More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following had authored the book, ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)JB Kripalani
C)Jayaprakash Narayan
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
- Q. Amar Shonar Bangla’ the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by whom?
A)Sarojini Naidu
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Surendranath Banerjee
D)Anand Mohan Bose
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
- Q. The Home Rule Movement was aimed at
A)complete autonomy to India
B)complete independence for India
C)self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
D)larger participation of Indians in India's administration
Answer: self-government for India within the British Commonwealth
- Q. With which of the following is the classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in Tamil associated?
A)Buddhism
B)Jainism
C)Hinduism
D)Christianity
Answer: Jainism
- Q. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb?
A)Padshah
B)Alamgir
C)Sultan Sulaiman
D)Ghazi
Answer: Sultan Sulaiman
- Q. Marcopolo is known for
A)Travelling to China, India and Asia
B)Discovering Greenland
C)Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
D)Discovering Canada
Answer: Travelling to China, India and Asia
- Q. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
A)Utpala
B)Karkota
C)Paramara
D)Gurjara Pratihara
Answer: Paramara
- Q. When Alexander invaded India, Magadha was being ruled by the
A)Sisunagas
B)Haryankas
C)Nandas
D)Mauryas
Answer: Nandas
- Q. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor diamond __________
A)Firuz Shah
B)Nadir Shah
C)Mohammed Shah
D)Mohammed Ghori
Answer: Nadir Shah
- Q. Which famous book was written by Nostradamus
A)Das Kapital
B)Les Propheties
C)The Tempest
D)None of the above
Answer: Les Propheties
- Q. Name the Commission that came to India in 1928 to reform India’s constitutional system
A)Pitt's India Act
B)Rowaltt Act
C)Partition of Bengal
D)Simon Commission
Answer: Simon Commission
- Q. Bande Matram was a series of articles published in the year 1907 by :
A)Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Domadar Chapekar
D)Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
- Q. Chandra Shekhar Azad was __________ of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
A)Secretary
B)President
C)Commander-in-Chief
D)Field Marshal
Answer: Commander-in-Chief
- Q. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
A)Germany
B)China
C)Italy
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. A letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir from King James I had been presented by
A)Sir Thomas Roe
B)Lord Clive
C)Lord Curzon
D)Captain Hawkins
Answer: Sir Thomas Roe
- Q. The __________ was run by Tarachand Chakravarty
A)Hesperus
B)Quill
C)Enquirer
D)Bengal Spectator
Answer: Quill
- Q. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
A)Bairam Khan
B)Abul Fazl
C)Tansen
D)Todarmal
Answer: Bairam Khan
- Q. Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
A)Anandmath
B)Pariksha Guru
C)Rangbhoomi
D)Padmarag
Answer: Anandmath
- Q. The greatest Buddhist commentator of the Buddhist canonical literature has been
A)Ashvaghosha
B)Nagarjuna
C)Vasumitra
D)Buddhaghosha
Answer: Ashvaghosha
- 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
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