More Questions on History

  • Q. The philosophy propounded in the Upanishads is known as
    A)Vedanta
    B)Advaita
    C)Yoga
    D)Samkhya
    Answer: Vedanta
  • Q. The reputed musician duo, Tansen and Baiju Bawra, flourished during the reign of
    A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Akbar
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Babur (1526-1530 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Nanda
    B)Mughal
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Which was the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Tomb of Jahangir
    C)Taj Mahal
    D)Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
    Answer: Humayun's Tomb
  • Q. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is
    A)Sabastu
    B)Sindhu
    C)Shatudri
    D)Saraswati
    Answer: Saraswati
  • Q. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
    A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    B)Allauddin Khalji
    C)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
    D)Muhamad bin Quasim
    Answer: Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
  • Q. Assertion (A): Provincial autonomy was introduced in the Government of India Act, 1935. Reason (R): The Act itself made a clear-cut division of powers between the Centre and the Provinces
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
    A)Ramananda
    B)Tukaram
    C)Dadu
    D)Raghunandan
    Answer: Dadu
  • Q. Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?
    A)Bhima
    B)Yudhishthira
    C)Sahadeva
    D)Nakula
    Answer: Yudhishthira
  • 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. Who among the following witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
    A)Shams-i-siraj Afif
    B)Ziauddin Barani
    C)Minhaj-us-siraj
    D)Amir Khusrau
    Answer: Amir Khusrau
  • Q. The roots of the 1857 revolt lay in
    A)Exploitative land revenue policy
    B)Blatantly discriminatory policies
    C)The policy of greased cartridges
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. With which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule?
    A)Theosophical Society
    B)Satya Shodhak Samaj
    C)Tattvabodhini Samaj
    D)Dharma Sabha
    Answer: Satya Shodhak Samaj
  • Q. Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?
    A)Ashfaqullah
    B)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    C)Lala Hardayal
    D)V D Savarkar
    Answer: Ashfaqullah
  • Q. The main objectives of the Non-Cooperation Movement were
    A)protest against the Punjab wrongs and withdrawal of the Rowlatt Acts
    B)restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
    C)lifting of martial law from Punjab and withdrawal of repressive laws
    D)None of the above
    Answer: restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
  • Q. What is Gandhi’s definition of Rama Raj?
    A)Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
    B)The rule as it was during the time of Rama
    C)The greatest good of all
    D)The absolute powerconcentrated in the hands ofa king
    Answer: Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
  • Q. Who are among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 managed to escape to Nepal? I. Kunwar Singh II. Nana Saheb III. Begum of Awadh IV. Bakht Khan
    A)I and IV
    B)I and II
    C)II and IV
    D)II and III
    Answer: II and III
  • Q. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress?
    A)A. O. Hume
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Lokmanya Tilak
    D)Surendra Nath Banerjee
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
    A)Kabir
    B)Ramananda
    C)Nanak
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
    A)Prakrit
    B)Magadhi
    C)Mythili
    D)Sanskrit
    Answer: Magadhi

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