Indian History Objective Question
Q31. Who is the first person to referred Agra by its modern name
(a) Ptolemy
(b) Megasthenes
(c) Al-Biruni
(d) Euclid
Answer: (a) Ptolemy
Q32. Which Delhi Sultan used the pen name Gulrukhi to wrote poetry
(a) Babur
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (b) Sikandar Lodi
Q33. In which year, Akbar withdraw the jizya tax
(a) 1565
(b) 1572
(c) 1579
(d) 1585
Answer: (c) 1579
Q34. The author of Humayun-Nama, Gulbadan Begum was the ______ of Humayun
(a) Mother
(b) Sister
(c) Daughter
(d) Wife
Answer: (b) Sister
Q35. In which battle Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun
(a) Battle of Talikota
(b) Battle of Khanwa
(c) Battle of Ghaghra
(d) Battle of Chausa
Answer: (d) Battle of Chausa
Q36. After which battle, Babur assumed the title "Ghazi"
(a) Battle of Khanwa
(b) First Battle of Panipat
(c) Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Ghaghra
Answer: (a) Battle of Khanwa
Q37. Which Mughal Emperor built the Dinpanah city at Delhi as his second capital
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer: (b) Humayun
Q38. Who was the first Englishman to visit Akbar’s Court
(a) Ralph Fitch
(b) Richard Hakluyt
(c) John Hawkins
(d) Thomas Roe
Answer: (a) Ralph Fitch
Q39. Who was the Mughal Emperor the Battle of Plassey
(a) Farrukhsiyar
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Alamgir II
(d) Shah Alam II
Answer: (c) Alamgir II
Q40. Which Gupta king adopted the title Mahendraditya
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Kumaragupta
Answer: (d) Kumaragupta
Q41. Who founded the Theosophical Society in India
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Rukmini Arundale
(d) George Arundale
Answer: (b) Annie Besant
Q42. Which is called as Encyclopedia of Buddhism
(a) Madhyamika Sutra
(b) Sutraalankar
(c) Mahavibasha Sastra
(d) Buddha Charita
Answer: (c) Mahavibasha Sastra
Q43. Which National leader was appointed as Dewan by Gaekwad of Baroda in 1870
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q44. Who is known as the Indian Einstein
(a) Varahamihira
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Brahmagupta
Answer: (b) Nagarjuna
Q45. Palaeolithic stone tool was first discovered in India in 1863 by
(a) Le Meserier
(b) Miles Burkit
(c) Subba Rao
(d) Robert Bruce
Answer: (d) Robert Bruce
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