More Questions on History

  • 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. Which was the second capital of Akbar?
    A)Agra
    B)Delhi
    C)Fatehpur Sikri
    D)Patna
    Answer: Fatehpur Sikri
  • Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Sir John Shore
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation was/were
    A)Rice
    B)Wheat
    C)Millet
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who wrote the history of Aurangzeb’s reign in total secrecy because of the emperor’s opposition to it and what was the name of that historical work?
    A)Mirza Muhammad Kazim's Alamgir Nama
    B)Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
    C)Muhammad Saqi's Masir-i-Alamgiri
    D)Aquil Khan Razi's Zafar Nama-i-Alamgir
    Answer: Khafi Khan's Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
  • Q. Who said “Sir Saiyad was an ardent reformer and he wanted to reconcile modern scientific thought with religion by rationalistic interpretations and not by attacking basic belief. He was anxious to push new education. He was in no way communally separatist. Repeatedly he emphasized that religious differences should have no political and national significance”
    A)Jawaharlal Nehru
    B)Inder Kumar Gujral
    C)Mahatma Gandhi
    D)Mohammad Iqbal
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?
    A)Tukaram
    B)Ramdas
    C)Namdeva
    D)Eknath
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
    A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
    B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
    C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
    D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
    Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
  • Q. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
    A)Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
    B)Promote heavy industries in India
    C)More foodstuff in case of famine
    D)Enable Indians to move freely within the country
    Answer: Facilitate British commerce and adminitstrative control
  • Q. Who designed the national flag of Independent India?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore
    B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    C)Mahatma Ghandhi
    D)Pingali Venkaiya
    Answer: Pingali Venkaiya
  • Q. Which of the following statement is correct definition of Nirguna?
    A)It is the concept of a formless Guru
    B)It is the concept of a formless God
    C)It is the concept of spirituality
    D)None of the above
    Answer: It is the concept of a formless God
  • Q. Till when did the Wars of the Roses last?
    A)1431
    B)1420
    C)1453
    D)1487
    Answer: 1487
  • Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
    A)Pradesa
    B)Bhukit
    C)Vithi
    D)Ahara
    Answer: Vithi
  • Q. In which year ‘University of Oxford’ was founded
    A)1562
    B)1096
    C)1117
    D)1342
    Answer: 1096
  • Q. Who was the Viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
    A)Lord Minto
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Hardinge
    D)Lord Wavell
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by
    A)Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
    B)Indian Council Act of 1892
    C)Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919
    D)Government of India of 1935
    Answer: Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
  • Q. In which year (in A.D) did Babur invaded India?
    A)1520
    B)1530
    C)1526
    D)1550
    Answer: 1526
  • Q. __________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Babur
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Who was the commander of ‘Seventh Coalition’ army that defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo
    A)Jean-de-Dieu Soult
    B)Arthur Wellesley
    C)Robert Clive
    D)John Carnac
    Answer: Arthur Wellesley
  • Q. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
    A)Shudraka : Mrichchhakatika
    B)Kalidasa : Kumarasambhava
    C)Varahamihira : Brihat-samhita
    D)Vishakhadatta : Kaumudi-mahotsava
    Answer: Vishakhadatta : Kaumudi-mahotsava

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