More Questions on History
- Q. Who among the following initiated the Kheda Satyagraha?
A)Mohanlal Pandya
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Sardar Patel
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Mohanlal Pandya
- Q. Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?
A)Apollodotus I
B)Antiochus II
C)Apollodotus II
D)Menander I
Answer: Menander I
- Q. During Quit India Movement,’Parallel Government’ was constituted at
A)Allahabad
B)Varanasi
C)Lucknow
D)Ballia
Answer: Ballia
- Q. The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire started in the year
A)1821
B)1805
C)1852
D)1895
Answer: 1821
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. Which of the following temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb? I. Somnath temple II. Vishwanath temple III. Keshav Rai temple IV. Meenakshi temple
A)I, II and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)All the above
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritages?
A)Kashi Viswanath Temple
B)Ellora Caves
C)Qutab Minar
D)Manas Wildlife - Sancturary
Answer: Kashi Viswanath Temple
- Q. Who wrote a commentary on the Brahma sutras refuted Shari Kara and offered an interpretation based on the theistic ideas?
A)Ramanuja
B)Nimbarka
C)Madhva
D)Vallabhacharya
Answer: Ramanuja
- Q. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God”?
A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
B)Swamy Vivekananda
C)M. K. Gandhi
D)Radhakrishnan
Answer: M. K. Gandhi
- Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I & II
D)Neither I nor II
Answer: Neither I nor II
- Q. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders
A)Ten
B)Eighteen
C)Only Two
D)Seven
Answer: Ten
- Q. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahmo Samaj?
A)Keshab Chandra Sen
B)Debendranath Tagore
C)Raja ram Mohan Rai
D)Atma Ram Pandurang
Answer: Atma Ram Pandurang
- Q. Who convinced the British in 1829 to outlaw Sati?
A)Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C)Lokmanya Tilak
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Q. Who founded Abhinav Bharat ?
A)Arbindo Ghosh
B)V.D.Savarkar
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)None of these
Answer: V.D.Savarkar
- Q. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
A)Persian
B)French
C)Portugese
D)Arabic
Answer: Persian
- Q. The first metal used by man was
A)Copper
B)Aluminium
C)Iron
D)Silver
Answer: Copper
- Q. To establish French political influence in Sothern India, Dupleix had an opportunity in the disputed succession to the thrones of
A)Hyderabad and Carnatic
B)Delhi and Awadh
C)Travancore
D)Vijayanagar and Ahmednagar
Answer: Hyderabad and Carnatic
- Q. Who established the Hindu Dharma Sangrakshini Sabha in the year 1893 by :
A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Dyanand Sarshawati
D)Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
Answer: Damodar and Balkrishana Chapekar
- Q. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
A)Samugarh
B)Dharmat
C)Deorai
D)Khajwa
Answer: Samugarh
- Q. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)Balban
Answer: Firoz Tughlaq
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