More Questions on History
- Q. The First Opium War was fought between British and __________
A)Indian
B)Chinese
C)Japanese
D)Thai
Answer: Chinese
- Q. “Din-i-Ilahi” was the new religion started by
A)Jahangir
B)Humayun
C)Akbar
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- 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. The traces of Janapadas and Mahajanapadas are found in__________?
A)Buddha text
B)Vedic text
C)Jaina text
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The main cause of the tribal uprisings of the 19th century was
A)Christian Missionary activities in the tribal areas
B)the British land settlements and land laws had created tension in the tribal society
C)the British Forest Laws
D)new excise regulations and police exactions
Answer: the British Forest Laws
- Q. The year of the foundation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) is
A)1937
B)1947
C)1927
D)1917
Answer: 1917
- Q. What was the economic activity of Western Europe in the early middle ages?
A)Long-distance trade
B)Commercial and urban
C)Agriculture
D)All the above
Answer: Agriculture
- Q. Which world heritage site comprises of the Alai Darwaza Gate?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Qutub Minar
- Q. Who wrote Akbarnama?
A)Birbal
B)Akbar
C)Abul Fazal
D)Bhagavan Das
Answer: Abul Fazal
- Q. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization?
A)2500 BC - 1700 BC
B)2400 BC - 1700 BC
C)2400 BC - 1750 BC
D)2500 BC - 1750 BC
Answer: 2500 BC - 1750 BC
- Q. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was
A)Curzon
B)Salisbury
C)Wedgwood Benn
D)Montagu
Answer: Wedgwood Benn
- Q. Name the ruler whose patronage had been enjoyed by Jainism
A)Kharavela
B)Kanishka
C)Pushyamitra Sunga
D)Samudragupta
Answer: Kharavela
- Q. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict?
A)Sarnath
B)Sanchi
C)Bhabra
D)Kalinga
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. Constantinople, the capital of Roman Empire was captured by Turks in the year
A)1415
B)1385
C)1453
D)1469
Answer: 1453
- Q. Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as :
A)Sher-e-Maharastra
B)Sher-e-Bengal
C)Sher-e-Kashmir
D)Sher-e-Punjab
Answer: Sher-e-Punjab
- Q. When did Abyssinian crisis end?
A)1936
B)1935
C)1937
D)1939
Answer: 1937
- Q. Who built Jama Masjid?
A)Shah Jahan
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Rao Jodhaji
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Shah Jahan
- Q. Who preaches Vishishtadvaita?
A)Saivaite Nayanmars
B)Tulsidas
C)Sankara
D)Ramanuja
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Who opened the First Round Table Conference?
A)MK Gandhi
B)King George V
C)Lord Irwin
D)Ramsay McDonald
Answer: King George V
- Q. Who among the following rulers abolished Jiziya?
A)Balban
B)Aurangzeb
C)Akbar
D)Jahangir
Answer: Akbar
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