More Questions on History
- Q. During the Mughal rule in the field of agriculture Parauti was the land
A)left fallow
B)annually cultivated
C)uncultivated
D)barren land
Answer: left fallow
- Q. The immediate cause for the Mutiny was
A)The Social Legislation of 1856
B)Doctrine of Lapse
C)The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
D)The fear of me Indians that they would be converted to Christianity
Answer: The Episode of the Greased Cartridges
- Q. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
A)Ahilyadevi
B)Rudramadevi
C)Bhagwati
D)Bhanumati
Answer: Rudramadevi
- Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
- Q. The doctrine of lapse had been put to much use by
A)Lord Bentick
B)Lord Dalhousie
C)Lord Curzon
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
- Q. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro culture belonged to the
A)Copper Age
B)New Stone Age
C)Iron Age
D)Chalcolithic Age
Answer: Chalcolithic Age
- Q. Assertion (A): The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music was written in Aurangzeb’s reign. Reason (R): Aurangzeb was a great patron of Classical Indian Music.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is true but R is false
- Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
A)1900
B)1898
C)1901
D)1903
Answer: 1898
- Q. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
A)Ahmedabad
B)Sabarmati Ashram
C)Porbandar
D)Dandi
Answer: Dandi
- Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was proficient in
A)Music
B)Art
C)Calligraphy
D)Philosophy
Answer: Philosophy
- Q. In 1739, who defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal?
A)Genghis Khan
B)Nader Shah
C)Hemu Vikramaclitya
D)Bajirao-I
Answer: Nader Shah
- Q. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals?
A)Berar
B)Bijapur
C)Ahmednagar
D)Bedar
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?
A)R. C. Dutt
B)Satyendranath Tagore
C)Behari Lal Gupta
D)Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
- Q. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?
A)Mongolia
B)Tibet
C)Burma (Now Myarnmar)
D)Siam (now Thailand)
Answer: Siam (now Thailand)
- Q. The origins of Indian music could be traced to
A)Yajurvedic Samhita
B)Rigvedic Samhita
C)Samavedic Samhita
D)Atharvavedic Samhita
Answer: Samavedic Samhita
- Q. Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?
A)Kam Baksh
B)Azam shah
C)Akbar-II
D)Mauzzam
Answer: Azam shah
- Q. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
A)Persians
B)Abyssinians
C)Africans
D)Afghans
Answer: Abyssinians
- Q. Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries
A)Lokmanya Tilak
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q. The battle of Plassey was fought between
A)East India Company and Tipu Sultan
B)East India Company and Ahmad Shah
C)East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
D)East India Company and Anwaruddin
Answer: East India Company and Sirajuddaulla
- Q. Hemu was captured and brought before Akbar by__________
A)Salim
B)Bairam Khan
C)Shah Qulihan Mehran
D)Farid
Answer: Shah Qulihan Mehran
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