More Questions on History
- Q. Who defined the “Long Nineteenth Century”?
A)Ernest Gallner
B)Benedict Anderson
C)Eric Hobsbawm
D)Karl Marx
Answer: Eric Hobsbawm
- Q. Pitt’s India Bill was introduced by __________ in 1784
A)Governor-General of India
B)Prime Minister Pitt
C)Senior Merchants
D)East India Company
Answer: Prime Minister Pitt
- Q. Which of following Chalcolithic sites comes under Ganges system?
A)Alamgirpur
B)Hanumangarh
C)Ropar
D)Mohenjodaro
Answer: Alamgirpur
- Q. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
A)Aurangazeb
B)Iltutmish
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Jahangir
- Q. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds which of the followings as the fifth vow?
A)Non-injury
B)Abstention from stealing
C)Brahmacharya or continence
D)Non-attachment
Answer: Brahmacharya or continence
- Q. How did Abu al-Abbas become well known in the court of Charlemagne?
A)Distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world
B)Beloved pet from an Indian king
C)Gift from the Abbasid court
D)Muslim enemy of the king
Answer: Gift from the Abbasid court
- Q. The Great bath was found at
A)Lothal
B)Harappa
C)Chanhudaro
D)Mohanjodaro
Answer: Mohanjodaro
- Q. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
A)Suhrawardy
B)Chisti
C)Qadiri
D)Naqshbandi
Answer: Chisti
- Q. The year which is associated with the Gadar movement is:
A)1913
B)1911
C)1917
D)1922
Answer: 1913
- Q. The first Indian Governor of a British Province (Bihar) in India was
A)Sir Shaukat Hayat
B)Sir SP Sinha
C)Sir Hari Singh Gaur
D)VJ Patel
Answer: Sir SP Sinha
- Q. Jawaharlal Nehru had helped to start the newspaper
A)National Herald
B)Pioneer
C)Kesari
D)Patriot
Answer: National Herald
- Q. Who officially instituted the first system of imperial examinations in China?
A)Huo Qubing
B)Han Wu Di
C)Wei Qing
D)None
Answer: Han Wu Di
- Q. I. The full name of Jahangir was Nuruddin Md. Jahangir II. Jahangir had ended a long drawn out struggle with Mewar III. Mahabat Khan revolted against Jahangir and captured Jahangir and his wife Nurjahan at Lahore Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
A)I and II
B)Only I
C)II and III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who said “Knowledge is Power”?
A)Milton
B)Shakespeare
C)Francis Bacon
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Francis Bacon
- Q. Pazhassi Samarangal (Malayalam) was written by __________
A)Bhattacharya Sabya
B)K. K. N. Kurup
C)K. K. Kusuman
D)B. Sobhanan
Answer: K. K. N. Kurup
- Q. The Regulating Act was passed in the year
A)1773
B)1793
C)1763
D)1783
Answer: 1773
- Q. Which one of the four varnas mentioned in the Purushasukta of the mandala X of the Rig Veda is referred in the other parts of Rig Veda in the sense of a Varna?
A)Kshatriyas
B)Brahmanas
C)Vaishyas
D)Shudras
Answer: Shudras
- Q. Kheda Satyagraha is related to __________
A)Calcutta
B)Gujarat
C)Thana
D)Malabar
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. During the period of which Governor General Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
A)Curzon
B)Dalhousie
C)Bentick
D)Conrnwallis
Answer: Conrnwallis
- Q. The word Pakistan was coined by
A)Jinnah
B)Mohammed Iqbal
C)Abul Kalam Azad
D)Rahmat Ali
Answer: Rahmat Ali
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