More Questions on History
- Q. Qutub Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
A)Alauddin Khalji
B)Balban
C)Sikandar Lodi
D)Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested, during ‘Satyagrah’ in the year
A)1908
B)1906
C)1913
D)1917
Answer: 1908
- Q. Viewing the pathetic condition of widows and unfortunate children Jyotirao decided the open an orphanage called __________
A)Arya Samaj
B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
C)Brahma Samaj
D)Ramakrishna Mission
Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
- Q. After the partition of India, the largest number of Harappan towns and settlements have been found In
A)Haryana
B)Punjab
C)Gujarat
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
A)Aligarh
B)Mumbai
C)Calicut
D)Guntur
Answer: Guntur
- Q. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
A)Regulating Act
B)White Paper
C)Ordinance
D)Resolution
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
- Q. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
A)Punjab and NWFP
B)Bengal and Punjab
C)Madras and Central Provinces
D)Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Bengal and Punjab
- Q. In __________, the First National Trade union organization (The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)) was established
A)1908
B)1904
C)1917
D)1920
Answer: 1920
- Q. The Governor General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was
A)Lord Macaulay
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Bentinck
D)Lord Hastings
Answer: Lord Bentinck
- Q. When were Jewish communities expelled from France?
A)1453
B)1306
C)1492
D)1376
Answer: 1306
- Q. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
A)Khan Bahadur Khan - RuhelKhand
B)Rani Laxmibai - Indore
C)Kunwar Singh - Sahabad
D)Nana Saheb - Kanpur
Answer: Rani Laxmibai - Indore
- Q. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherhee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
A)Hindu
B)Amrit Bazar Patrika
C)Sudharak
D)Yugantar
Answer: Amrit Bazar Patrika
- Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun at
A)Chunar
B)Gaur
C)Chausa
D)Agra
Answer: Chausa
- Q. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalities at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National Congress?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Dr. Ansari
D)Motilal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
A)Bakhshi
B)Kotwal
C)Wazir
D)Diwan
Answer: Bakhshi
- Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
A)Minoru Yamasaki
B)Le Corbusier
C)Edwin Lutyens
D)Charles Correa
Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
- Q. In which year, Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia
A)323 BC
B)336 BC
C)350 BC
D)200 BC
Answer: 336 BC
- Q. Who is the author of the book “Satyarth Prakash”?
A)Rajaram Mohan Ray
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
D)Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
A)Victoria Memeorial
B)San Thome
C)Fort William
D)Howrah Port
Answer: Fort William
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