More Questions on History
- Q. The correct chronological order in which they were built is: 1. Tughluqabad Fort 2. Lodi Garden 3. Qutub Minar 4. Fatehpur Sikri
A)3, 1, 2, 4
B)3, 1, 4, 2
C)1, 3, 2, 4
D)1, 3, 4, 2
Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
- Q. World renowned philosopher Karl Marx was born in the country
A)Germany
B)Austria
C)Russia
D)Italy
Answer: Germany
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Manusmriti I. Smritis dealt with the performance of duties, customs and laws prescribed according to Dharma. II. Consists mainly of dialogues between the Buddha and his followers.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Only I
- Q. Till when did the Hundred Years’ War last?
A)1377
B)1327
C)1376
D)1453
Answer: 1453
- Q. The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was
A)Plantations and mines
B)Railways
C)Banking and insurance
D)Shipping
Answer: Railways
- Q. The first elaborate description of Upanayana Sanskar is found in the
A)Taittiriya Brahmana
B)Aitareya Brahmana
C)Tandyamaha Brahmana
D)Shatapatha Brahmana
Answer: Tandyamaha Brahmana
- Q. What was the suitable language for source material in Ancient Times?
A)Pali
B)Sanskrit
C)Brahmi
D)Kharoshthi
Answer: Sanskrit
- Q. __________ started The Adyar Bulletin, which continued until 1929
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Annie Besant
C)Durgabai Deshmukh
D)Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Who was the first Gandhar of Sumtinath Tirthankar?
A)Vishwasen
B)Bhanuraj
C)Kritverma
D)Charam Swami
Answer: Charam Swami
- Q. Swami Vivekananda attended the World’s Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in __________
A)1876
B)1863
C)1893
D)1897
Answer: 1893
- Q. Queen Victoria’s famous proclamation, transferring authority from the East India Company to the Crown , was made from
A)Calcutta
B)London
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
A)Chhota Nagpur
B)Punjab
C)Tarai
D)Manipur
Answer: Chhota Nagpur
- Q. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
A)Raja Raj Chola
B)Aditya Chola
C)Rajendra Chola
D)Karikala Chola
Answer: Raja Raj Chola
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Vedic literature available for reconstructing the ancient Indian history? I. Vedic literature, mainly the four Vedas i.e. Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas, are entirely in a different language, which can be called the Vedic language. II. The vocabulary of Vedic literature contains a wide range of meaning and at times different in grammatical usages
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)None of the above
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Which of the following writers did not have a profound influence on the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Thoreau
B)Tolstoy
C)Ruskin
D)Marx
Answer: Marx
- 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. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
A)Indians living in Tokyo
B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
C)Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
Answer: different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
- Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
B)Chandra Gupta, the First
C)Samudra Gupta
D)Kumara Gupta
Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
- Q. Who was “The First American”?
A)James Madison
B)Benjamin Franklin
C)John Adams
D)George Washington
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
- Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
A)not to steal
B)not to kill (non-injury)
C)non-attachment to worldly things
D)celibacy
Answer: celibacy
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