British History MCQs

British History MCQs, 2000 Paper I.

(1) Glorious Revolution happened in:

(a) 1865 (b) 1688 (c) 1699 (d) None of these

(2) George II was a:

(a) German (b) Bohemian (c) Austrian (d) None of these

(3) George III ascended the throne of England in:

(a) 1765 (b) 1770 (c) 1780 (d) None of these.(1760)

(4) William of Orange was James II’s:

(a) Brother in law (b) Father in law
(c) Son in law (d) None of these

(5) Seven Years War was brought to a close in:

(a) 1756 (b) 1760 (c) 1763 (c) None of these

(6) Edmund Burke was born in:

(a) 1729 (b) 1739 (c) 1749 (c) None of these

(7) Who died in the year 1850?

(a) Sir Robert Peel (b) Pitt the Younger (c) Sir Robert Walpole (d) None of these

(8) The War of Spanish Succession ended in:

(a) 1713(Treaty of Utrecht) (b) 1710 (c) 1708 (d) None of these

(9) The Hanoverian Dynasty lasted from:

(a) 1727 to 1760 (b) 1714 to 1820
(c) 1714 to 1901 (d) None of these

(10) After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to:

(a) Vienna (b) London (c) Paris (d) None of these(Saint Helena)

(B) Fill in the blanks with correct answers:

(11) France accepted William as King of England by the __ Treaty of Ryswick___ in 1697 AD.

(12) The Bill of Rights ended the Theory of Divine Right

(13) A treatise "The Conduct of the Allies " was published by Jonathan Swift.

(14) The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701 AD.

(15) Walpole got education at Eton College and Cambridge Universities.

(16) William Pitt became the War Minister in 1783 AD and Resigned in 1801 AD due to differences with George III.

(17) George III called himself the Whig of Revolution .

(18) Lord Townshend was popularly known as Turnip Townshend

(19) Pitt the Younger was deeply affected by Adam Smith’s book The Wealth of Nations.
(20) The new police force organized by Sir Robert Peel became known as Peelers


British History MCQs, 2000 Paper II.



(1) Who was the Prime Minister of England in 1923:

(a) Glad Stone (b) Disroeli (c) Baldwin (d) Peel

(2) Secret Ballot Act was passed in:

(a) 1870 (b) 1872 (c) 1874 (d) 1876 ‘

(3) Lord Polrmerston died in:

(a) 1865 (b)1867 ‘ (c) 1872 (d) 1875 ‘ ‘

(4) Free Education Act was passed in:

(a) 1891 (b) 1902 (c) 1918 (d) 1936

(5) Who was the Queen of England in 1877
Queen Victoria 1837-1901

(6) When British troops occupied the French colony of Algeria:

(a) 1942 (b) 1946 (c) 1948 (d) 1950

(7) Harold Wilson was the leader of Labour Party:-

(a) Yes (b) No

(8) When Churchill became the Prime Minister of England-for second time:

(a) 1949 (b) 1951(1951-55) (c) 1953 (d) 1955

(9) Crimean war came to end through:

(a) Treaty of London (b) Treaty of Paris
(c) Treaty of Berlin (d) Treaty of Manchester

(10) Who was the Prime Minister of England when dual system of government was introduced to India? David Lloyd George

(11) "The fall of British Empire 1918-1968" was written by:

(a) Taylor (b) Churchill (c) Cohn Crass (d) Margrett Thatcher - -

(12) Who succeeded Anthony Eden as Prime Minister? Harold Macmillan

(13) When the Suez war was fought? ‘ -

(a) 1955 (b) 1956 (c) 1957 (d) 1958

(14) Who is the author of a Book "Britain in the Century of Total War 1900-1967":

(a) J.H. Plumb (b) David Thomson
(c) Arthur Marwick (d) G.M. Trevelyan

(15) Mrs. Thatcher was Minister of Education:

(a) Yes (From 20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 during
Prime Minister Edward Heath's period )
(b) No

(16) Britain entered the European Economic Community in:

(a) 1971 (b) 1973 -‘ (c) 1975 (d) 1977

(17) Falklands war was fought in:

(a) 1980 (b) 1982 (c) 1984 (d) 1986

(18) When the general strike in England was declared illegal? 1926

(19) Who was the captain of England Cricket Team during the World Cup of 1999? Graham Gooch

(20) London School of Economics is part of the Oxford University: (a) True (b) False

Gen. Knowledge MCQs

Gen. Knowledge MCQs 

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Question: Who was adjusted Man of the match in the final of Asia Cup Cricket Tournament 2008 ?

1. Mutthiya Murlidharan
2. Kumar Sankara
3. Ajanta Mendis
4. None of these

Correct Answer: 3.

Question: Name the longest river in the world ?

1. Mississippi
2. Missouri
3. Nile
4. Saint Lawrence

Correct Answer: 3.


Question : Who is the author of “Asian drama”?

1. William Shakespeare
2. Gunnar Myrdal
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. None of these

Correct Answer: 2.


Question: Which composer wrote 27 piano concertos, 23 string quartets, 35 violin sonatas and more than 50 symphanies?

1. Mozart
2. James Galway
3. Messiaen
4. None of these

Correct Answer: 1.


Question: What is the order of magnitude of electric resistance of the human body (dry)?

1. 102 ohm
2. 104 ohm
3. 106 ohm
4. 108 ohm

Correct Answer: 3.


Question : What is a non-working male bee called?

1. Male-Bee
2. Drone
3. King

Correct Answer: 2.


Question: Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah is located at...................

1. Ajmer
2. Mumbai
3. Delhi
4. Hyderabad

Correct Answer: 3.

Question: What does the latin word 'vox populi' mean ?

1. Pen name
2. To infinity
3. A method of operating
4. The voice of the people

Correct Answer: 4.



Question The largest bay in the world is

1. Baffin Bay
2. Mezenskaya Bay
3. Obskaya Bay
4. Hudson Bay

Correct Answer: 4.


Question The First Global Agro Industries Forum met in April, 2008 at-

1. Geneva
2. Doha
3. New York
4. New Delhi

Correct Answer: 4.


Question: Which one of the following cities is a birth place of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, and musician Ustad Faiyaz Khan ?

1. Lucknow
2. Agra
3. Barabanki
4. None of the above

Correct Answer: 2.


Question: The planet nearest to the earth is

1. Mars
2. Jupiter
3. Mercury
4. Saturn

Correct Answer: 1.


Question: Who is India's ambassador to the US?

1. Ronen Sen
2. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
3. Lalit Mansingh
4. Rajat Gupta

Correct Answer: 1.



Question 32: Which of the following is the brightest star in our solar system?

1. Proxima Centauri
2. Canopus
3. Sirius
4. None of the above

Correct Answer: 3.


Question : In which of the following cities has the monument of Martyr and War of independence been established?

1. Allahabad
2. Meerut
3. Kanpur
4. None of the above

Correct Answer: 3.


Question 36: What is the baby owl called ?

1. Chick
2. Owlet
3. Spat
4. Calf

Correct Answer: 2.


Question Where is the seat of International Court of Justice

1. Rome
2. New Delhi
3. London
4. The Hague

Correct Answer: 4.


Question 38: The in Arjun Awards were instituted the year

1. 1965
2. 1963
3. 1961
4. 1967

Correct Answer: 3.


Question: Titagarh in West Bengal is famous for—

1. Paper manufacturing
2. Locomotive manufacturing
3. Fertilisers industry
4. Textile industry

Correct Answer: 1.




Question: Which one of the following is the first space craft to go beyond our solar system?

1. Salyut
2. Viking I
3. Pioneer 10
4. Viking 2

Correct Answer: 3.


Question: Which of the following Trophies/Cups is associated with the game of Golf ?

1. Iran Cup
2. Padmawati Trophy
3. Topolino Trophy
4. V. C. Gupta Trophy

Correct Answer: 3.


Question: Which of the following is an antibiotic?

1. Aspirin
2. Paracetamol
3. Penicillin
4. Sulphadizine

Correct Answer: 3.


Question: The galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way. It is shaped approximately like

1. A round ball
2. A doughnut
3. A pretzel
4. A flat spiral

Correct Answer: 4.


Question First Asian Woman Lord Mayor of Britain:

1. Reshma Shah
2. Anju Sood
3. Kavita Sahni
4. Sushma seth

Correct Answer: 1.


Question: In which Olympic the first Olympic Torch was lighted?

1. Mexico
2. Amsterdam
3. USA
4. Germany

Correct Answer: 2.



Question: The name United Nations was suggested by

1. Stalin
2. Sir Winston Churchill
3. F.D.Roosevelt
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: 3.


Question The first recipient of Nehru Award was

1. Mother Teresa
2. Martin Luther king
3. U Thant
4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Correct Answer: 4.


Question: Doctor who deals with cancer in body is known as

1. Pediatrition
2. Urologist
3. Psychiatrist
4. Oncologist

Correct Answer: 4.



Question: Dal Lake is situated in

1. Jammu & Kashmir
2. Orissa
3. Punjab
4. New Delhi

Correct Answer: 1.

Question : In the early Olympic Games, only free, male Greek citizens could compete. After Rome conquered Greece, Romans participated as well. Which Roman emperor competed at Olympia in a ten-horse chariot race

1. Augustus
2. Nero
3. Tiberius
4. Vespasian

Correct Answer: 2.

Question: Aymara and Quechua are

1. Languages
2. Trees
3. Mountains
4. Rivers

Correct Answer: 1.

Question: Which blood group is called Universal Doner?

1. A
2. B
3. AB
4. O

Correct Answer: 4.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF SULTANATE PERIOD

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF SULTANATE PERIOD

1. 712 Arab conquest of Sindh.
2. 961 Alaptigin appointed Governor of Khurasan.
3. 977-97 Sabuktgin, King of Ghazni. 
4. 986-87 Sabuktgin attacked Jaipal.
5. 991 Jaipal organized confederacy of rules against Sabuktgin.
6. 998-1030 Mahmud Ghazni.
7. 1000 Mahmud’s first expedition.
8. 1001 Mahmud’s second expedition against Jaipal.
9. 1006 Mahmud’s fourth invasion against Daud, ruler of Multan.
10. 1008 Mahmud’s sixth expedition against Anandpal.
11. 1009 Mahmud’s expedition against Nagarkot.
12. 1010 Mahmud defeated Daud of Multan again.
13. 1014 Mahmud led an expedition against Thaneswar.
14. 1015-1021 Unsuccessful effort to conqueror to Kashmir.
15. 1018-19 Expedition of Mahmud against Qanauj.
16. 1021 Unsuccessful effort to conqueror Kashmir.
17. 1021-22 Mahmud laid siege to Gwalior.
18. 1021-22 Trinochanpal defeated and killed.
19. 1025-26 Mahmud’s expedition against Somnath.
20. 1030-40 Reign of Masud, son of Mahmud.
21. 1037 Conquest of Hansi by Masud.
22. 1059 Ibrahim ascended the throne of Ghazni.
23. 1117 Death of Arslan, the last ruler of Ghazni.
24. 1155 Ala-ud-Din Hussain of Ghour attacked Ghazni and destroyed it.
25. 1168 Death of Ala-ud-Din Hussain.
26. 1175 Invasion against Multan by Muhammad Ghouri.
27. 1179 Muhammad attacked and captured Peshawar.
28. 1181 Muhammad Ghouri forced Khusrau Malik of Lahore to make peace with him.
29. 1182 Muhammad Ghouri invaded Lowe Sindh.
30. 1185-86 Muhammad attacked Punjab again.
31. 1186 Lahore captured by Muhammad Ghouri.
32. 1191 First battle of Tarain and defeat of Muhammad Ghouri by Pirthvi Raj Chauhan.
33. 1192 Second battle of Tarain and defeat of Pirthvi Raj.
34. 1194 Conquest of Qanauj and defeat of Jai Chand.
35. 1195-96 Muhammad Ghouri defeated Bhatti Rajputs.
36. 1197 Conquest of Bihar by Bakhtiar Khilji.
37. 1197-98 Qutb-ud-Din Aibak conquered Badayun.
38. 1202-03 Kalinjar, Mahoba and Khajuraho occupied by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak.
39. 1204-05 Conquest of Bengal by Bakhtiar Khilji.
40. 1205 Failure of Bakhtiar to conqueror Tibet.
41. 1206 Death of Muhammad Ghouri.
42. 1206-90 The Slave Dynasty.
43. 1206-10 Qutb-ud-Din Aibak, ruler of Delhi.
44. 1210-11 Aram Shah.
45. 1211-36 Iltumish, Sultan of Delhi.
46. 1216 Defeat of Yildoz by Iltumish.
47. 1217 Iltumish declared war against Qabacha.
48. 1221 The Mongols appeared on banks of the Indus.
49. 1223 Expedition of Iltumish against Bengal.
50. 1226 Conquest of Ranthamhor by Iltumish.
51. 1231 Gwalior besieged by Iltumish.
52. 1231-02 Qutb Minar of Delhi completed.
53. 1234-05 Expedition of Iltumish against Malwa.
54. 1235 Expedition of Iltumish against Banain.
55. 1236-40 Reign of Sultana Razia.
56. 1240-02 Bahram Shah.
57. 1241 Mongols attacked India.
58. 1242-06 Reign of Ala-ud-Din Masud Shah.
59. 1245 Mongols invaded India again.
60. 1246-66 Reign of Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud.
61. 1266-86 Reign of Ghiyas-ud-Din Balban.
62. 1279 Mongol invasion of India.
63. 1285 Mongol invasion and death of Prince Mahmud, son of Balban.
64. 1287 Death of Balban.
65. 1286 Kai-Khusrau.
66. 1287-90 Kaiqubad.
67. 1290-1320 The Khilji Dynasty
68. 1290-06 Jalal-ud-Din Khilji.
69. 1292 Mongol invasion under Abdullah, grandson of Halaku Khan.
70. 1292 Ala-ud-Din invaded Malwa and captured Bhilsa.
71. 1294 Ala-ud-Din defeated Ram Chandra, ruler of Devagiri.
72. 1295-1316 Reign of Ala-ud-Din Khilji.
73. 1296 First Mongol invasion of India.
74. 1297 Second Mongol invasion of India.
75. 1299 Third Mongol invasion of India.
76. 1299 Conquest of Gujrat.
77. 1301 Conquest of Ranthamhbor.
78. 1303 Fourth Mongol invasion India.
79. 1303 Conquest of Mewar.
80. 1305 Conquest of Malwa.
81. 1306 Mongol invasion of India.
82. 1307 Conquest of Devagiri by Malik Kafur.
83. 1307-08 Last Mongol invasion of India.
84. 1308 Conquest of ruler of Sevana in Rajputana.
85. 1310 Conquest of Telinganga by Malik Kafur.
86. 1310 Conquest of Dwarsamudra.
87. 1311 Conquest of Pandya Kingdom.
88. 1316 Death Ala-ud-Din on 2nd January.
89. 1316-20 Reign of Qutb-ud-Din Mubarak Shah.
90. 1320 Nasir-ud-Din Khusrau Shah.
91. 1320-1412 The Taghluq Dynasty.
92. 1320-25 Ghiyas-ud-Din Taghluq.
93. 1325-51 Reign of Muhammad bin Taghluq.
94. 1327 Transfer of Capital to Daulatabad from Dehli.
95. 1328-09 Invasion of India by Tarmashirin Khan, Chaghtai Chief of Transoxiana.
96. 1329-30 Token Currency Experiment.
97. 1336 Harihar founded the Kingdom of Vijayanagar.
98. 1337 Conquest of fort of Nagarkot in Kangra District of Punjab.
99. 1347 Foundation of Bahmani kingdom.
100. 1351 Death of Muhammad Taghluq on 20th March.
101. 1351-88 Reign of Firuz Taghluq.
102. 1353-54 Invasion of Bengal by Firuz Taghluq. 
103. 1359-60 Another invasion of Bengal by Firuz Taghluq.
104. 1361-62 Firuz marched towards Thatta, Capital of Jams of Sindh.
105. 1388 Death of Firuz Taghluq on 20th September.
106. 1388-89 Reign of Ghiyas-ud-Din Taghluq Shah II.
107. 1389-90 Reign of Abu Bakr Shah.
108. 1394 Ala-ud-Din Sikandar Shah.
109. 1390-04 Reign of Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad.
110. 1394-1413 Nasir-ud-Muhammad Taghluq.
111. 1398-99 Timur’s invasion of India.
112. 1413-04 Daulat khan Lodi.
113. 1414-51 The Sayyid Dynasty.
114. 1414-21 Khizr Khan
115. 1421-34 Mubarak Shah.
116. 1434-44 Muhammad Shah.
117. 1444-51 Alam Shah.
118. 1451-1526 The Lodi Dynasty.
119. 1451-89 Bahlol Lodi.
120. 1489-1517 Sikandar Shah.
121. 1504 City of Agra founded by Sikandar Shah.
122. 1508 Conquest of Marwar.
123. 1517 Death of Sikandar Shah on 21st November.
124. 1517-26 Ibrahim Lodi.
125. 1526 First battle of Panipat. Ibrahim was defeated and killed. Babur founded Mughal dynasty.