More Questions on History
- Q. Charminar was built by?
A)Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah
B)Humayun
C)Ashoka
D)Narasimha
Answer: Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah
- Q. Who is said to be responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Ajatashatru
C)Bimbisara
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
- Q. Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by __________ and T. K. Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
D)Govindan Vaidyar
Answer: Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
- Q. __________, second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character
A)Krishnamohan Banerjee
B)Annie Besant
C)Hari Mohan
D)Govind Chandra Sen
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the
A)Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
B)Yajurveda
C)Upanishads
D)Shatapatha Brahmana
Answer: Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
- Q. The term ‘Cold War’ was coined by
A)Prof. Lippmann
B)Bernard Baruch
C)Palmer Perkins
D)Roosevelt
Answer: Bernard Baruch
- Q. Who was the author of ‘Esoteric Christianity’?
A)J. Krishnamurti
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
A)Sayyid Ahmed Khan
B)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
C)Aga Khan
D)All of the above
Answer: Aga Khan
- Q. Faraizi Movement which aimed at removing social reforms in muslims started in which of the following regions?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)East Bengal
C)Kerala
D)Delhi
Answer: East Bengal
- Q. The rulers of which dynasty started the practice of granting tax-free villages to Brahmanas and Buddhist Monks?
A)Mauryas
B)Satavahanas
C)Guptas
D)Cholas
Answer: Satavahanas
- Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
A)Namadev
B)Gnandeva
C)Ekanath
D)Both A & B
Answer: Gnandeva
- Q. Ramayana was translated into Persian at Akbar’s court by whom?
A)Abul Fazl
B)Faizi
C)Badayuni
D)Haji Ibrahim Sirhindi
Answer: Faizi
- Q. The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Vande Mataram who aroused a new consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was :
A)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
D)None of the above
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
A)Kanpur
B)Jhansi
C)Gwalior
D)Kalpi
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. The Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885 at__________
A)Calcutta
B)Bombay
C)Madras
D)Gujarat
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Provision was made in the Act of 1919, for the appointment of a Commission in __________ to investigate the working of the Constitution
A)1929
B)1930
C)1939
D)1925
Answer: 1929
- Q. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
A)Humayun
B)Babur
C)Akbar
D)Jehangir
Answer: Akbar
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the cardinal principle of Bhakti Cult? I. It was influencing devotion to a personal God, whose grace was the only means of attaining salvation or Mukti. II. It stressed the idea of a personal God and pointed out the absurdity of the caste system in the presence of God and the futility of external rites and ceremonies.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Both I & II
- Q. Who started the Sharda Sadan in Bombay?
A)Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
B)Ramabai Saraswati
C)Lord Edwin Montague
D)Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
- Q. The war of Falklands was fought between which two countries
A)England and French
B)USA and Brazil
C)Japan and Korea
D)England and Argentina
Answer: England and Argentina
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