More Questions on History
- Q. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were
A)provincial governors
B)military commanders
C)high civil and military officers
D)all of the above
Answer: all of the above
- Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?
A)Krishna
B)Kaveri
C)Wainganga
D)Tungabhadra
Answer: Tungabhadra
- Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
A)Persians
B)Abyssinians
C)Africans
D)Afghans
Answer: Abyssinians
- Q. Paramahamsa Mandali primarily aimed at breaking caste rules was founded in which of the following places
A)Kerala
B)Maharashtra
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Gujarat
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. The Treaty of Mangalore was in the year __________
A)1584
B)1484
C)1684
D)1784
Answer: 1784
- Q. Which European power was the last who reached India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: The French
- Q. Who was the first to give the call for Swarajya – “India for Indians”?
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Sri Aurobindo
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. Akbar was__________ years old when he became emperor
A)19
B)16
C)13
D)10
Answer: 13
- Q. The earliest city discovered in India was
A)Punjab
B)Harappa
C)Mohenjo Daro
D)Sindh
Answer: Harappa
- Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
A)Feudalism
B)Humanism
C)Rationalism
D)Scientific Temperament
Answer: Feudalism
- Q. The most famous Chera ruler was
A)Nedunjeraladan
B)Udiyanjeral
C)Senguttuvan
D)Sengannan
Answer: Senguttuvan
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya decided to overthrow the Nandas because
A)the Nandas were low-born
B)Chanakya had been humiliated by the Nandas
C)the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
D)Chanakya wanted to restore the ideal of Kshatriya rule
Answer: the Nandas had accumulated a great deal of wealth by extortion and oppression of the people
- Q. At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress (March 1939) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s official candidate for the Presidentship of the Congress. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s nominee?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Pattabhi Sitaramayya
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- Q. Babur’s autobiography, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnama, which is reckoned among “the most enthralling and romantic works in the literature of all times” is written in
A)Persian
B)Arabic
C)Turki
D)Urdu
Answer: Turki
- Q. The Mehrauli pillar inscription belongs to the period of the
A)Kushanas
B)Mauryas
C)Sungas
D)Guptas
Answer: Guptas
- Q. The revolutionary who died of a 64 days hunger strike was
A)Batukeshwar Dutt
B)Sukh Dev
C)Jatin Das
D)Raj Guru
Answer: Jatin Das
- Q. Under the Mughal rule the judicial service was formed by
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kazis
D)Mansabdars
Answer: Kazis
- Q. Nanu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of__________, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals
A)Maruthwamala
B)Silanka
C)Karunagapally
D)Kayamkulam
Answer: Maruthwamala
- Q. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
A)Imperialism
B)Art and architecture
C)Revenue and land reform
D)None of these
Answer: Art and architecture
- Q. Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which of the following wars
A)First World War
B)Austro-Prussian War
C)Second World War
D)Russia-Japan War
Answer: First World War
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