More Questions on History
- Q. When did Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act?
A)1911
B)1890
C)1900
D)1872
Answer: 1890
- Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
A)Shivaji
B)Shaji Bhonsle
C)Sambaji
D)Shahu
Answer: Sambaji
- Q. Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?
A)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B)Mohammad Iqbal
C)Karim Ali
D)Inayat Ali
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q. Which one of the following rulers built the Bibi ka Maqbara?
A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Shahjahan
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of __________
A)Ajmer
B)Amber
C)Satara
D)Kannauj
Answer: Amber
- Q. The State, from among the following, which was not annexed by the ‘doctrine of lapse’ is
A)Gwalior
B)Baghat
C)Sambalpur
D)Satara
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
A)Devendranath Tagore
B)Swami Dayanand
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Keshub Chandra Sen
Answer: Swami Dayanand
- Q. Which of the following Ancient Indian literature was a treatise on the science of governance?
A)Arthsashtra
B)Manusmriti
C)Mahabharata
D)None of the above
Answer: Arthsashtra
- Q. Who among of the following started Marathi fortnightly newspaper ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’?
A)Vir Savarkar
B)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
C)Vinobha Bhave
D)Lokmanya Tilak
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
C)Venkata II : Aravidu
D)Narsimha : Chalukya
Answer: Narsimha : Chalukya
- Q. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
A)The second battle of Tarain
B)The first battle of Tarain
C)The first battle of Panipat
D)The second battle of Panipat
Answer: The second battle of Tarain
- Q. Who was the ruler of Delhi when Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761?
A)Muhammad Shah
B)Alamgir-I
C)Jahadar Shah
D)Shah Alam-II
Answer: Shah Alam-II
- Q. Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?
A)Madan Mohan Malviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Ambika Charan Majumdar
D)Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
- Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
C)The greatest good of all
D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
- Q. Gandhi had given out the stirring call of ‘Do or Die’ during the __________ Movement
A)Khilafat
B)Non-cooperation
C)Civil Disobedience
D)Quit India
Answer: Quit India
- Q. Swami Vivekananda was graduated from __________University
A)Hyderabad
B)Delhi
C)Calcutta
D)Karachi
Answer: Calcutta
- Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
A)Mohenjo-Daro
B)Harappa
C)Ropar
D)Kalibangan
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
- Q. When was the modern petroleum industry started?
A)1829
B)1808
C)1846
D)1898
Answer: 1846
- Q. Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?
A)16th
B)15th
C)17th
D)18th
Answer: 17th
- Q. Ashoka’s claim to be one of the greatest rulers in world history life in the fact that
A)he worked for the material moral and spiritual uplift of the people
B)his aims covered both the religious and secular aspects of life
C)after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
D)he attempted to unify the people of different castes and communities into a bound of common moral ideal
Answer: after a single conquest he dedicated himself completely to the cause of peace
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