History Vedic Age

Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies

A
Wisdom
B
Knowledge
C
Sitting near
D
Recitation

Correct Answer

Sitting near

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who started the first English newspaper in India?
    A)Raja Rammohan Roy
    B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    C)J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: J. A. Hickey (James Augustus Hickey)
  • Q. Who is regarded as the father and founder of the Indian National Congress?
    A)SN Banerjee
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)AO Hume
    D)Pheroze Shah Mehta
    Answer: AO Hume
  • Q. With the fall of which among the following the French Revolution began?
    A)Communes
    B)Bastille
    C)Jacobin Club
    D)Pilinitz
    Answer: Bastille
  • Q. I. His reign saw beginning of a new intercourse between Europe of India II. Attempted to prohibit traffic in eunuchs III. Started practices of inter-caste marriages between the families of government officers IV. Ordered the abolition of inhuman corporal punishments Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct related to Jahangir?
    A)I, II, and IV
    B)I, II, and III
    C)II, III, and IV
    D)All the above
    Answer: I, II, and IV
  • Q. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following saints?
    A)Guru Ramdas
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Nimbarkacharya
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Vallabhacharya
  • Q. Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence: I. Firuz Tughlaq II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq III. Abu Bakr IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    A)I,II,V,IV,III
    B)II,V,I,III,IV
    C)II,V,I,IV,III
    D)IV,II,I,V,III
    Answer: II,V,I,III,IV
  • Q. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the pebple’ was made by
    A)Winston Churchill
    B)George Washington
    C)Abraham Lincoln
    D)Theodore Roosevelt
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. Which war lord is also known as ‘little corporal’
    A)Julius Caesar
    B)Alexander
    C)Napoleon Bonaparte
    D)Genghis Khan
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Q. The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
    A)The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
    B)The Marathas did not fight bravely
    C)The Maratha army was short of food supplies
    D)The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
    Answer: The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
  • Q. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
    A)Shah Jahan
    B)Akbar
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Bahadur Shah I
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Who founded India House in London and guided other revolutionaries
    A)Lokmanya Tilak
    B)Sri Aurobindo
    C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
  • Q. Who was the author of Telugu Work Amuktamalyada?
    A)Devaraya
    B)Harihara
    C)Krishnadevaraya
    D)Bukka
    Answer: Krishnadevaraya
  • Q. I. Bengal Nawab was captured and put to death by Mir Jafar in the Battle of Plassey, 1757. II. After Mir Qasim, Nizam-ud-daula was made the Nawab of Bengal. III. The same person acted as the deputy Dewan on behalf of the East Indian Company and as Deputy Subedar on behalf of the Bengal Nawab. IV. In 1767, British Government ordered the East India Company to pay £400,000 per year. Which of these statement(s) is/are correct related to the Bengal Politics during the 18th century?
    A)I & III
    B)I & II
    C)II & IV
    D)III & IV
    Answer: III & IV
  • Q. Which of the following is in the World Heritage list?
    A)Hampi
    B)Khajuraho
    C)Nalanda ruins
    D)All of the Above
    Answer: All of the Above
  • Q. As per Pitt’s India Act the Committee of Secrecy would consist of three members of __________
    A)The Court of Directors
    B)The Board of Control
    C)The House of Commons
    D)The House of Lords
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  • Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
    A)Minoru Yamasaki
    B)Le Corbusier
    C)Edwin Lutyens
    D)Charles Correa
    Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
  • Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
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    B)Only II and III
    C)I, II and IV
    D)All four are correct
    Answer: All four are correct
  • Q. When did Battle of Marathon take place?
    A)480 BC
    B)490 BC
    C)479 BC
    D)475 BC
    Answer: 490 BC
  • Q. Who said that he had not become His Majesty’s first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?
    A)Churchill
    B)Attlee
    C)Disraeli
    D)Loyd George
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    A)Nelson Mandela
    B)Zuma
    C)Kofi Annan
    D)Booker T. Washington
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