More Questions on History
- Q. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted
A)Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
B)Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
C)Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
D)Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
Answer: Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
- Q. Which of the following civilisations is not associated with the Harappan Civilisation?
A)Egyptian
B)Mesopotamian
C)Sumerian
D)Chinese
Answer: Chinese
- Q. Who united Norway, Denmark and, Sweden?
A)Eric of Pomerania
B)Albert, King of Sweden
C)Haakon VI of Norway
D)Margaret I of Denmark
Answer: Margaret I of Denmark
- Q. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
A)Muhammad Ali
B)Abdul Kalam Azad
C)Zakir Hussain
D)Sayyed Ahmad Khan
Answer: Abdul Kalam Azad
- Q. My strongest bulwark is gone lamented Mahatma Gandhi on the death of
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
C)Pheroze Shah Mehta
D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in
A)Rangoon
B)Vienna
C)Tokyo
D)Singapore
Answer: Singapore
- Q. The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was
A)Annie Besant
B)Madam Blavatsky
C)Sister Nivedita
D)Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Sister Nivedita
- Q. Who was the first Chancellor of Germany
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Leo von Caprivi
C)Otto von Bismarck
D)Hans Luther
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
- Q. The treaty of Allahabad took place between __________
A)Shuja-ud-daulah, Mir jafar and Shah Alam II
B)Shuja-ud-daulah, Robert Clive and Shah Alam II
C)Shuja-ud-daulah, Wajid Ali Shah and Shah Alam II
D)None of the Above
Answer: Shuja-ud-daulah, Robert Clive and Shah Alam II
- Q. The Revolt of 1857 was started by
A)The zamindars
B)The sepoys
C)The peasants
D)The plantations workers
Answer: The sepoys
- Q. Which one is the oldest existing University in the World
A)University of al-Karaouine
B)University of Oxford
C)Al-Azhar University
D)University of Bologna
Answer: University of al-Karaouine
- Q. Do or Die’ (Karenge ya Marenge) Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement?
A)Salt Satyagraha
B)Rowlatt Satyagraha
C)Quit India Movement
D)Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: Quit India Movement
- Q. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called
A)Verna
B)Sikhara
C)Nagara
D)Gandhara
Answer: Gandhara
- Q. Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?
A)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B)Jagjivan Ram
C)Acharya Kripalani
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. To whom did Akbar gave the title Mian?
A)Man Singh-I
B)Raja Todar Mal
C)Birbal
D)Tansen
Answer: Tansen
- Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
A)French
B)English
C)Dutch
D)Germany
Answer: French
- Q. Nirvruthi Panchakam was written by __________
A)Chattambi Swamikal
B)C.Kesavan
C)Brahmananda Sivayogi
D)Sree Narayana Guru
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
- Q. Who among the following took greater interest in laying out gardens than others?
A)Babur
B)Humayun
C)Jahangir
D)Akbar
Answer: Babur
- Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
A)Shaivism
B)Sikhism
C)Vaishanvism
D)All of the above
Answer: Sikhism
- Q. Indonesia was a colony of which of the following countries?
A)Portugal
B)Dutch
C)Spain
D)Belgium
Answer: Dutch
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