More Questions on History
- Q. Which ruler of India issued Mahzarnama to take all the religious matters into his own hands?
A)Akbar
B)Iltutmish
C)Nadir Shah
D)Shahjahan
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Who among the following was responsible for making “Sikhism’ a militant force?
A)Guru Teg Bahadur
B)Guru Har Govind Singh
C)Guru Govind Singh
D)Guru Arjun Singh
Answer: Guru Har Govind Singh
- Q. Which of the following was the most important feature of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms?
A)The Factory Act
B)Self-government
C)System of Dyarchy
D)Transfer of Power of Congress
Answer: System of Dyarchy
- Q. The Mughal government can be described as an/a
A)Liberal monarchy
B)Autocracy
C)Centralised despotism
D)Absolute monarchy
Answer: Centralised despotism
- Q. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A)Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B)Sri Lankan chronicles Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C)Inscriptions of Ashoka
D)Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
Answer: Inscriptions of Ashoka
- Q. The great exponent of Mahayana Buddhism was
A)Vasubandhu
B)Ashvaghosa
C)Nagarjuna
D)Nagasena
Answer: Nagarjuna
- Q. The permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration by
A)Hastings
B)William Pitt
C)William Bentic
D)Lord Cornwallis
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
- Q. Dharmamahamatras were __________ during the Mauryans
A)Buddhist Monks
B)Officials
C)Jain Monks
D)Soldiers
Answer: Officials
- Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
A)Jhelum and Ravi
B)Indus and Jhelum
C)Beas and Indus
D)Satluj and Indus
Answer: Indus and Jhelum
- 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. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as
A)Diwan
B)Vakil
C)Kotwal
D)Amin
Answer: Diwan
- Q. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
A)1906
B)1903
C)1909
D)1912
Answer: 1906
- Q. Which of the following Mughal Emperors wrote their own autobigraphies?
A)Babur and Jahangir
B)Shah Alam and Farukh Siyar
C)Jahangir and Shah Jahan
D)Akbr and Aurangzeb
Answer: Babur and Jahangir
- Q. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
A)William Wedderburn
B)George Yule
C)A. O. Hume
D)Henry Cotton
Answer: George Yule
- Q. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
A)Kumaragupta
B)Vikramaditya
C)Harshavardhana
D)Kanishka
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. Where is the Bara Imambara located?
A)Lucknow
B)Agra
C)Patna
D)Allahabad
Answer: Lucknow
- 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 among the following place, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857 ?
A)Kanpur
B)Agra
C)Jhansi
D)Lucknow
Answer: Agra
- Q. When the Simon Commission visited India the Viceroy was
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lloyd George
C)Lord Reading
D)Lord Ripon
Answer: Lord Irwin
- Q. Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
A)Surdas
B)Sant Kabir
C)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
D)Tulsidas
Answer: Sant Kabir
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