More Questions on History
- Q. The Mayo College was started at
A)Calcutta
B)Delhi
C)Agra
D)Ajmer
Answer: Ajmer
- Q. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an
A)Regulating Act
B)White Paper
C)Ordinance
D)Resolution
Answer: Regulating Act
- Q. The Muslim League demanded creation of Pakistan (Pakistan Resolution) in its session held on March 24, 1940 at
A)Lahore
B)Karachi
C)Islamabad
D)Aligarh
Answer: Lahore
- Q. Find out the odd one
A)AI-Biruni: Given valuable account about Harshavardhana
B)Hiuen-Tsang: Acquired knowledge of Indian society through literature
C)Megasthenes: Describes about the Indo-Persian relations
D)Ptolemy: Written a geographical treatise on India
Answer: Ptolemy: Written a geographical treatise on India
- Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
A)I,II,V,IV,III
B)II,V,I,III,IV
C)II,V,I,IV,III
D)IV,II,I,V,III
Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
- Q. The first Shivaji festival was held at Raigarh in __________
A)1892
B)1890
C)1895
D)1899
Answer: 1895
- Q. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacturing of Harappan seals?
A)Bronze
B)Terracotta
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Terracotta
- Q. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
A)Aravidu
B)Sangam
C)Tuluva
D)Saluva
Answer: Tuluva
- Q. Who put on the statute book two obnoxious measures the Vernacular press Act and the Indian Arms Act
A)Lytton
B)Lord Ripon
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Queen Victoria
Answer: Lytton
- Q. What is meant by Mughalai?
A)Very rich food
B)Infantry of the Mughals
C)Royal household
D)Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
Answer: Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
- Q. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?
A)Red Fort
B)Agra Fort
C)Taj Mahal
D)Buland Darwaza
Answer: Taj Mahal
- Q. Who among the following organised the “All India Depressed Classes Association” in colonial India?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)M. K. Gandhi
C)Pandita Ramabai
D)B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the early traditions of Bhakti? I. In the course of the evolution of forms of worship, in many instances, poet-saints emerged as leaders around whom there developed a community of devotees. II. Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III. At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two broad categories: saguna (with attributes) and nirguna (without attributes)
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)I and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
A)Turkey
B)Afghanistan
C)Mongolia
D)Persia
Answer: Mongolia
- Q. The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
A)Lord Ripon
B)Lytton
C)Queen Elizabeth
D)Queen Anne
Answer: Lord Ripon
- Q. Synagogue is the place of worship of
A)Taoism
B)Zorastrianism
C)Judaism
D)Shintoism
Answer: Judaism
- Q. Which of the following provision is a part of the Government of India Act of 1919?
A)The enlargement of the Viceroy's Executive Council
B)Transfer of power to the Indians
C)Remodelling of the Central legislature
D)Doing away with the distinction between the regulation and non-regulation provinces
Answer: Transfer of power to the Indians
- Q. Which one of the following is associated with the Gupta Age of Indian History?
A)Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
B)Visit of Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang
C)Significant contribution to poetry and literature by Banabhatta
D)Macedonian invasion
Answer: Significant contribution to Indian astronomy by Aryabhatta
- Q. The strategy of ‘divide and rule’ had been actually practised by
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Minto
D)Lord Dufferin
Answer: Lord Minto
- Q. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
A)1858 A.D.
B)1848 A.D.
C)1862 A.D.
D)1856 A.D.
Answer: 1858 A.D.
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