More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about ancient Indian literature?
    A)The Shastras contained works of science and philosophy
    B)The Puranas is important as they were the main influence in the development from early Vedic religion to Hinduism
    C)The Bhagvad Gita a later addition to the Mahabharata enshrines a philosophical doctrine and in it are described the three paths to salvation: karma, gyan and bhakti
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. I. Musamman Burj is situated inside the Fatehpur Sikri Fort II. Aurangzeb built Moti Masjid inside Agra Fort Which of the following option is correct related to the Mughal Architecture?
    A)Both I and II are incorrect
    B)Both I and II are correct
    C)Only I is correct
    D)Only II is correct
    Answer: Both I and II are incorrect
  • Q. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India movement call to the British was given in
    A)1941
    B)1943
    C)1942
    D)1940
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition
    A)The Portuguese
    B)The French
    C)The Dutch
    D)The English
    Answer: The Portuguese
  • Q. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth.”?
    A)Leo Tolstoy
    B)Bertrand Russell
    C)Albert Einstein
    D)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
    Answer: Albert Einstein
  • Q. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
    A)1942
    B)1947
    C)1943
    D)1945
    Answer: 1942
  • Q. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site in the Indus civilization? I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro III. Harappa IV. Lothal
    A)I, III, II & IV
    B)III, I, II & IV
    C)II, I, III & IV
    D)III, IV, II & I
    Answer: III, I, II & IV
  • Q. Group of Monuments at Hampi was built by?
    A)Udayin and Shishunaga
    B)Harihara and Bukka
    C)Devavarman and Vainya
    D)Mahendraverman and Sirmara
    Answer: Harihara and Bukka
  • Q. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912 but on its being banned by the Government he founded Al-Balagh in
    A)1914
    B)1913
    C)1915
    D)1916
    Answer: 1913
  • Q. Which of the following statement is correct definition of Nirguna?
    A)It is the concept of a formless Guru
    B)It is the concept of a formless God
    C)It is the concept of spirituality
    D)None of the above
    Answer: It is the concept of a formless God
  • Q. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
    A)Establishment of village industries
    B)Abolition of machinery
    C)Adoption of non-violence
    D)Trusteeship theory
    Answer: Trusteeship theory
  • Q. In May 1933, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of 21 days
    A)to launch a campaign against untouchability
    B)to appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans
    C)for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
    D)For all the above
    Answer: for his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans
  • 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. When were ancient Olympic games held first?
    A)780 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)790 BC
    D)800 BC
    Answer: 776 BC
  • Q. Which of the following statement regarding Henry Vivian Derozio are correct? I. He is an Anglo-Indian II. Was called first nationalist poet of modern India III. He taught at Hindu college and was later removed because of his radicalism
    A)Only I and II
    B)Only I
    C)Only II and III
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?
    A)Farid
    B)Nizamuddin Aulia
    C)Todarmal
    D)Firdausi
    Answer: Nizamuddin Aulia
  • Q. In the year 1582, Akbar took the momentous step of
    A)Removing Jaziya
    B)Banning Sati
    C)Forming an army of jackals
    D)Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
    Answer: Propounding a new religion Din-i-Ilahi
  • Q. The main contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to education and in particular to women education are
    A)Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
    B)Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non-Brahmins
    C)Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
    D)Both A and B
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. During the Mughal period Polaj was the
    A)land left fallow
    B)land annually cultivated
    C)land uncultivated
    D)barren land
    Answer: land annually cultivated
  • Q. Of the following, which country’s constitution did not influence the fathers of Indian Constitution?
    A)The USSR
    B)The USA
    C)Canada
    D)Ireland
    Answer: The USSR

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