More Questions on History
- Q. From which European country did Belgium gain independence in 1830
A)England
B)Italy
C)Portugal
D)Netherlands
Answer: Netherlands
- Q. When was the modern petroleum industry started?
A)1829
B)1808
C)1846
D)1898
Answer: 1846
- Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
A)Shivaji
B)Shaji Bhonsle
C)Sambaji
D)Shahu
Answer: Sambaji
- Q. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following rulers? I. Muizuddin Bahram Shah II. Iltutmish III. Raziya IV. Rukhnuddin Firuz
A)II, IV, III, I
B)I, II, III, IV
C)III, II, IV, I
D)IV, III, I, II
Answer: II, IV, III, I
- Q. Defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj (1540) also constructed the Purana Qila of New Delhi
A)Malik Kafur
B)Adil Shah
C)Bin-Kasim
D)Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Sher Shah Suri
- Q. Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Sahed has been preserved
A)Ahmedabad
B)Ajmer
C)Srinagar
D)Mecca
Answer: Srinagar
- Q. Who wrote the book ‘Oliver Twist’
A)Mark Twain
B)William Shakespeare
C)Charles Dickens
D)Christopher Marlowe
Answer: Charles Dickens
- Q. The Mughals imported fruits from
A)Arabia
B)Samarkand
C)Kabul
D)Portugal
Answer: Samarkand
- 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. Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
A)Nadir Shah
B)Genghis Khan
C)Hemu Vikramaditya
D)Bajirao-I
Answer: Hemu Vikramaditya
- Q. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Q. Why was the Khilafat Movement started?
A)To protest against the injustice done to Arabia
B)To protest against the injustice done to Egypt
C)To protest against the injustice done to Persia
D)To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
Answer: To protest against the injustice done to Turkey
- Q. Who has been called the ‘Heroine’ of the 1942 Quit India Movement?
A)Sucheta Kripalani
B)Annie Besant
C)Sarojini Naidu
D)Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer: Aruna Asaf Ali
- Q. Harsha was the last great royal patron of
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Shaivism
D)Bhagavatism
Answer: Buddhism
- Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
B)his trial in 1907-08
C)the Home Rule Movement
D)the Congress Session in 1917
Answer: the Home Rule Movement
- Q. Which one of the following places has yielded earliest Stupa railing?
A)Bharhut
B)Sanchi
C)Amaravati
D)Nagarjunkondas
Answer: Sanchi
- Q. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
A)M. K. Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sardar Patel
D)D. G. B. Pant
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. At Jallianwala Bagh meeting __________ ordered the troops to open fire
A)Irwin
B)Benn
C)Dyer
D)Montagu
Answer: Dyer
- Q. With reference to the invaders in ancient India which one of the following is the correct chronological order?
A)Greeks-Kushanas-Sakas
B)Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
C)Sakas-Greeks-Kushanas
D)Sakas-Kushanas-Greeks
Answer: Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
- Q. There are no politics devoid of religion’ is stated by
A)Gandhi
B)Nehru
C)Vinoba Bhave
D)Jaya Prakash Narayan
Answer: Gandhi
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