More Questions on History

  • Q. Who among the following was not a physician?
    A)Charaka
    B)Sushruta
    C)Charvaka
    D)Dhanvantari
    Answer: Charvaka
  • Q. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?
    A)Man Singh I
    B)Raja Todar Mal
    C)Birbal
    D)Tansen
    Answer: Man Singh I
  • Q. In 1848, an incident took place in his life that later sparked off the dalit-revolution in the Indian society. Jyotirao was invited to attend a wedding of one of his __________friends
    A)Christian
    B)Brahmin
    C)Pulaya
    D)Nayar
    Answer: Brahmin
  • 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. Name the Pala ruler who was the first to plunge into the tripartite struggle
    A)Mahipala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dharmapala
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Gopala
  • Q. The first image of the Buddha was carved out during the reign of
    A)Pusyamitra Shunga
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka I
    D)Menander
    Answer: Kanishka I
  • Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
    A)1856 AD
    B)1848 AD
    C)1858 AD
    D)1862 AD
    Answer: 1858 AD
  • Q. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor diamond __________
    A)Firuz Shah
    B)Nadir Shah
    C)Mohammed Shah
    D)Mohammed Ghori
    Answer: Nadir Shah
  • Q. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
    A)Jizya
    B)Kharaj
    C)Khums
    D)Zakat
    Answer: Khums
  • Q. Shivaji started his public career at the age of
    A)21
    B)18
    C)23
    D)24
    Answer: 18
  • Q. The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)RC Dutt
    C)DR Gadoil
    D)Karl Mane
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who is regarded as the father and founder of the Indian National Congress?
    A)SN Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)AO Hume
    D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    Answer: AO Hume
  • Q. What is meant by a ‘Pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
    A)The Guru of the Sufis
    B)The Supreme God
    C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
    D)The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
    Answer: The Guru of the Sufis
  • Q. Who among the following initiated reforms among Muslims?
    A)Sayyid Ahmad Khan
    B)Muhammad Iqbal
    C)Naoriji Furdonji
    D)Altaf Husain Hali
    Answer: Sayyid Ahmad Khan
  • Q. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?
    A)Mohanjodaro
    B)Kalibangan
    C)Harappa
    D)Chanhudaro
    Answer: Chanhudaro
  • Q. Which one of the following is considered the Magna Carta of the Indian people?
    A)The Ilbert Bill
    B)The Government of India Act, 1858
    C)Indian Councils Act of 1892
    D)Queen Victoria's Proclamation
    Answer: Queen Victoria's Proclamation
  • Q. Who, among the following, has been known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
    A)Khan Saheb
    B)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
    C)Chaudhary Shaukatullah
    D)Liaquat Ali Khan
    Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Q. The Regulating Act was passed in the year
    A)1773
    B)1793
    C)1763
    D)1783
    Answer: 1773
  • Q. Who is the founder of Haryanka Dynasty?
    A)Harshvardhan
    B)Ajatashatru
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Ghananand
    Answer: Bimbisara
  • Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
    A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
    C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
    Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935

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