
    D)Spitamenes
    Answer: King Porus
  • Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
    A)Tipu Sultan
    B)Haider Ali
    C)Murshid Quli Khan
    D)Malhar Rao Holkar
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. When was Byzantines recaptured?
    A)1261
    B)1204
    C)1291
    D)1225
    Answer: 1261
  • Q. Which Mughal emperor is credited with having composed secular Hindi songs?
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Jahangir
    C)Humayun
    D)Babur
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Assertion (A): The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music was written in Aurangzeb’s reign. Reason (R): Aurangzeb was a great patron of Classical Indian Music.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are 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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan to __________ ‘?
    A)Premanand
    B)Narsi Mehta
    C)Chunilal
    D)Dharmiklal
    Answer: Narsi Mehta
  • Q. In what way did the early nationalists undermine the moral foundations of the British rule with great success?
    A)By advocating open revolt
    B)By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
    C)By seeking foreign help against the British
    D)By seeking the support of the Indians living abroad
    Answer: By their agitation for Constitutional reforms
  • Q. When Alexander invaded India, Taxila was ruled by
    A)Porus
    B)Ambhi
    C)Ashoka
    D)Bimbisara
    Answer: Ambhi
  • Q. Which of the following Indian literature is the earliest known works?
    A)Rig Vedas
    B)Puranas
    C)Sama Vedas
    D)Rajtrangini
    Answer: Rig Vedas
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi doctrine of Satyagraha?
    A)Non-Violence
    B)Truthfulness
    C)Fearlessness
    D)Abstinence
    Answer: Abstinence
  • Q. Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?
    A)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
    B)Mohammad Iqbal
    C)Karim Ali
    D)Inayat Ali
    Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
  • Q. Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
    A)Lord Mountbatten
    B)Lord Linlithgow
    C)Lord Bentick
    D)None of above
    Answer: Lord Linlithgow
  • Q. The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by
    A)Montford Reforms
    B)The Council Act of 1909
    C)August Offer
    D)The Government of India Act of 1935
    Answer: August Offer
  • Q. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
    A)Indian Revenues
    B)The Consolidated Fund of England
    C)Funds Voted by Parliament
    D)The revenues of Princely States
    Answer: Indian Revenues
  • Q. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
    A)Qutbdin Bakhtiyar Kaki
    B)Baba Farid
    C)Moinuddin Chisti
    D)Khwaja Bahuddin
    Answer: Moinuddin Chisti

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