More Questions on History
- Q. How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?
A)7
B)6
C)8
D)9
Answer: 7
- Q. The sun saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was
A)Baba Farid
B)Muin-ud-din Chishti
C)Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
D)Shah Alam Bukhari
Answer: Muin-ud-din Chishti
- Q. What was the number of monks in the religious family of Ajitnath Tirthankar?
A)One lakh
B)50 thousand
C)One lakh fifty thousand
D)Two lakh
Answer: One lakh
- Q. What was the strength of Indus economy?
A)Business
B)Agriculture
C)Pottery
D)Crockery
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of the new Indian Dominion?
A)Vallabhbhai Patel
B)Rajendra Prasad
C)Rajagopalachari
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
- Q. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
A)Pepper
B)Ivory
C)A fine variety of Indian muslin
D)Damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
Answer: Pepper
- Q. The Servants of India Society was founded in 1905 by
A)Lala Lajpat Rai
B)BG Tilak
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the__________
A)Arya Samaj
B)Brahmo Samaj
C)Ramakrishna Mission
D)Theosophical society
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. An effect of the 1857 revolt was that
A)The British became totally demoralized
B)The spirit of rebellion in Indian was crushed
C)The British abandoned their repressive policies
D)Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
Answer: Unity was forged between the Hindus and Muslims
- Q. Who among the following wrote the Kural, which deals with many aspects of life and religion?
A)Ayaikar
B)Thiruvalluvar
C)Shankracharya
D)Rishi Agasta
Answer: Thiruvalluvar
- Q. Sambaji plundered the Mughal territories in
A)Gujarat
B)Deccan
C)Punjab
D)Bengal
Answer: Deccan
- Q. The first muslim woman who ruled Northern India was
A)Nurjahan
B)Razia Sultana
C)Mumtaz
D)None of the above
Answer: Razia Sultana
- Q. Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and__________
A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
B)Rana Sanga
C)Hemu
D)Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Ibrahim Lodi
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was given the title ‘Raja’ by the__________
A)British
B)Mughals
C)French
D)Dutch
Answer: Mughals
- Q. Who is known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
A)Helen Keller
B)Joan of Arc
C)Florence Nightingale
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Florence Nightingale
- Q. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
A)Jahangir
B)Shah Jahan
C)Akbar
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?
A)M. M. Malavia
B)B. R. Ambedkar
C)Vallabhbhai Patel
D)Gandhiji
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- 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. The author of the “The Peri plus of the Erythraean Sea” was a
A)Poet
B)Historian
C)Sailor
D)Musician
Answer: Sailor
- Q. The Buddha attained nirvana at __________
A)Sarnath
B)Bodh Gaya
C)Sanchi
D)Kusinagara
Answer: Bodh Gaya
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