More Questions on History
- Q. Who constructed Humayun’s tomb in Delhi?
A)Akbar
B)Babur
C)Haji Begum
D)Humayun
Answer: Haji Begum
- Q. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jayaprakash Narayan
C)Karl Marx
D)Lenin
Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
- Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Lord Reading
C)Rabindra Nath Tagore
D)Mohammad Ali
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Q. Of the following, in which did Napolenic France suffer final defeat?
A)Battle of Wagram
B)Battle of Trafalgar
C)Battle of Pyramids
D)Battle of Austerlitz
Answer: Battle of Trafalgar
- Q. When did Europe captured Jerusalem?
A)1088
B)1081
C)1095
D)1099
Answer: 1099
- Q. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by
A)Iltutmish
B)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C)Balban
D)Bairam Khan
Answer: Iltutmish
- Q. As the unrest continued unabatedly, the Madras government appointed . . . . . . the collector of Malabar as special commissioner to enquire into the causes of the uprisings and recommend remedial measures.
A)William Logan
B)Connolly
C)S. N. Banerjee
D)Gokahale
Answer: William Logan
- Q. The Crimean War in 1854-1856 was fought between
A)USA and England
B)Russia and Turkey
C)Russia and Japan
D)England and France
Answer: Russia and Turkey
- Q. Arab merchant, Suleiman, came to India in 9th century in the kingdom of
A)Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
B)Vijaysena of Sena dynasty
C)Gopala of the Pala dynasty
D)Dantidurga of Rashtrakuta dynasty
Answer: Mihira Bhoja of Prathihara dynasty
- Q. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
A)Madurai
B)Hyderabad
C)Mysore
D)Vijayanagar
Answer: Mysore
- Q. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1854?
A)Wajid Ali Shah
B)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C)Sirajud daulla
D)Alivardi Khan
Answer: Wajid Ali Shah
- Q. Till when did the Wars of the Roses last?
A)1431
B)1420
C)1453
D)1487
Answer: 1487
- Q. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
A)Imperialism
B)Art and architecture
C)Revenue and land reform
D)None of these
Answer: Art and architecture
- Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
A)Ramananda
B)Tukaram
C)Dadu
D)Raghunandan
Answer: Dadu
- Q. Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the
A)Schism edict
B)Rummindei inscription
C)Kandhar inscription
D)Bhabru edict
Answer: Bhabru edict
- Q. Who was the first to distill petroleum?
A)Cathryn J. Prince
B)Benjamin Silliman
C)Edward Hitchcock
D)James Dwight Dana
Answer: Benjamin Silliman
- Q. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A)Hunter Commission
B)Macaulay's Minute
C)Charter Act
D)Wood's Despatch
Answer: Wood's Despatch
- Q. Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?
A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)None of the above
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
- Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
A)Pakistan
B)Union of India
C)Constituent Assembly
D)Groups by Provinces
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji’s reign – the Jama Masjid at Kana and Alai Darwaza – were constructed at
A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Dhar
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Delhi
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