More Questions on History
- Q. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was
A)Aram Shah
B)Iltutmish
C)Qutb-ud-din Albak
D)Balban
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. To establish French political influence in Sothern India, Dupleix had an opportunity in the disputed succession to the thrones of
A)Hyderabad and Carnatic
B)Delhi and Awadh
C)Travancore
D)Vijayanagar and Ahmednagar
Answer: Hyderabad and Carnatic
- Q. Nagarjuna is known as the Einstein of India because
A)He was one of the greatest physicists of all time
B)Like Einstein he had a rare insight into the nature of the universe
C)He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
D)He was a great dialectician
Answer: He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity
- Q. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was
A)Shah Jahan
B)Babur
C)Humayun
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Humayun
- Q. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a scholar in
A)Arabic
B)Persian
C)Sanskrit
D)French
Answer: Arabic
- Q. Khilafat Movement was organised to protest against the injustice done to
A)Turkey
B)Persia
C)Arabia
D)Egypt
Answer: Turkey
- Q. In 1901 the State Census Manual of __________recorded Sree Narayana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar
A)Malabar
B)Travancore
C)Cochi
D)Kottayam
Answer: Travancore
- Q. Who had built the ‘Amber Fort’?
A)Raja Man Singh
B)Akbar
C)Uday Singh-II
D)Maharana Pratap
Answer: Raja Man Singh
- Q. To whom did Akbar gave the title Mian?
A)Man Singh-I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Tansen
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about Panini’s great grammar the Ashtadhyayi?
A)It was stated that with Panini the language attained its highest state of development and thereafter there was improvement only in its vocabulary
B)It was most probably composed towards the 4th century BC
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on :
A)16 October , 1896
B)16 October , 1911
C)16 October , 1907
D)16 October , 1905
Answer: 16 October , 1905
- Q. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
A)Lord Hardinge
B)Lord Chelmsford
C)Lord Lainthgo
D)Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. Aligarh Movement towards the end revented its followers from joining the national movement. Which of the following reasons made it to take this decision though it initially propagated for unity?
A)Indians are educationally forward so in order to suppress them their activities need to discouraged
B)It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
C)Gain support of British officials
D)National movement is waste of time so should concentrate on other works
Answer: It felt that immediate political progress was not possible and British Government couldn't be easily dislodged
- Q. The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)RC Dutt
C)DR Gadoil
D)Karl Mane
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. Which among the following metal was not found in Harappan civilization?
A)Copper
B)Gold
C)Silver
D)Iron
Answer: Iron
- Q. What was the main objective of the Wahabi movement which during 1852-70 was particularly active in the Punjab, Bengal, Bihar and the NWFP?
A)To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
B)To oust the British from India
C)To eradicate religious corruption from Muslim society
D)To organise the Muslims into a nationalist community
Answer: To overthrow the Sikhs in the Punjab and the British in Bengal and to restore Muslim power in India
- Q. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
A)Alamgirpur
B)Hanumangarh
C)Ropar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Alamgirpur
- Q. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
A)Rajasthan
B)Hydaspes
C)Panipat
D)Train
Answer: Hydaspes
- Q. In which year Francis II, founded the Empire of Austria
A)1809
B)1804
C)1820
D)1822
Answer: 1804
- Q. In 1937 , an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for ‘basic education’ through the vernacular medium was held at
A)Bombay
B)Surat
C)Ahmedabad
D)Wardha
Answer: Wardha
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