More Questions on History
- Q. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
A)Foreign affairs
B)Intelligence
C)Army organisation
D)Finance
Answer: Army organisation
- Q. Which reforms Act had created the office of the secretary of state for India?
A)The Government of India Act, 1858
B)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
C)The Indian Councils Act, 1861
D)Minto-Morley Reforms, 1908
Answer: The Government of India Act, 1858
- Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
A)Rani Laxmi Bai
B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
C)Kunwar Singh
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
- Q. When did the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen?
A)1942
B)1941
C)1945
D)1940
Answer: 1945
- Q. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind?
A)Abul Fazl
B)Abu Said
C)Firdausi
D)AI-Beruni
Answer: AI-Beruni
- Q. The song ‘Jana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title of
A)Rashtra Jagriti
B)Jay He
C)Bharat Vidhata
D)Matribhoomi
Answer: Bharat Vidhata
- Q. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees __________ annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge
A)Two lakhs
B)One lakh
C)£10000
D)£5000
Answer: One lakh
- Q. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
A)Guru Nanak Dev
B)Tukaram
C)Mirabai
D)Guru Ram Das
Answer: Guru Ram Das
- Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
Answer: The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
- Q. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
A)1919
B)1918
C)1920
D)1923
Answer: 1919
- Q. When Ramakrishna Mission was founded?
A)1797
B)1795
C)1894
D)1897
Answer: 1897
- Q. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
A)Chelmsford
B)Hardinge-II
C)Reading
D)Irwin
Answer: Chelmsford
- Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
A)R.C. Mazumdar
B)S.N. Sen
C)B.G. Tilak
D)V.D. Savakar
Answer: V.D. Savakar
- Q. On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/Union Territory is that town now?
A)Culcutta
B)Tripura
C)Manipur
D)Mizoram
Answer: Manipur
- Q. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?
A)Ibrahim Lodi
B)Babur
C)Sher Shah Suri
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
A)Dhyana
B)Abhaya
C)Dharmachakra
D)Bhumisparsha
Answer: Dharmachakra
- Q. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
A)1805
B)1800
C)1807
D)1815
Answer: 1815
- Q. Who among the following was born into a Rathore royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan and was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna?
A)Mirabai
B)Ramananda
C)Tukaram
D)Kabir
Answer: Mirabai
- Q. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?
A)On 26th January 1931
B)On 26th January 1929
C)On 26th January 1935
D)On 26th January 1930
Answer: On 26th January 1930
- Q. What was the capital of Avanti?
A)Ujjain
B)Gaya
C)Satna
D)Vallabhi
Answer: Ujjain
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