List of top History Questions

Who, among the following, founded the Vijayanagara Empire?

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Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta were the anglicized names of _______ where the British first set up trading posts.

Which among the following travelers visited the city of Vijayanagara during the 15th century?
(A) Domingo Paes
(B) Abdur Razzaq
(C) Afanasii Nikitin
(D) Fernao Nuniz
(E) Nicolo de Conti

Lord Jagannatha is a form of which God?

Which Sufi teacher was also known as the ‘Gharib Nawaz’?

Vijayanagara was noted for its market dealing in:
(A) Precious stones
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Spices
(D) Textiles
(E) Fruits
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Who among the following was associated with the critical edition of the Mahabharata?

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(A) English East India Company acquired Diwani of Bengal in 1765
(B) Regulating Act was passed by The British Parliament in 1773
(C) Permanent Settlement was introduced by Lord Dalhousie
(D) Land of Santhals was demarcated as Damin-i-koh
(E) Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bombay
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Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Biography of a saint or a religious leader is called Hagiography
(B) Biography of a saint or a religious leader is called Topography
(C) Hagiographies inform us about the beliefs of the followers of a particular tradition
(D) Nobody recorded the histories of saints and religious leaders
(E) Written sources do not help us in knowing history
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Lord Buddha belonged to which clan?

The first detailed photographs of Hampi archaeological remains were taken by:

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List-I		List-II
A	Introduction of Railways	(I)	Calcutta
B	Fort St. George	(II)	1853
C	Fort William	(III)	Madras
D	The Borah Bazaar	(IV)	Bombay

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List-I		List-II
A	Marco Polo	(I)	Sixteenth Century
B	Seydi Ali Reis	(II)	Fourteenth Century
C	Peter Mundy	(III)	Thirteenth Century
D	Ibn Battuta	(IV)	Seventeenth Century

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Jagannath temple is located at:

Hastinapur is in which modern district?

Who wrote the Memoir “Love is Stronger than Hate: A Remembrance of 1947”?

Which traveller described the hilly zone as impenetrable and dangerous in 19$^{th}$-century Bengal?

Virupaksha, the guardian deity of the Vijayanagara Kingdom, is also recognized as a form of_________.

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List-I		List-II
A	Kula	(I)	A work on Sanskrit grammar
B	Ashtadhyayi	(II)	Families
C	Vamsha	(III)	A work on medicine in Sanskrit
D	Charaka Samhitas	(IV)	Lineage

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Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by_______

Rani of Jhansi was represented as a _____ and valiantly fought till her last, chasing the enemy and slaying British soldiers.

Who said separate electorates was a “poison that has entered the body politic of the country” during the Constituent Assembly debates?

_____ was sent from Britain to India to try and forge a compromise with Gandhiji and Indian National Congress.

Arrange the following in chronological order:
(A) Rani Jhansi killed in battle
(B) British suffer defeat in the Battle of Chinhat
(C) Shah Mal killed in battle
(D) Rising in Lucknow
(E) British forces under Havelock and Outram enter the Residency in Lucknow
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