More Questions on History

  • Q. The Second World War started in the year
    A)1939
    B)1940
    C)1941
    D)1942
    Answer: 1939
  • Q. Who invented kerosene?
    A)Benjamin Silliman
    B)Abraham Pineo Gesner
    C)Edwin Drake
    D)John William Dawson
    Answer: Abraham Pineo Gesner
  • Q. Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act 1794?
    A)Andrew Frazer
    B)Charles Metcalfe
    C)Lord Wellesly
    D)Lord Auckland
    Answer: Lord Wellesly
  • Q. The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at
    A)Bengal
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)Sapta Sindhu
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Sapta Sindhu
  • Q. What was the symbol of Sambhavanatha Tirthankar?
    A)Cow
    B)Elephant
    C)Horse
    D)Tortoise
    Answer: Horse
  • Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Manusmriti
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Arthsashtra
  • Q. In Jainism, ‘Perfect Knowledge’ is referred to as
    A)Ratna
    B)Nirvana
    C)Kaivalya
    D)Jina
    Answer: Kaivalya
  • Q. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
    A)Columbus
    B)Magellan
    C)Bartholomew Dias
    D)Vasco da Gama
    Answer: Bartholomew Dias
  • Q. The art of painting in the Mughal age was __________ in origin
    A)Hindu
    B)Persian
    C)French
    D)Afghan
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. Which among the following is the great Buddhist work consisting of dialogues between the Indo-Greek King Menander and the Buddhist philosopher Nagasena?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Milinda Panha
    C)Jataka
    D)Kumarasambhava
    Answer: Milinda Panha
  • Q. Who among the following supported the Doctrine of Predestination
    A)Zwingli
    B)John Calvin
    C)Martin Luther
    D)John Knox
    Answer: John Calvin
  • Q. Which of the following leader is correctly matched with their association/party/ books/ newspaper?
    A)Rabindranath Tagore: Patrika
    B)Devendranath Tagore: Young India
    C)M. K. Gandhi: Gitanjali
    D)B. G. Tilak: Kesari
    Answer: B. G. Tilak: Kesari
  • Q. Babur came to India originally from
    A)Ferghana
    B)Khiva
    C)Khorasan
    D)Seistan
    Answer: Ferghana
  • Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
    A)Linlithgow
    B)Willingdon
    C)Minto
    D)Lytton
    Answer: Linlithgow
  • Q. __________ is remembered as the ‘Grand old man of India’
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Ranade
    C)Pulinbehari Sarkar
    D)Amaresh Chakravarty
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of
    A)Calcutta
    B)Karnataka
    C)Jammu & Kashmir
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Karnataka
  • 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. Who is known as the founder of Tudor dynasty in England
    A)Richard III
    B)Elizabeth I
    C)Henry VII
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Henry VII
  • Q. The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was a fight between Rajput and Mughal forces. Who led the Mughal forces?
    A)Jai Singh
    B)Man Singh
    C)Khurram
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Man Singh
  • Q. In 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent :
    A)Cripps Mission to India
    B)Wavell Mission to India
    C)Mount Mission to India
    D)August Offer
    Answer: Cripps Mission to India

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