More Questions on History

  • Q. Under the Mughal rule the judicial service was formed by
    A)Diwan
    B)Vakil
    C)Kazis
    D)Mansabdars
    Answer: Kazis
  • Q. First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
    A)Gen. K. M. Kariappa
    B)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
    C)S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gen. K. M. Kariappa
  • Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
    A)Feudalism
    B)Humanism
    C)Rationalism
    D)Scientific Temperament
    Answer: Feudalism
  • Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
    A)Ramananda
    B)Tukaram
    C)Dadu
    D)Raghunandan
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Kailasha temple of Ellora was built by?
    A)Krishna II
    B)Krishna I
    C)Ramakrishna I
    D)Ramakrishna II
    Answer: Krishna I
  • Q. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
    A)Shiva
    B)Ganesh
    C)Durga
    D)Vishnu
    Answer: Shiva
  • Q. The main centre of Gadar Movement of 1915 was :
    A)Japan
    B)United States of America.
    C)Australia
    D)Singapore
    Answer: United States of America.
  • Q. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of __________ to the East India Company
    A)Rs. 400,000
    B)Rs. 480,000
    C)Rs. 500,000
    D)Rs. 300,000
    Answer: Rs. 400,000
  • Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
    A)Attacking the caste system
    B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
    C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
    D)Seperate representation for untouchables
    Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
  • Q. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?
    A)Charles Martel
    B)Carloman
    C)Pepin of Herstal
    D)Pepin the Short
    Answer: Pepin the Short
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:
    A)Champaran Satyagraha
    B)Kheda Satyagraha
    C)The Bardoli Satyagraha
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Bardoli Satyagraha
  • Q. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
    A)Sama Veda
    B)Upanishads
    C)Rig Veda
    D)Ramayana
    Answer: Upanishads
  • Q. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of
    A)Jodha Bai
    B)Ruqayya Sultan Begum
    C)Mumtaz Mahal
    D)Nur Jahan
    Answer: Mumtaz Mahal
  • Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
    A)Dhyana
    B)Abhaya
    C)Dharmachakra
    D)Bhumisparsha
    Answer: Dharmachakra
  • Q. In which year British East India Company established Singapore
    A)1819
    B)1808
    C)1832
    D)1849
    Answer: 1819
  • Q. When was congress split?
    A)At Benares session in 1905
    B)At Surat session in 1907
    C)At Madras in1908
    D)At Lahore in1909
    Answer: At Surat session in 1907
  • Q. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
    A)the state treasury
    B)military affairs
    C)the royal household
    D)the land revenue system
    Answer: military affairs
  • Q. Which of the following are correct regarding Shahjahan? I. Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli II. Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue III. Kahabat Khan was appointed governor of Lahore IV. Ali Mardan Khan surrendered Kandhar to Mughals
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II, III and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara’?
    A)Sahir Ludhianvi
    B)Ashafaqullah Khan
    C)Mohammad Iqbal
    D)Ramprasad Bisrnil
    Answer: Mohammad Iqbal
  • Q. The East India Company had taken Bombay from
    A)Charles I
    B)The Dutch
    C)Charles II
    D)The Portuguese
    Answer: Charles II

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