More Questions on History
- Q. What was Chandragupta-II also known as?
A)Skanda Gupta
B)Samudra Gupta
C)Vikramaditya
D)Rama Gupta
Answer: Vikramaditya
- Q. The Presidents of early English Settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to __________
A)The House of Lords
B)The House of Common
C)The Home Government of the Company
D)The Council of Senior Merchants
Answer: The Home Government of the Company
- Q. In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry was not formed in June 1937?
A)Central Provinces
B)United Provinces
C)Madras
D)Assam
Answer: Assam
- Q. Akbar had constructed several forts, which did not include the one of
A)Agra
B)Lahore
C)Allahabad
D)Red Fort
Answer: Red Fort
- Q. The Pitaka that contains pronouncements attributed to the Buddha, laying down numerous rules for the conduct of the order is
A)Sutta Pitaka
B)Vinaya Pitaka
C)Abhidhamma Pitaka
D)All the three Pitakas
Answer: Vinaya Pitaka
- Q. Who was the founder leader of ‘Muslim Faqirs’ ?
A)Dadu Mian
B)Majnun Shah
C)Tipu
D)Chirag Ali Shah
Answer: Majnun Shah
- Q. Which Mughal emperor is credited with having composed secular Hindi songs?
A)Shah Jahan
B)Jahangir
C)Humayun
D)Babur
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. In May__________, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P. Anandacharlu established the Madras Mahajana Sabha
A)1784
B)1783
C)1872
D)1884
Answer: 1884
- Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
A)Bahadur Shah-II
B)Bahadur Shah-I
C)Shah Alam-I
D)Shah Alam-II
Answer: Shah Alam-I
- Q. It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar’s contribution to making of modern India is many sided. Which of the following aspects contribute to it?
A)New methodology of teaching Sanskrit
B)Farmers and depressed class upliftment
C)Uplifting downtrodden women, abolishing child marriage , widow re marriage
D)Both B and C
Answer: Both B and C
- Q. When Alexander invaded India, Taxila was ruled by
A)Porus
B)Ambhi
C)Ashoka
D)Bimbisara
Answer: Ambhi
- Q. __________ was primarily responsible for making India a secular State
A)Patel
B)Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Gokhale
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?
A)With Germany against United Kingdom
B)None, it was neutral
C)Against Russia on its own
D)With United Kingdom against Germany
Answer: With United Kingdom against Germany
- Q. At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in 1906 the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)AO Hume
C)GK Gokhale
D)BG Tilak
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. When did Greco-Persian Wars end?
A)449 BC
B)460 BC
C)447 BC
D)424 BC
Answer: 449 BC
- Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
A)USA and England
B)Russia and Turkey
C)Russia and Japan
D)England and France
Answer: Russia and Turkey
- Q. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of
A)Jahangir Alampanah
B)Jahangir
C)Jahangir Alamgir
D)Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
Answer: Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
- Q. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
A)Pallavas
B)Chalukyas
C)Kakatiyas
D)Satavahans
Answer: Chalukyas
- Q. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called
A)Vasubandhu
B)Upagupta
C)Ambhi
D)Asvagosha
Answer: Upagupta
- Q. Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
A)1917
B)1916
C)1918
D)1920
Answer: 1917
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