More Questions on History
- Q. The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?
A)Train national missionaries for the service of country
B)Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed
C)Both the above statement
D)Reorganization of Indian society on rational principles
Answer: Both the above statement
- Q. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as
A)Zoroastrianism
B)Taoism
C)Shintoism
D)Paganism
Answer: Shintoism
- Q. India Home Rule Society, founded in London in February 1905, was one of the earliest revolutionary societies set up outside India. This society was founded by
A)VD Savarkar
B)Lala Har Dayal
C)Shyamji Krishnavarma
D)Madan Lal Dhingra
Answer: Shyamji Krishnavarma
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Andal?
A)Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
B)Andal was a woman Alvar, the most striking features of her compositions were widely sung (and continue to be sung to date)
C)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Vishnu; her verses express her love for the deity
D)Andal saw herself as the beloved of Krishna; her verses express her love for the deity
Answer: Andal was a woman Nayanar, she incorporated the prevailing caste system in the society
- Q. Who had rounded the first women’s university in India?
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidayasagar
B)Rani Ahilya Devi
C)Rani of Thomi
D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
- Q. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
A)Trajan
B)Cartius
C)Nero
D)Brutus
Answer: Trajan
- Q. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on __________
A)1495
B)1398
C)1496
D)1498
Answer: 1498
- Q. Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930?
A)Noncooperation Co-operation
B)Khilafat movement
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Quit India Movement
Answer: Civil Disobedience Movement
- Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
A)1925
B)1919
C)1927
D)1930
Answer: 1919
- Q. Who invented kerosene?
A)Benjamin Silliman
B)Abraham Pineo Gesner
C)Edwin Drake
D)John William Dawson
Answer: Abraham Pineo Gesner
- Q. Who founded the Central Hindu School and College in Banaras (now Varanasi)?
A)Dr. Bhagavan Das
B)Annie Besant
C)Govinda Das
D)G. N. Chakravarti
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Which was/were the greatest poetry and drama work of Kaildas?
A)Raghuvamsa
B)Kumarasambhava
C)Meghaduta
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Select the correct order
A)Mirabai, Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas
B)Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas
C)Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas, Mirabai
D)Tulsidas, Mirabai, Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya
Answer: Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas
- Q. August Offer 1940 was made by the Viceroy
A)Linlithgow
B)Willingdon
C)Minto
D)Lytton
Answer: Linlithgow
- Q. Which painting is made from Fresco style?
A)Piklikhal
B)Bhimbetka
C)Ajanta
D)Ellora
Answer: Ajanta
- Q. What was the official language of the Sultanate?
A)Urdu
B)Persian
C)Arabic
D)Hindi
Answer: Persian
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
A)Prakrit
B)Magadhi
C)Mythili
D)Sanskrit
Answer: Magadhi
- Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
A)Mahabharta
B)Ramayana
C)Jataka
D)Panchatantra
Answer: Jataka
- Q. What is pietra dura?
A)Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B)A form of music
C)Armour
D)None of the above
Answer: Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
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