More Questions on History
- Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
A)Khudai Khidmatgar
B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?
A)Islamic themes
B)Portraits
C)Flowers and plants
D)Hunting scenes
Answer: Islamic themes
- Q. Who is commonly known as the ‘Iron Man’?
A)Vittal Bhai Patel
B)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Q. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramashila University for the Buddhists’?
A)Devapala
B)Mahipala
C)Gopala
D)Dharmapala
Answer: Dharmapala
- Q. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
A)Mill-owners
B)Indigo
C)Plague
D)Fresh assessment of land
Answer: Indigo
- Q. The medieval Indian literary work ‘Darbar-i- Akbari’ was written by
A)Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B)Muhammad Hussain
C)Abul Fazl
D)Amir Khusrau
Answer: Muhammad Hussain
- Q. First Indian Commander-in-Chief was
A)Gen. K. M. Kariappa
B)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
C)S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
D)None of the above
Answer: Gen. K. M. Kariappa
- Q. Who among the following was first initiated disciple of Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi?
A)Tansen
B)Todarmal
C)Birbal
D)Mansingh
Answer: Birbal
- Q. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked
A)Konkan
B)Gujarat
C)Surat
D)Poena
Answer: Konkan
- Q. The proceedings of the Third Buddhist Council led to the issue of Edict?
A)Sarnath
B)Sanchi
C)Bhabra
D)Kalinga
Answer: Sarnath
- Q. Who was the founder of the Satavahana Empire?
A)Simuka
B)Kanha
C)Hala
D)Gautamiputra
Answer: Simuka
- Q. Who is the creator of the world famous statue ‘David’ in Florence
A)Raphael
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Filippo Brunelleschi
D)Michelangelo
Answer: Michelangelo
- Q. Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
A)Samaveda
B)Rigveda
C)Yajurveda
D)Atharvaveda
Answer: Atharvaveda
- Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
A)Vedanta
B)Vedas
C)Brahamans
D)Bhagwat Gita
Answer: Bhagwat Gita
- Q. Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided ‘a machine with strong brakes but no engine’?
A)Rajendra Prasad
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Mahatma Gandhi
D)Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Which King was executed by guillotine during French Revolution in 1793
A)Louis XIII
B)Charles X
C)Henry IV
D)Louis XVI
Answer: Louis XVI
- Q. Who was the original inventor of roller spinning?
A)Lewis Paul
B)John Kay
C)Richard Arkwright
D)Samuel Crompton
Answer: Lewis Paul
- Q. Who ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes – the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore
A)Govindan Vaidyar
B)P. K. Kesavan
C)P. K. Divakara Panicker
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Robert Clive, the Governor General of the __________
A)French
B)Dutch
C)British
D)Portuguese
Answer: British
- Q. When quit India Resolution was passed in 1942, the Viceroy of India was :
A)Lord Wavell
B)Lord Linlithgow
C)Lord Willingdon
D)Lord Mountbatten
Answer: Lord Linlithgow
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