More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following literatures is known as Apaurusheya?
    A)Brahman
    B)Vedas
    C)Upanishad
    D)Aranyak
    Answer: Vedas
  • Q. Assertion (A): The permanent settlement is said to have initially resulted in increased agricultural production. Reason (R): In this system the Zamindar could keep for himself any increase in the rental of his estate
    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. Which among the following is the great Buddhist work consisting of dialogues between the Indo-Greek King Menander and the Buddhist philosopher Nagasena?
    A)Arthsashtra
    B)Milinda Panha
    C)Jataka
    D)Kumarasambhava
    Answer: Milinda Panha
  • Q. In 1821 Raja Ram Mohan Roy started the Bengal quarterly:
    A)Bengali renaissance
    B)Samvad Kaumudi
    C)Bengal Gazette
    D)The Brahmonical
    Answer: Samvad Kaumudi
  • Q. The term Nirgrantha is associated with
    A)Charvakas
    B)Ajivikas
    C)Jains
    D)Pasupatas
    Answer: Jains
  • Q. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following was not a transferred subject?
    A)Museum
    B)Education
    C)Medical Relief
    D)Land Revenue
    Answer: Land Revenue
  • Q. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
    A)Columbus
    B)Magellan
    C)Bartholomew Dias
    D)Vasco da Gama
    Answer: Bartholomew Dias
  • Q. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
    A)Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
    B)Mrs. Annie Besant
    C)Mrs. Nelline Sengupta
    D)Aruna Asaf Ali
    Answer: Mrs. Annie Besant
  • Q. When the East India Company was established India was ruled by
    A)A Gupta Emperor
    B)A Mughal Emperor
    C)A Mauryan Emperor
    D)A Sunga Emperor
    Answer: A Mughal Emperor
  • Q. Bangladesh was created in
    A)1972
    B)1970
    C)1973
    D)1971
    Answer: 1971
  • Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the Home Rule League?
    A)G. K. Gokhale
    B)B. G. Tilak
    C)M. G. Ranade
    D)M. K. Gandhi
    Answer: B. G. Tilak
  • Q. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
    A)Jainism
    B)Buddhism
    C)Vaishnavism
    D)Tantra
    Answer: Buddhism
  • Q. Where were the hymns of Rigveda composed?
    A)Gujarat
    B)Punjab
    C)Rajasthan
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. When did Battle of Marathon take place?
    A)480 BC
    B)490 BC
    C)479 BC
    D)475 BC
    Answer: 490 BC
  • Q. The Gupta Saka was founded by
    A)Chandra Gupta, the Second
    B)Chandra Gupta, the First
    C)Samudra Gupta
    D)Kumara Gupta
    Answer: Chandra Gupta, the First
  • Q. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of
    A)Art
    B)Religion
    C)Literature
    D)Architecture
    Answer: Art
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by publishing two newspapers in 1881
    A)The Maratha and Samwad
    B)The Maratha and Kesari
    C)The Samwad and Kesari
    D)The Maratha and Kumudi
    Answer: The Maratha and Kesari
  • Q. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
    A)Chyavana
    B)Susruta
    C)Dhanwantari
    D)Charaka
    Answer: Dhanwantari
  • Q. Who was the first Roman Emperor
    A)Claudius
    B)Caligula
    C)Augustus
    D)Nero
    Answer: Augustus
  • Q. Throughout the 19th century intermittent uprisings occurred in Malabar, especially in the __________ and Valluvanad taluks.Twenty two such riots were reported from different parts of Malabar
    A)Cochi
    B)Ernad
    C)Travancore
    D)Kannur
    Answer: Ernad

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