More Questions on History

  • Q. The third person who presented himself for individual Satyagrah launched by Mahatma Gandhi in October 1940 was:
    A)Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    B)Brahma Datt
    C)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    D)None of these
    Answer: Brahma Datt
  • Q. Who is consider as the first Pope of christianity
    A)St Linus
    B)St Peter
    C)St Evaristus
    D)St Alexander I
    Answer: St Peter
  • Q. Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which of the following wars
    A)First World War
    B)Austro-Prussian War
    C)Second World War
    D)Russia-Japan War
    Answer: First World War
  • Q. Who established Nalanda Mahavihara ?
    A)Skandagupta
    B)Kumaragupta
    C)Devgupta
    D)Vedgupta
    Answer: Kumaragupta
  • Q. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
    A)Prakrit
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Pali
    D)Sauraseni
    Answer: Pali
  • Q. Which one of the following works deals with the history of Kashmir?
    A)Harshacharita
    B)Gaudavaho
    C)Rajatarangini
    D)Vikramankadevacharita
    Answer: Rajatarangini
  • Q. Which book described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time?
    A)Baburnama
    B)Shahnama
    C)Akbarnama
    D)Chachnama
    Answer: Chachnama
  • Q. Who had stated with regard to the formation and raison d’etre of the Indian National Congress, a safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action was urgently needed?
    A)M. A. Jinnah
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Annie Beasnt
    D)A. O. Hume
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Which one of the following sources states that Srinagar was built by Ashoka?
    A)Divyavadana
    B)Kalhana's Rajatarangini
    C)Tarantha's History of Tibet
    D)Mahavamsa
    Answer: Kalhana's Rajatarangini
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
    A)Sutudri - Sutlej
    B)Askini - Chenab
    C)Vipas - Jhelum
    D)Parushni - Ravi
    Answer: Vipas - Jhelum
  • Q. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the
    A)Chola Administration
    B)Maratha Administration
    C)Ganga Administration
    D)Vijayanagar Administration
    Answer: Ganga Administration
  • Q. When was the Carolingian dynasty replaced in the western lands?
    A)918
    B)911
    C)987
    D)996
    Answer: 987
  • Q. Who is known as ‘The Father of English History’
    A)Alfred the Great
    B)Jerome
    C)John Chrysostom
    D)Bede
    Answer: Bede
  • Q. Which decade is called as the “Era of Decolonisation”?
    A)1980's
    B)1950's
    C)1990's
    D)1970's
    Answer: 1950's
  • Q. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses?
    A)Sanskrit
    B)Hindi
    C)Ardh-Magadhi
    D)Regional vernacular languages
    Answer: Regional vernacular languages
  • Q. The All India Muslim League was founded in 1906 primarily to promote among Indian Muslims
    A)political consciousness
    B)mutual unity and goodwill
    C)feeling of loyalty to the British Government
    D)hatred for the Congress
    Answer: feeling of loyalty to the British Government
  • Q. Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system of coinage, and new scales of weights and measures?
    A)Murshid Quli Khan
    B)Tipu Sultan
    C)Raghunath Rao
    D)Lord Cornwallis
    Answer: Tipu Sultan
  • Q. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
    A)Niccolo de Conti
    B)Athanasius Nikitin
    C)Ibn Batuta
    D)Ferishta
    Answer: Niccolo de Conti
  • Q. The name of the Indian Astronomer (who knew five astronomical systems), who lived in the 6th century was
    A)Bhandarkar
    B)Varahamihira
    C)Pujyapada
    D)Prasastapada
    Answer: Varahamihira
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
    A)Pune
    B)Ratnagiri
    C)Mumbai
    D)None of these
    Answer: Ratnagiri

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