History Multiple Choice Questions PDF SET- 14
Qns. Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
A. Lord Canning
B. Lord Irwin
C. Lord Lytton
D. Lord Willington
Qns. Who was the founder of the Kanva dynasty?
A. Suserman
B. Vishnusarma
C. Vassudeva
D. Vasumitra
Qns. Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?
A. Bamiyan
B. Hyderabad
C. Kandy
D. Lhasa
Qns. Ajivika sect was founded by
A. Upali
B. Makkhli Gosala
C. Anand
D. Raghulabhadra
Qns. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in
A. Egypt
B. Mesopotamia
C. Central America
D. India
Qns. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A. Balban
B. Aram Shah
C. Nasiruddin Mahmud
D. IIitutmish
Qns. Who led the Maratha forces in the Third Battle of Panipat?
A. Vishwas Rao
B. Shivaji
C. Sadashiv Rao Bhau
D. Nana Phadnavis
Qns. The real name of Sabarmati Ashram –
A. Finiks Farm
B. Dandi Ashram
C. Gandhi Ashram
D. Satyagraha Ashram
Qns. India-Napolean was:
A. Chandra Gupta I
B. Samudra Gupta
C. Skanda Gupta
D. Chandra Gupta
Qns. Mrs. Annie Besant leader of the Theosophical Society of India was
A. An American Lady
B. An English Lady
C. A European Lady
D. An Irish Lady
Qns. Who repaired the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi?
A. Lord Dufferin
B. Lord Auckland
C. Sir Charles Metcalfe
D. Lord Canning
Qns.When Subhash Chandra Bose resigned as the President of INC, who was appointed in his place?
A. Abul Kalam Azad
B. Rajendra Prasad
C. Rajagopalachari
D. Pattabhi Sitaramiah
Qns. Who introduced ’Chehra’ and ’Daag’ as a major Military reform?
A. Iltumish
B. Balban
C. Razia Sultan
D. Alauddin Khilji
Qns. Who founded the Indian National Congress?
A. O. Hume
B. Sardar Patel
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. W.C. Bannerjee
Qns. The earliest Lingodbhavamurti of Siva has been found at which one of the below mentioned sites?
A. Gudimallam
B. Khoh
C. Kanchi
D. Bhojpur
Qns. Which Mughal emperor took the title of Alamgir?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangzeb
Qns. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
A. Bhojpuri
B. Magadhi
C. Pali
D. Sanskrit
Qns. Kailasha temple of Ellora was built by?
A. Krishna I
B. Krishna II
C. Ramakrishna I
D. Ramakrishna II
Qns. When NonCooperation movement was withdrawn?
A. 12 February 1922
B. 13 April 1919
C. 5 March 1931
D. 3 February 1928
Qns. By which of the following Acts, the British for the first time introduced the system of indirect election in India?
A. 1892
B. 1867
C. 1861
D. 1909
Qns. Which of the following signs was etched on the right leg of Rishabhnath Tirthankar?
A. Cow
B. Bull
C. Elephant
D. Tiger
Qns. In which language are the ’Pandukeshwar copper plates’ written?
A. Prakrit
B. Pali
C. Sanskrit
D. Armike
Qns. Kalinga was situated between?
A. Godavari & Krishna
B. Mahanadi & Godavari
C. Mahanadi & Krishna
D. Krishna & Kaveri
Qns. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A. Government of India Act, 1909
B. Government of India Act, 1919
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. None of these
Qns. The Battle of Buxar fought between
A. The English, the Nawab of Bengal and the French
B. Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, The Mughal Emperor
C. Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab of Oudh
D. Akbar II, the Nawab of Bengal and the Marathas
195. Which of the following newspaper was started by Annie Besant?
A. The Hindu
B. Indian Express
C. The Times of India
D. New India
Qns. Brahma Samaj mainly insisted upon
A. Abolition of sati
B. Abolition of child marriage
C. Monotheism
D. Reintroduction of converted Hindus
Qns. Who was associated with the newspaper, Mooknayak?
A. B. R. Ambedkar
B. Jyotiba Phule
C. M. N. Roy
D. Annie Besant
Qns. Mahavira was born in the royal family of the –
A. Sakyas
B. Licchavis
C. Kshatriyas
D. Satavahanas
Qns. Emperor Shah Jahan died in
A. 1667 AD
B. 1666 AD
C. 1658 AD
D. 1659 AD
Qns. Safdarjung tomb was build by –
A. Shauja-ud-Daula
B. Humayun
C. Muhammad-binTughlaq
D. Aurangzeb
Qns. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins?
A. Balban
B. Firoz Tughluq
C. Ala-ud-din Khilji
D. Muhammad Tughluq
Qns. Which unfortunate event took place in the year 1919?
A. Subsidiary Alliance
B. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
C. Partition of Bengal
D. Gandhi’s Assassination
Qns. Who wrote Tughlaqnama?
A. Abu Nasr Utbi
B. Amir Khusrau
C. Abul Fazl
D. Hasan Nizami
Qns. After Hastinapur was swept away by floods the Pandavas shifted
their capital to
A. Kausambi
B. Ahichchhatra
C. Indraprastha
D. Kurukshetra
Qns. The important site of Harappa was excavated by
A. R.D. Banerjee
B. John Marshal
C. D.R. Sahni
D. R.S. Sharma
